Harry Caray 1979

[@darrinstevens11]

This tape is from my personal collection. I had season tickets (Weekend Plan) was able to convince the camera guy to take my picture during every seventh inning stretch-Memebr of the Jimmy Piersall Fan Club)

[@poetrychurch]

Old-school Harry fan here (41 going on 13). Just wanted to let you know that this ancient channel 44 clip almost brought me to tears. Thanks for posting this. Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersal, Nancy Faust and Bill Veeck are the reasons I've always loved baseball the way I still do to this very day. And this clip is why KZbin needs to exist. ALLLLLLLLLLLLL RIGHT NANCY!!! LEMME HEAR YA! A one, a two, a three... P.S. CUBS SUCK :-P

[@MrSoxfan56]

My wife and I sat out in the bleachers with Harry on a Wednesday afternoon when he was announcing games in the bleachers. Falstaff was the Sox beer at the time and Harry had a huge cooler full of it. He drank most of that cooler and never moved from that seat. He either had one hell of a bladder or a tube running into a bucket. One guy said to him,"don't you ever have to take a piss?". After the game my wife got Harry['s autograph which we still have.

[@brianwilliams5662]

How many beers do you think he drank without pissing?

[@MrDwb721]

I remember Harry telling Jimmy to "hand me a Falstaff, will ya Jimmy?". Those were the days.

[@monexpo86]

people forget he started singing on the SOUTHSIDE....GO SOX

[@Stumpbeefknob]

Nancy is a lock for MLB Hall Of Fame IMO...But I'm biased, I'm her most enthusiastic fan...Still, she's an incredible musician. She altered the game and the sound-scape of MLB and modern sports forever

[@dtrain3434]

I belong to the smallest subset of Harry fans, those who heard him during his one-year stint in Oakland. I was 15 and, along with one of my friends, thought Harry was hilarious. A ball would be hooked over the A's bullpen down the left field line and Harry -- on radio only -- would enthuse "if it stays fair!" His famous "It might be, it could be....." often ended with a catch 10 feet in front of the warning track. But he was a big presence on the broadcasts and definitely shook things up as opposed to the calmer Monte Moore.

[@imperialscot]

Thanks for posting these clips... GOD I MISS OLD COMISKEY! "GO SOX!"

[@jbitakis]

Awesome Video. I was 8-9 yrs. old at this time. I LOVED Nancy Faust. She is Hot. What great video of old Comiskey and Harry. This IS Baseball at its best. Thanks for posting this.

[@babylon122]

It brought me to tears. so many great memories from that era. harry and jimmy were the best ever!!!!

[@Spudskie]

Oh does this bring back memories!!! There needs to be a few complete game broadcasts from the old channel 44 days. Harry and Jimmy were the best! Bring back Chet Lemon, Mike Squires, etc.

[@Chisox74]

Great video there! Brings back wonderful memories.

[@Ike2RulZ4]

Another innovation thanks to the genius of Bill Veeck who saw Harry singing along with Nancy Faust's playing the song. A few nights later Bill had a mike snuck into the booth and let the entire crowd hear Harry. Before long the crowd was urged to join in.

[@srvfan454]

I miss harry caray, he was awesome and always made me laugh!

[@Frontmanfrg]

I emailed that to Boyers myself as a suggestion. *And they did play Na Na Na Na a handful of times last season at night games during a pitching change.* I just wish the stadium music guys would realize that its something Sox fans love to hear.

[@dnzg66]

I'd pay big bucks if you had a complete video version of these games.

[@SparklesofGold]

dude your right.... your in every shot!!! incredible!!! only in Chicago...here's to Logan square!!

[@INDLIS]

I'd like how he said HOLY COW on the night of disco demolition night.

[@Soxogram]

Excellent video! I can't tell you how many times I hear a Cub Fan talk about how the tradition started with Harry in Wrigley Field. I often thought that if Harry had stayed with Sportsvision, if the Sox would have become more popular with the fans? Then again, it was 1980 and cable television was still in its infancy so WGN had the Cubs game, free on television.

