10 Cent Beer Night: 40 Years Later

i was just a year old, would have loved to have been there and watch the chaos unfold; imagine that now with camera phones and the net?

[@nijo5427]

Not many fans can claim to have a stolen base in their stats.

[@pep590]

Yea, you think some cop or security would have seen at least one of them going out the gate with a base.

[@septv9995]

+jesusisnotallright s Chief Wahoo!? Old school! Great reference!!

[@ddave7026]

jesusisnotallright s LMBO!!🤣

[@MrJgreig72]

@jesusisnotallright s Good one!

[@billny33]

I just can't believe nobody died.

[@ducks7015]

I find that hard to believe. Like, bats where flying around.

[@fourstar7]

this is why beer is expensive at a ballgame. you can thank Cleveland.

[@JokerXDHaHaHa]

But that story is worth the expensive beer. That was hilarious!

[@JokerXDHaHaHa]

dbag0584 You drink alone YEA all by yourself. Cause when you drink alone, you prefer to by yourself.

[@Deathtofrogleghorn]

My former neighbor was an usher at that game and him and the other game day staff sat there drinking it up too. He told us he was hitting and punching folks too. He also snapped some photos of the melee with the camera he had bought while in the Navy (he was deployed to Vietnam) and showed us some of the pictures too.

[@alwaysup34]

Or you can thank the teams for paying 350 Million dollars for a baseball player. That's why its expensive

[@davidviton1065]

Oh get real the reason why beer is so damn expensive because of these outrageous amount of monies they're playing these ball players

[@tomcroke211]

With $12 beers now it won't happen again. I'd go broke first.

[@RandallFlaggNY]

The conspiracy is working...

[@johnfredericks9907]

COST YA $300 JUST TO GET NICE!

[@RW32285]

"Didn't even stagger me. He hit like a girl." Hilarious!

[@downtownlb5388]

RW32285 i was dying when he said that

[@THERSC216]

Dan Coughlin is a legend!!!!!!

[@naverilllang]

Well that person was probably pretty hammered.

[@irishdogclock]

Ahhhhh...The Seventies.

[@howardbaxter2514]

Ahhh... The Seventies. A decade of mistakes.

[@thevoid99]

ah, the time of the romans. we're never going to have that now thanks to political correctness and stupidity from leftist pussies and right-wing morons.

[@Spectrescup]

The Seventies were the last great time in the west, before Reagan and Thatcher began stealing from the people to feed the rich. Elsewhere too: look at pictures of Beirut or Kabul or Tehran in the 70's- young women in jeans and make-up, a distinct shortage of religious idiots.

[@dakruise1]

@@Spectrescup Carter supported the Iranian revolution

[@johnperrigo6474]

There was a 10 cent beer night in Milwaukee in the mid 70's. I just remember people drinking so much that we stacked empty plastic beer cups together into a snake maybe 50-75 feet long. It is the Milwaukee BREWERS after all......

[@easternsasquatch]

John Perrigo Milwaukee seems like fun.

[@coachredbone]

Phobic. Beer flows like water in Milwaukee lol

[@Spectrescup]

Thats standard practice at a cricket match in Australia or England. They have a long time to drink, mind you-7 or 8 hours.

[@dirkremmington]

Tuesday was 10 cent taps as well...crap beer..but hey, grab the change from your pocket, and get hammered..lol

[@karlwilks4651]

I was there, it was crazy. The video clip failed to mention that, that game started the ban on beer being sold past the 7th inning and the restriction of 2 beer max per person. I remember using a quarter and nickel and came back with a tray of 6 beers. Ahhh, the good old days in cleveland. That restriction has carried over to other sports. I was at the Warrior game last night and could only buy 2 beers at a time for the 4 of us.

[@EsotericOccultist]

Nice!

[@MattSmith-iq1ld]

What's amazing is to compare the 10 cent beer night with the $12 beer night at most ball parks these days.

[@dirkremmington]

so you were out $50 for those two beers, right?

[@johnfredericks9907]

@UC84WDRxYFLt_pOyZ4dvZGdg $14.50 Stell Artois 12oz Beers at yankee stadium. F you and your shit team.

[@johnfredericks9907]

Ya gotta know what your doing. For a 8pm game you pick the boys up and are at the stadium at 6pm with a case on ice. Then as the game gets boring by the 4th inning you reveal to the boys you got a 1/4 oz of blow in your glove compartment and all 4 watch the last 3 innings at a titty Bar. That's a sucess story. Lol

[@Graymenn]

"These kids were so drunk,the game was really not important" It never was important.

