How i wish Comiskey Park could still be around instead of destroying it should of remodeled and Comiskey Park would still be alive
@alonenjersey4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to know why what was done to Yankee Stadium ('73-'76) couldn't be done with Comiskey Park.
@mick2spic3 жыл бұрын
@@alonenjersey Money. Reinsdorf wanted his luxury boxes. If he has some vision he could have gotten them with a proper rehab like they did with Fenway. Then Jerry picked a very poor design which taxpayers had to fork over even more money later to try and rehab his bad design. There was an entry by a local architect to build his Amour Field, which was a fantastic design. But of course Reinsdorf didn’t pick the better design, from a news story he felt disrespected because the architect didn’t kiss his ring and go to him or some nonsense. Sox park now is better than the original design but it could be so much more. On the second the the closest seat is further from home plate than the furthest seat on the second deck of original Comiskey.
@alonenjersey3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information. When it comes to new sport venues, the main thing that gives team owners a hard on is luxury boxes/luxury suites. I hear all that's left is the exact location of home plate near the parking garage. Just plain sad.
@lonniestephens6254 Жыл бұрын
The original Comiskey Park should have at least been refurbished & remodeled.
@acousticshadow40322 жыл бұрын
I was there. Am the guy crying in the LF boxseats. All she needed was a new coat of paint. Instead, they bulldozed all that baseball history. The Fools.
@user-bl3wo6su9m4 ай бұрын
Absolutely and this girl is still tearing up over this.
@dylanhanson74649 жыл бұрын
Should of rebuilt the park, like old Yankee Stadium. If they did I will be able to go to the games, because I was born in 94.
@randyburke44447 жыл бұрын
It's a shame they didn't keep it
@robadams21403 жыл бұрын
It's a sentimental thought, but honestly, the place was falling apart. Remember the men's rooms? *Shudder*
@ginathegreat38582 ай бұрын
I was the kid with COMISKEY on the back of my jersey, and I'm bawling now.
@JustinDeFiblander6 жыл бұрын
The baseball palace of the world. I only saw it once. The final game against the red sox to complete a sweep that final year. Its a damn shame it was torn down. Not that the new is bad but theres no upper deck in the outfield. The playing field at the new Comiskey parks dimensions do not resemble the old. It was in far better shape than the dump on clark n addison ever will be. I know its only a stadium but Comiskey park was a "classic double decker" and the oldest in the American League. Shame on "whinesdorf" for taking that away. SHAME. Somn we have always coped n dealt with besides Bill Veeck. Shitty petty n poor ownership.
@j.philiplarson206411 ай бұрын
Thanks for the memories Comiskey Park...
@justinroark882 жыл бұрын
Professor Andy from The Bozo Show did the song at the end
@HalloweenMovieFanMikeMyers135 ай бұрын
I dont understand wrigley still there why did they demoshed comisky couldnt they remodel it
@rogerlambert9316 Жыл бұрын
Turn off the lights, the party's over!
@charlessmith2638 жыл бұрын
I was trying to figure out what the PA announcer said when the first fireworks from the last pyro show in Comiskey Park's final night game ever at that historic "Charlie's House" happened....Part of the message was muffled somewhat but I was trying to get these exact words..... "Ladies and gentlemen, the friends of Comiskey Park, True-Value Hardware and your Chicago White Sox are now proud to present its final and largest [post-game] fireworks display ever presented in historic Comiskey Park. Sit back and enjoy and look towards the skies over Comiskey Park for a spectacular sky-mastered salute to an end of an era and a celebration of a new beginning."
@glenbard075 жыл бұрын
Andy Mitran aka Professor Andy from The Bozo Show.
@HalloweenMovieFanMikeMyers13 Жыл бұрын
My dad from Chicago he went a lot of games at comisky as kid
@raulgreen83695 жыл бұрын
Of course this was on WGN-TV Channel 9 on a Saturday Night with Dan Roan and Joannie Lum in the both at old Comskey Park on the WGN News
@tmac53846 ай бұрын
I was there
@lawnboyfreak2 жыл бұрын
If I were at this game or the final game, they would’ve had to drag me out kicking and screaming!