[@brianwilliams5662]

Cubs fans are famous for being absolutely retarded so......

[@coglenngillis]

I remember watching these games when Harry was the commentator. Channel 44 (remember UHF oldsters?) - changed to a PPV channel not long after these clips. This was back when baseball was still very popular. I miss those days and the Comiskey Park where the infamous Black Sox played their season.

[@darrinstevens11]

If you notice, The Real Jimmy Piersall Fan Club is in every one of the clips. Coincidence? For the record, TRJPC sat in the Upper Deck, Tier 1, Box 23, Seats 1 through 4.

[@BaseballPlayer0]

late 70s early 80s best era ever

[@coglenngillis]

@darrinstevens11 I remember the Disco demolition. That was great. Not for baseball but another nail in Disco's lid. Steve Dahl rocked! I still have the 45 of "Do You Think I'm Disco."

[@EricJenkins8345]

If you're wondering why Harry sounded so much better for the Sox than later with the Cubs, it's because Sox organist Nancy Faust intentionally played "Take Me Out" in a lower key than is typical for the tune. And I believe she still does this!

[@WytZox1]

@MrBennetzen -- Jimmy Piersall's classic quote that night was "These people aren't fans of baseball! They're fans of ... far out!"

[@Roadiepig]

"You ,Too!" Although "You Tube" would make Harry a time traveler ;-) Sounds odd hearing "White Sox", not because I don't remember that he announced for them, but because we didn't get their broadcasts in downstate Illinois back in the late 1970's. I still miss the old guy, 10 years after his passing...

[@WytZox1]

@MrBennetzen -- I don't know if he ever was! Hey! I'm a lifelong White Sox fan (as my user name indicates) and the Sox having to forfeit that game would've been upsetting to fans like myself if the Sox weren't having a mediocre season anyway. That fiasco was arguably the most exciting thing to happen at Comiskey Park that year. LOL☺ Meanwhile 2005 was the "next year" I'd been waiting for since their 1959 pennant! Yessss!☺

[@SFFOOL76]

I was very lucky to get Harray Carray's and his son Skips autograph at harry Carray's restaurant.

[@deetommy2351]

hey please Joe, take me out to the ballgame RIGHT NOW I miss it

[@sirron777]

Nancy Faust belongs in the Hall of Fame!

[@mbclev]

According to the second edition of "The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip", by Josh Pahigian and Kevin O'Connell, Nancy retired from playing at "The Cell" in 2010. Lori Moreland succeeded her.

[@bertmustin]

I've heard nothing but great things about Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall. Too bad we're stuck listening to Hawk Harrelson do White Sox games.

[@lcchocolate59]

harry carey was an original!

[@WhiteSoxNation08]

God I Miss Old Comisky Park.

[@imperialscot]

AMEN TO THAT! Old COMISKEY is truely missed!

[@gobears1987]

I want to see him sing on Disco Demolition Night. His attempts to get the fans back to their seats were futile, but still hilarious.

[@gobears1987]

Does anyone have old clips of some pitching changes? I hate how Nancy isn't at night games anymore. I miss "Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye"

[@WytZox1]

@MrBennetzen -- Actually it was Bill Veeck's son who came up with the idea of getting Steve Dahl to lead an anti-disco rally between games of a twi-night double-header. The blame goes to the people in the stands who were getting high and ran out an the field in violation of ballpark rules. Dahl never encouraged them to do so. However since then Steve Dahl has apologized for what happened and even made his peace with Jimmy Piersall. Since then Dahl and family've been loyal White Sox fans.

[@Hiei2k7]

I think the reason for the extreme hatred between Cub and Sox fans is that 1. Harry's Gone and 2. The Sox lost their old-time home in Old Comiskey Park.

[@Kelski1998]

Ah great memories of Harry. Whats funny is Harry I guess didnt get smashed like he did at Cubs games you coulld hear it especially after he got back from the radio booth in the 7th inning

[@gobears1987]

I know the whole situation. I just with Boyers would at least let them play a pre-recorded version for night games.