[@HasserVision]

How has this not been made into a movie? 1970's, sports, alcohol, fighting?!?! The casting would be epic!

[@brennansmith3343]

"Don't mess with Texas" more like, "don't fuck with Cleveland"

[@MrShobar]

The antidote for poor ticket sales. Stage a ten-cent beer night (for a ten-cent team).

[@distortomanipulo]

This would have never went bad if it was 10c joints.

[@kos2919]

Now imagine the spectators hot boxing the entire stadium

[@keysersoze6330]

Players going into the crowd to smoke with them and people are unmoveable objects when they are high as fuck

[@spilttaco3343]

Distorto Manipulo I don’t even think the game would’ve been finished that day.

[@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433]

Ppl sharing snacks & talking about aliens lol

[@endersdragon34]

Yea but don't try that in an indoor stadium if you don't want quite a haze to develop.

[@jtet9559]

49 cents today when adjusted for inflation.....

[@PriceRight89]

Normal price at the time: 65 cents. Adjusted for inflation, that's $3.22 but you pay more than double that for a beer at the ballpark these days.

[@IronMaidenDoD]

hell, 10-12 dollars for a tall boy at a concert...

[@selfishstockton6123]

IronMaidenDoD 14 for a micro draft brew where I live

[@robertmasina4610]

Whatever the cost adjusted to inflation, can one imagine if it was $1.00 a beer night today?

[@Gemni888]

10 cent beer night haha classic

[@johnfredericks9907]

THE GOOF WAS THEY DOUBLED THERE MONEY ON EVERY 8OZ CUP OF THAT GARBAGE BEER STROHS. EVEN ALEX THE DOG SIGNED A 5 YR DEAL WITH " OLD MILWAKEE"

[@johnfredericks9907]

I READ ALOT OF THE PROBLEMS AND FIGHTS STARTED WHEN THEY STARTED TO PISS RIGHT WHERE THEY SAT. PISSING ON THE GUYS LEGS IN NEXT SEAT

[@danteferno4595]

We need another 10 cent beer night for the sake of dank memes.

[@Rockhound6165]

This really needs it's own 30 for 30.

[@rodgermurphy5721]

This is the greatest sports story of all time

[@toughmanrandysavage3077]

O WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FANS?!?!?!?! DRUNKS OF CLEVELAND!!!! UNITE!!!!!

[@joshuabrooks4907]

Whoever said you don't mess with Texas got a lesson in humility here. Cleveland literally messed with Texas. Good job Cleveland!

[@ericandlizjohnson2828]

Old Billy Martin ate those words lol.

[@joshuabrooks4907]

Paul Ramirez Hey dumbass, it was a joke. I'm sorry your team got dumped on.

[@spilttaco3343]

Joshua Brooks I have heard some say that Ohio is the next Texas so... 🖕👌😉

[@robertnicholas7647]

You have love the 70's. I'm particularly partial to Mike Milbury going into the stands and beating a fan with his own shoe.

[@starcenter323]

Damn I love this city. We have the most messed up and embarrassing, and I love all of it

[@gabrielblackmon5124]

Looked like a fight between 2 Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs. They raised hell and had a good time.

[@Rjensen2]

A bunch of closeted fruits on motorcycles. Motorcycle people deserve nothing but pain and agony.

[@albundy6008]

beer + 18 yr olds = PROBLEMS

[@davester1970]

Probably one of the many reasons why they raised the drinking age back up to 21.

[@SlXkxmx]

Well, wasn't that a smart idea, David?

[@oliviag5957]

todd krager agree

[@MrShobar]

Baseball. The [self-proclaimed] "America's Pastime". In reality, it's fighting, beer-swilling. Getting arrested.

[@albundy6008]

MrShobar this was a one-time event 40 yrs ago.

[@ranestoangeles2289]

That night it was a full moon. In the ninth inning a fog drifted in the stadium from Lake Erie. Oscar Gamble hits a triple with go ahead run. Then all hell breaks out. Cleveland lived up to its motto: The Mistake on the Lake. However, the same year there was a promotional jiggle played on local tv stations which sang out "The best things in life are right here in Cleveland.....

[@harvey9761]

Someone today needs to try $1 Dime Bag Night..........................

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

That will be a disaster waiting to happen.

[@pep590]

Maybe the Colorado Rockies will. lol.

[@ilikewaffles889]

Metalman200xdamnit what would be such a disaster about that?

