Ten Cent Beer Night Was A Total Disaster

10 cents for a beer at a baseball game might sound like a dream come true. But the reality of that scenario unfolded on June 4, 1974 during a Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers. What transpired was a night full of nudity, violence, and total chaos.

[@aarond5232]

Years ago I saw an older guy wearing an “I survived 10c beer night” shirt, now I know what it stood for lol

[@unseenufo]

Wow. Me too. Crazy

[@funkworthrollin4959]

Awesome.

[@shantellakaladypersephone8671]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@its-klutz]

😂😂

[@juliepoirier1320]

I wasn't even born yet, but I want that shirt.

[@AtlasReburdened]

Fully nude? Excuse me sir, he's clearly wearing a sock. He may be a streaker, but he's not a monster.

[@williammerkel1410]

A lot of people feel more naked when they're just wearing socks or shoes than when they are truly wearing nothing at all.

[@ddcs0s]

Ay I thought the same thing until the cops told my stupid ass otherwise

[@cuntpuncherino]

he "slid into second base" too! that shit makes MY balls hurt

[@megamonkey139]

Yeah I mean kids are are watching the baseball game and he knows that what a nice man

[@AtlasReburdened]

@@megamonkey139 Exactly, he obviously didn't want to scar the kids. Class act.

[@tinega5613]

This has the rawness, intensity and escalation of a Simpsons episode.

[@mattrice5998]

but only from like season s 6-9 lol

[@JorgeRomero7]

@@mattrice5998 Lolool

[@lolollol9291]

The Simpsons already made an episode containing your comment.

[@ricomarez7834]

except instead of a 30 second gag it's a 3 hour surreal trainwreck

[@seymourbutts9085]

That's were I got my name from. HA!

[@betoflores7462]

Every team should be allowed one 10 cent beer day per season.

[@mightymikethebear]

The idea sounds like fun but there are too many psychotic douchebags now, many people would die.

[@-._._._-_._._.-]

The local minor league hockey team has a $2 26oz beer night a couple times a year. That was always a lot of fun, maybe $1 beer night is what we need.

[@dtmgangsta]

Asheville Tourists have dollar craft beer night on Thursdays and it used to be a blast.

[@darthXreven]

agreed but on that night any 21 and above fan who wants one can have 1 10 cent beer then the price goes to normal after that.... so everyone get's a drink but not unlimited yeah?? giving fans freebies or discounts is good for business but you still gotta put limits for everyone's good but honestly i say more games need free beer night cus then it'd be more interesting....

[@darthXreven]

@fusionsfloyd Detective: so were there people there or not? well not exactly....i mean sort of.... ^picturing Office Space there lolz

[@effoanderson1312]

This sounds like a DEFINITE bucket list stop in a time machine session.

[@crazyphan18]

I 100% certain those bases just taken off the field and never recovered were the souvenirs of time travelers. No one can change my mind.

[@KannaHvH]

just go to football game in scotland or the UK, sounds kinda normal

[@gianna544]

I would like this but it’s at 420 likes and I can’t mess it up

[@tashalynn29]

That and Disco Demolition night

[@arianebolt1575]

Don’t go now- the last thing anyone needs is Covid going back in time.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

I would give real money -- honestly, I would *pay* -- to watch the complete, un-condensed, un-edited TV broadcast of this game.

[@JG-nr1mm]

Only for 10 cents and a beer.

[@conspiracybear1564]

They burnt the tapes

[@JG-nr1mm]

Or lost em. I mean, it was 10 cent beer night after all.

[@ScottishPEACEguy]

I love it, if you like this then you will the Hibernian v Rangers Scottish cup final aftermath, no alcohol involved and it's very recent.

[@hatman23433]

As any self respecting man will if you find such a goldmine let me know please

[@andrewwynne6934]

Rangers: Never thought I'd die fighting side-by-side with a Indian. Indian: How about fighting side-by-side with a friend?

[@YTEdy]

Nice one!!!

[@dickwilkins6889]

This is said by Vin Disel and The Rock

[@redplatoon6147]

@@dickwilkins6889 Lord Of The Rings reference

[@sarah-annecarney5458]

@@dickwilkins6889 Are you kidding me? It's Legolas and Gimli...jesus dude.

[@sergiowinter5383]

@@dickwilkins6889 Orc spotted

[@chrisraborn9965]

"All the while the stadium organist is playing Take me out to the Ballgame"

[@anhell32]

Jajaja that part kills me 😂😂

[@bloodyraptor6251]

That and "this was the 2nd inning" made this video for me 😂

[@Missrere1984]

That sealed it for me! 😆😆

[@iamcarpetpython]

"These millennials these days are so out of control. In our day, we never behaved the way these punks do today."

[@highadmiraljt5853]

Brandon Ok boomer

[@jankemjunkie6564]

*this was one ball game you lub*

[@Wasrael]

Fuckin Boomers biggest hypocrites

[@connormclernon26]

Brandon every generation’s been called a whiny bitch by the generation prior to it. You’re acting as though our generation is any different in that regard than those which came before us.

[@tae8578]

@@stacheoperator Jesus shut the fuck up kid.

[@drillbit8280]

Imagine someone going through their grandpa’s things and they found a base lol

[@kevinw9073]

I was in the upper deck and saw it all.

[@daleholbert3111]

Someone out there would pay lot of scratch for it to

[@XxXNOSCOPEURASSXxX]

He must have been based

[@JR-me7yk]

I understand what the commenter means but taken out of context it wouldn't be that surprising to find a base in your grandpa's things

[@gusgrau3594]

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[@laze7992]

You left out the best part! The next month they ran .10 beers again! But with 200 security guards and a max of two 10 cent beer tkts lol gotta love Cleveland. 🍻

[@ReviewWingsDSP]

It’s like the South Park episode where randy wants to fight everyone, except it’s the entire city of Cleveland lol.