@acousticshadow40322 жыл бұрын
I was there, and hear ya loud & clear. Only saving grace was another game on the next day, Sunday, September 30th. That was a very difficult one to leave, but I had to catch a plane back to Boston.
@davidrohlfing90556 жыл бұрын
I was at this game with two of my sons and my brother in law. Could not get tix for final game so this was our substitute. We were in lower deck way back of first base and could not see the fireworks!
@johnnystengel32194 жыл бұрын
That was like watching my grandfather die
@danromero33858 жыл бұрын
Saddest birthday ever,was actually at that game...
@charlessmith2638 жыл бұрын
The post-game firework shows at Old Comiskey Park probably started around 1976 or so. Guessing that every Friday night game would have these shows---so probably for a 168-game season, looks like they had an average of 20 firework shows per year. So for 14 years...probably a grand total of 280 firework shows. They added Saturday night firework shows later on around 1985 or so - probably 350 fireworks shows, so the last firework show in old Comiskey Park that is shown on this video marks approximately no. 350. And it was a very special pyrotechnics show indeed even though we missed the grand finale of the show.
@donbryant76446 жыл бұрын
Charles Smith like Friday night fireworks at southern Illinois miners games
@charlessmith2636 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I am afraid of fireworks and I am not a Southern Illinois Miner baseball fan, so it was safer for me to watch those post game fireworks shows they had on televised Channel 44 Sox broadcasts, and then later on with those Channel 9 broadcasts.
@genoaoak4 жыл бұрын
I remember going to games in the 60s and there were fireworks after every night game.
@BaseballPlayer0 Жыл бұрын
the fireworks shows were on sturdey night
@dylanhanson74649 жыл бұрын
I love that song at the end, The House that Charlie built
@gutrench94896 жыл бұрын
C’mon the finale was the best part
@HarlinNeal11 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at Fort Gordon near Augusta, Georgia when this happened. When the New Comiskey Park opened in 1992, I was stationed just outside Seoul, Korea. I wish I was in town to see this great ceremony...or at least to get the local perspective when it happened. Great memories!!!!!
@BaseballPlayer0 Жыл бұрын
it opened in 91
@timmycue Жыл бұрын
I was at this game. Still the most amazing fireworks show I ever saw. So many fireworks going off that the ashes were falling down all around everything. What a night!
@timrobinson73734 жыл бұрын
With this VIRUS thing going on its great to look at these clips brings back all the memories of why I love baseball and the White Sox
@jbtornado4 жыл бұрын
Just my take.. But this ballpark could have been similar to Allen Field House in Lawrence in terms of MLB had money been put into it and it still kept most its character.. This may be one of the biggest mistakes ever in terms of stadiums
@bearstown19show6 жыл бұрын
I wish I was there I want go old comiskey park! I was born 92
@mariocisneros9115 жыл бұрын
They didn't show the best parts . We were in there and all around the roof red rockets were going off in like a birthday cske5
@JetblackThemeTime5 жыл бұрын
Back when wgn gave a shit about the Sox.
@mercuryvapoury3 жыл бұрын
That song at the end sounds very, very much like Bruce Hornsby's piano work. Judging by the lyrics, I'm guessing it was a one-off piece especially for this occasion, and not commercially available.
@justinroark882 жыл бұрын
Professor Andy from Bozo did the song at the end
@dylanhanson68194 жыл бұрын
Anyone know the name of the song at the end when they mention the house that Charlie built?
@dylanhanson68307 жыл бұрын
Anyone know what the song is called at the end??
@marchmadness765 жыл бұрын
I wish I was there! Go White Sox!!
@thetruefistofthenort3 жыл бұрын
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@dylanhanson74649 жыл бұрын
Are you kiding me, muted
@sportsfanatic22285 жыл бұрын
From a die-hard Cubs fan, I think this stadium deserved to get taken down. Wrigley Field is way better.