[@Schnids1655]

The concession stands would run out of hot dogs and the fans would be asleep by the 7th inning lol

[@Texan1981]

The disaster would be when families are there. I'm not sure about anyone else, but I wouldn't want the kids in the middle of a cloud of weed smoke getting high. They shouldn't have to be exposed to that, nor should any adults who don't want to get high.

[@dakruise1]

Now, this is why Cleveland can't have nice things.

[@StukInBuf]

They have the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers world championship.

[@anniecostello9112]

Hey I'm 12 I have to live there and I love it look at my other comment

[@Deathtofrogleghorn]

My former neighbor was an usher at the game that night and was punched in the face during the game.

[@endersdragon34]

I must admit not many people would admit to having causing a riot.

[@mraaronhd]

The funniest part of this- the organist playing “Take me out to the ballgame!” the whole time! 😂

[@johnfredericks9907]

Imagine he starts playing "Ole anzy" with tears streaming down his face

[@suggiethames9870]

That is fucking hillarious

[@johnfredericks9907]

I read about 25 chicks shit there pants! Oh my God

[@David-ol6fw]

This happened in 74 but the footage looks likes it's from the 40s

[@ericandlizjohnson2828]

I haven't laughed this hard in awhile watching this video 😂 I have a 10 cent beer night t-shirt that I got for my birthday a few years ago which was exactly 4 years to the day June 4th 1978 😏

[@pinehorse2785]

Can't give the fans free alcohol or anything that can be thrown. The difference between the general public and cattle is that cattle have actual value.

[@iron1349]

pinehorse to become burger meat to feed the general public

[@RandallFlaggNY]

Concise analysis. Thanks.

[@iron1349]

The AL Central feells like an insane party

[@selfishstockton6123]

Considering how watered down the beer is, 10 Cents is an accurate price though for what you get

[@brycelandon6387]

So in other words, this was the Pacers-Pistons brawl of MLB.

[@THERSC216]

Gotta love Cleveland my hometown

[@johnfredericks9907]

1 of Americas Ghettos to visit on my "crack" Bucket list Lol

[@Cannibal713]

Good on the Cleveland players for helping the Rangers fend off a horde of drunks. Next time I pay too much for a beer at an event, I will remember this game and let thoughts of the alternative relax me.

[@joelgalvan8358]

Looked like raiders vs. San Francisco,. 70s. Spearing,late hits and ejections. Real football.

[@PeterTea]

From prohibition to 10 cent beer night, America’s really run the whole gamut.

[@stevec6965]

Man i Love Cleveland.

[@christiancharles2866]

Amen to that! The greatest sports fans in the world. The cavs 35-22 going to the nba finals. The indians have one of the best rotations in baseball

[@ChimpFromSpace]

What could possibly go wrong?

[@peoplesrepublicofliberland5606]

This is the inspiration for walking dead

[@351charlie7]

I just now found this video. Cracks me up. I had a favorite bar during the '70's and they had Tuesday mixed drinks fo .29 cents (for which I set a record of consuming 27) Thursday was draft beer night, with .25 cent drafts and .79 cent pitchers. Everybody went home drunk, but nobody went nuts.

[@johnfredericks9907]

I was a happy drunk who got tossed a few. Times for sex in the bathroom. Dont make me a bad guy

[@MST3Killa]

Today's story is brought to you by Schlitz. "We weren't always garbage, we swear!"

[@martyn7988]

Even at 36 years old I'm still discovering incredible stories like this!!!! Absolutely pi**ng myself laughing

[@jackkitchen737]

One of the greatest moments of MLB history. Even if it was dubious.

[@Ohreallynow100]

was at that game and it was all the Stadium Organists fault plus alcohol . a guy ran on the field naked then the cops started chasing him, the organist started playing the Lone Ranger Chase song and that erupted into chaos everyone started going on the field then...

[@aepr84]

Oakland Raiders should have a .50 cent beer night see what happens

[@FormerlyNYVulgarian]

Imagine a 10 cent beer night game in Philly if the Mets, Nats, Braves, Giants, Cowboys, Redskins, Lakers, Celtics, Devils, or Rangers showed up to play. Everyone would’ve forgotten about this Cleveland incident.

[@Reflectivityy]

The first time went great! Let's wait for the heat to cool off and we will do it next month!

[@maynardsmoreland]

These men must be very proud.

[@chrisbuck1695]

They should make a comedy film based on this.