[@holmeed]

I used to love the old "pissing troffs" Everyone just standing peeing in a big sink really, I miss it too... '05 wsox world champs!

[@IDF1987]

@MrBennetzen He tried singing "Take me out to the Ballgame" to get them back in their seats and was pleading with the fans. I know Nancy played "Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye" when the Chicago police showed up in baby blue riot gear and the fans fled.

[@rogerkodiaksports]

my brothers and i were @ disco nite u got in the gates for .99 cents with a disco record 10,000 people were outside the gates and getting home was a real task, we lived in orland park When the wackjobs on the field started throw ng the records back in the stands knew it was time to check out

[@brianwilliams5662]

Burbank at the time

[@thunderstruck665]

Harry left because the White Sox were switching over to a cable network. He even turned down a substantial pay raise because he disagreed with the move. Nancy still plays the organ at White Sox games.

[@Frontmanfrg]

By choice. I don't blame her, she's done her fair share for the White Sox, and if she doesn't want to work night games, who am I to blame her? Oh man, does this bring back memories.

[@billkrolikowski2960]

My polock Family in Chicago

[@gobears1987]

Senility had caught up with him by the time he was with the Flubs.

[@giggitygoobrick]

MINE'S THE SUN

[@monexpo86]

take me out to the ball game i meant

[@naganaganooch7]

God isn't baseball awesome! Go Sox!!!!!!

[@obiwanobiwan13]

"For it's root, root, root for the WHITE SOX..." I'm sorry, I know he did call games for them and admittedly I didn't grow up with Harry (but I did grow up with someone just as good, Vin Scully...Vin's the best play-by-play man ever in baseball, Harry maybe the best color man...and I'm a METS FAN, so I'm all messed up on this, lol) but that just doesn't sound right! He HAS to say "Root, root, root for the CUB-BIES" right? Isn't there some cosmic law--Cubs lose, but have Harry with 'em?

[@GHOST_of_I-55]

That wasn't alcohol setting in that was age

[@rockvilleraven]

I felt Disco Demolition Day was self defeating because how did all those fans get those records? Did record stores give them away, were they shoplifted? People probably bought them, putting money in the artists pockets. They don't care what you do with them after you get them anyway. Second worst promotion in baseball history next to 10 cent beer night in Cleveland. I heard they took them from their parents so 80,000 people must be double secret grounded.

[@THERepublic1971]

If the White Sox were made of baby back ribs would you eat it? I know I sure would and then I'd wash it down with a cool Budweiser

[@Hiei2k7]

Old Comiskey was a TEMPLE to baseball. Like Jerusalem is a temple for people who worship invisible men.

[@foxmccloud7055]

1:29 Welcome to the Jimmy Piersall fan club, where we are true fans of baseball, unlike the idiots that showed up with ABBA and disco records that were causing problems and started a riot that eventually caused the second game to be forfeited in favor of the Detroit Tigers.

[@billkrolikowski2960]

lol 14 to 5😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@VolumedMusicMan]

The only good teams in chicsgo in 79 were the bears at 10-6, and DePaul.

[@GHOST_of_I-55]

Yea wish he never made the biggest mistake of his life, for a measly 5grand a year more and still be part of the first and the best Chicago team. Plus he wouldn't have worry to worry about all the fruit cakes. You can only blame the Cubs and Cubs fans for the Death of Harry, but who can stay mad the the loveable LOSERS? Oh yea...

[@joelkaczmarek]

I'd like to see 3 reasons why Indiana is better than Michigan (besides the stupid economy & Detroit). I may be a little biased, but Michigan and Alabama are in a totally different category compared to that hell hole you call a State.

[@307OLDS]

lol

[@307OLDS]

Uecker is Mr. Baseball !!! Not Scully, Allen, Rizzuto, and especially not CARAY!!

[@TransAmGrlLS1]

Wow that sucks

[@Zeldadude17]

eww there were white sox fans back then>?