[@duewhit310]

Horror/comedy

[@bobke114]

I was listening on WBAP the Rangers old flagship station

[@dreamerloverfaker]

"they tried it again a month later" LOL

[@Shinobi33]

They tried again a month later?..... Are you serious 😂😂😂😂

[@cajunboi4888]

This would make one hell of a movie.

[@rs6304]

They gotta have another 10¢ beer night I’d go crazy

[@ErikMalkavian]

When baseball was fun!

[@johnfredericks9907]

When being an Alky was respected

[@robertmasina7388]

One can imagine what the outcome would be today if it was $1.00 a beer night.

[@paysonfox88]

I'm A Texas Rangers Fan. The Rangers Announcer for TV -- Tom Grieve -- hit 2 HR in that game. It was one of his 2 multi homer game in his below average career as player. He said it was the biggest mistake in promotion ever made including Disco Demo night. He said he recalled having to defend himself with a bat against several people before escaping the field.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Love ESPN'S take on this

[@joshuasmith6439]

Dan Coughlin seemed to be overjoyed at recalling this.

[@rogerscottcathey]

just wanted to see the flasher who tried to kiss the umpire.

[@jaxonbmx2699]

alcohol is legal and weed isnt ok

[@chrisbuck1695]

Ya right and it cures everything too, doesn't it.

[@EsotericOccultist]

Weed is legal in my state.

[@EsotericOccultist]

@@chrisbuck1695 No, alcohol does. Doctors give alcohol to aids patients with no appetite because it makes them hungry and helps them to eat. Yep, good ol alcohol, so much better than weed.

[@otto6702]

Weed is gay

[@Airsoftcleaner]

The Great Beer Putsch of 1974

[@JR-he6fn]

The KZbin channel Weird History, took his version of this story from this video

[@KrazeeClark]

"Uncle Nick" brought me here.

[@Donovaan]

Who had the idea that 2 persons could handle the potential demand? AND WHO HAD THE 10 CENT IDEA IN THE FIRST PLACE?! That's like setting a time bomb! :'D

[@sean3533]

I love my country.

[@stevedrums1675]

Classic!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robminmonaca]

Bob nutting will probably have to do this to get a full crowd at pnc Park in Pittsburgh.

[@oliviag5957]

Omg! That's world domination!

[@mas3dog]

Malace at the palace? That's cute.

[@TheRealGoopyGoop]

Mason Topping a video of that event brought me here lol

[@McKeelix]

Oh hey I went to kindergarten with Bob Golic's son. I remember he wrote a poem for class about how many ribs his dad could eat in one meal.

[@johnfredericks9907]

Is his Dads name Joey Chestnut Golic?

[@deedonnerramone4757]

Remember the article in the Detroit papers

[@kennethlucas7473]

I remember. The Detroit Free Press AND the Detroit News!

[@forrest2457]

DAMN!

[@christiancharles2866]

The Ohio State Buckeyes 2014-15 National Champions! 10 time National Champs, Cleveland Browns 8 NFL CHAMPIONSHIPS, Cleveland Crunch 3 NPSL Soccer CHAMPIONSHIPS, Cleveland Indians 2 World Series Championships, Cleveland Indians 1995& 1997 American League Champions, Cleveland Barons 9 Baron Cup Championships, Cleveland Cavaliers 1975, 2009, 2010 Central Division Champions, 2007 Eastern Conference Champions

[@jfa-px3mu]

So what's your point? The only achievement you listed that matter is the Ohio State National championships. The other ones don't mean shit. But nice try

[@christiancharles2866]

they r all championships! CAVS just beat golden state, they r going to the finals. i say great, its all good

[@christiancharles2866]

OHIO! MICHIGAN SUCKS!

[@jfa-px3mu]

chris breeze Hey, I'm rooting for the Cavs this year, I think Cleveland deserves a title. But if your a lifelong Cleveland sports fan, you should know better than to say their going to the finals, Cleveland has had many sports heartbreaks over the years, probably the most hard luck sports city in the country. So in order to spare yourself some heartbreak, I think you take it one game at a time, and just wait and see what happens, instead of jinxing it by saying they're going to the finals

[@jfa-px3mu]

chris breeze Oh and as for championships. Some of them nobody gives a shit about like the Cleveland Crunch, the Barons, come on who cares? And the division titles, if you want to go by that logic, just think how long the list would be for the Boston area teams if you listed division titles

[@ningxiawolfberry]

The funniest thing is they tried the promotion again.

[@BrownBomber92181]

Just about all team managers would call their players in for their own safety if fans storm the field, but Billy Martin? Hey guys, grab some bats & let's start clubbing the fans 😂😂😂

[@anniecostello9112]

Like I'm here glad the Cavs won their first title last year glad the tribe was in the World Series my uncle decided since I am now a fanatic Cleveland sports fan and I am here saying wow the curse was so bad like this is just sad... like it's no wonder someone did it die ok and now I'm googling the 99 cent beer night at the Cavs old stadium in Richfield I wonder what happened there!!!!! I'm only 12 and I love my city even if we have a river that catches on fire, even if this 10 cent beer night was crazy I still love Cleveland but WOW!!!

[@StukInBuf]

"i was just a year old, would have loved to have been there and watch the chaos unfold; imagine that now with camera phones and the net?" If that were available then, people the world over would never get tired of having fun with that! Heck, if satellites in the sky could zoom in on the proceedings, it would be a riot(you see what I did here)!

[@michaelleroy9281]

Of course Billy Martin was there for this

[@RA-VEN8]

I can't help but say right at this moment at that exact time Ted Bundy has already made his mark across the PNW..

[@Dr.TJ1]

Except for the violence, everything else is hilarious. Just drunk people expressing themselves. People shouldn't take it so seriously (again, except for the violence).

[@EsotericOccultist]

Same with WW2. Except for the violence it was a real hoot!

[@layneroschen1487]

Cleveland.........

[@scottjackman3841]

The Dollop!

[@rupang886]

"In the name of Chief Wahoo I command ye to stop!"

[@incan87]

The day the Rangers beat Cleveland fans lol.

[@Unknown-bq9id]

I would like to see this whole unedited game on KZbin...

[@Nightwulff19]

It could have been worst if it happen on June 6... The 30th anniversary of D-Day

[@jerryvega3042]

6 bucks, 8, TEN!

[@NuisanceMan]

Just think: for $1.10, you could get over a gallon of beer. Now if only one of the West Coast teams or the Red Sox or Rockies would have 10 cent marijuana night!

[@whazzuphere]

Good times in Cuyahoga County!

[@nancymckivens1576]

love bill veeck

[@gayrambo4529]

NO WEEZING THE JU-UUUICCCEEE!

[@white_rook2060]

Almost as bad as disco demolition night at Comiskey Field a few years later

[@KosaiAvonej]

What happens when you get laid off manufacturing workers with nothing to lose and all the cheap beer they can get their hands on? You might've thought of this, well here is your answer.

[@winenight7076]

I wish I could’ve got drunk there

[@altfactor]

Was this game televised locally in Cleveland, or back to Dallas/Fort Worth, and if so, does any footage of original live TV coverage of this riot exist?? Hopefully, if this game was televised in either city, footage of that riot from the original telecast can be found and posted on You Tube.

[@robertwayne808]

+altfactor I wish it had been televised back to Texas. We caught very few games on TV back then....a few Astros games a year and even fewer Rangers games. However, I was listening to the game on WBAP, the Rangers flagship station and I remember Dick Risenhoover, one of the Rangers announcers saying what was going on. Nowadays all Rangers games are televised. I wish they had been back then.

[@pep590]

I think only the richest teams had home games televised in the mid-70's. The Yankees and Cubs did. Plus there were usually only 18 or so road games televised for most teams. Usually on a Friday night and Sunday day. A Eastern or central time zone team never had a night game played on the West Coast televised. And the NBC game of the week had so much more quality to it, than a local broadcast. Most local broadcasts had no slow motion cameras. So different now. I've read that technology makes it so much cheaper today. Sending the signal digitally, etc.

[@robertwayne808]

That's true! The Astros would televise a few Friday and Sunday road games during the year. And the Rangers would televise only Sunday road games. It was so appropriate that Billy Martin was manager of the Rangers when that happened...LOL. Billy had a reputation for being 'combative' with the Rangers front office and I remember a story about him getting into a fight with the Rangers' traveling secretary, Burt Hawkins, who had been with them since the Washington Senators years. I didn't realize though that Billy was combative with the front office of every team he'd ever been with or would be associated with. I did get a chance to talk with former Rangers outfielder Tom Grieve who said that Billy was a terrific manager when he was with the Rangers.

[@pep590]

Good ole Billy. lol. Thanks for your input.

[@dancooper5714]

you say the richest teams televised home games but out west the Dodgers & Angels never did. It was such a different time as us vintage people know. Only road games at rivals got tv back then.