[@jillkoerber5192]

Im sorry, I thought this was America

[@The_Mad_Regent]

@@jillkoerber5192 Cleveland is America.

[@coltonhindel3172]

What, you saying I can't defend myself? I thought this was america!

[@amygould4242]

@@The_Mad_Regent thats a quote from randy

[@chuckfinley6747]

“I didn’t hear no bell”

[@290ct29]

Dude my granddad was at that game. He said it was the most fun he has ever had.

[@FoxNewsChannelSux]

Was he the guy with the sock on his dick?

[@Turtle9815]

I mean, apart from all the violence, as a spectator I can imagine this being extremely entertaining to watch

[@Itsa6stringthang]

@@Turtle9815 kind of like the Roman's in a way. Cleveland's new age Colosseum...

[@queenlegitimate5015]

Your granddad is a straight G

[@vcvortex6356]

Your grandpa lied. He was watching sitcom re-runs and eating overcooked meatloaf. His attendance never happened.

[@SunniLeBoeuf]

Someone in Ohio is sitting in his house with one of the stolen bases telling this story to his kids right now as we speak

[@matthewbloemker2115]

Grandkids by now, most likely.

[@endofanera1983]

I imagine those bases are in a garage all rotted and crumbling apart like my life.

[@manbunnmcfanypakjustacoolg4965]

God I fucking love America! 🍻

[@bigscrap84]

Grandkids

[@azoz-so5qr]

Ohio, fuck yeah.

[@falseking989]

10 cent wine night would have had a more sophisticated turn-out.

[@amygould4242]

10 cent joint night would have been the most chill thing ever

[@kadennelms8419]

@@amygould4242 only if it didn’t also fall on 10 cent nacho night

[@chuckfinley6747]

A gallon jug of Thunderbird was thrown at a first baseman. Wine was there

[@donsknots6510]

They'd have just been insulting the team's uniforms from a close proximity.

[@ck-1649]

@@chuckfinley6747 Fun Fact: That first baseman turned out to be Mike Hargrove, who would later become the Indians' manager in the 90s and led them to 2 pennants

[@davidfuertes1973]

70's was a crazy decade . There was a lot of violence everywhere from the crazy serial killers to the Watergate fiasco.

[@The_Mad_Regent]

It almost makes 2020 and 2021 seem tame in comparison.

[@danielrobinson2044]

Watergate was not violent or crazy. He was just the first one to get caught doing it.

[@davidfuertes1973]

I agree Watergate wasn't violent but it was a scandal and if you go to see there was a lot of serial killers during the '70s Ted Bundy, John Wayne gacy, The night stalker or whatever the hell his name is over there in California and those two cousins who killed a bunch of people in California seems like California had a lot of crazy people during the'70s

[@Missrere1984]

Jonestown, The Girl Scout murders, seems like “Eh, What Can Go Wrong?” was theme of the entire decade..

[@Missrere1984]

@@The_Mad_Regent Now we have social media to capture all of it, even if major media doesn’t

[@AztecMC1]

Still better than $15.99 beer night

[@steakwilliams4448]

$15.99 beer night? What a deal! Better than $18.99 beer night

[@LuccianoNova]

Don’t even talk about yankee stadium beer night. Because I don’t even drink at games. Because I can’t only just have one. Then I end up spending more on beer for me and my girl then we paid for tickets lol.

[@jangus894]

are you serious haven't been to a game since I was a kid, 16 bucks? really?

[@grannyslapping2657]

Wait .. what?? 15.99 in Ireland €5

[@exotichabits3624]

It’s 5.99 to 8 up in bmore

[@kcluu9390]

.10 cents in 1974 is equivalent to .51 cents in 2018. That would be insane.

[@FloofyTanker]

What about 2019

[@cesarrobledo2583]

Eternal Goddess .52

[@leslielikesthis]

A bar in Canton used to have 50cent margarita ladies nights on Saturday from 8 to midnight. The last time I was there I saw a woman try to fight the bartender when she was cut off and then strip naked on the dancefloor. That bar is no longer in business.

[@kcluu9390]

@@leslielikesthis - You must document this so we can advocate for something like this in the future.

[@76reliant]

I know, making change for a dollar from .51 cents would be a real pain in the ass....

[@Kragith]

I'm was so glad when the part about the "skimpily dressed teens" ended with them walking off, the tone had me thinking it was going in a way worse direction.

[@calebangell77]

Well... He never said why they walked off.

[@Kragith]

@@calebangell77 "Well of course these poor girls can't keep up with this setup either, and they just walked off"

[@JonAnderson90125]

I have never been more proud to be a Clevelander.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

👍 ! The guy is SO judgemental ! I actually think more positively about Cleveland after hearing this story ! And the balloon one ! Go Cleveland ! ! 🇬🇧

[@luisreyes1963]

Have you forgotten you have an NFL team, the Browns? 🤣

[@TheTyronecus]

@@luisreyes1963 you're right, let's not forget about the other great moment in sports history. Bottlegate We are the best drinkers in Ohio

[@athena854]

But what about that time a guy ate horse poop at the Cavs victory parade?

[@assrammington7961]

@@athena854that’s their local delicacy in Cleveland

[@AlwaysBolttheBird]

“She was hammered. This was the second inning”

[@redflame300]

@Dragon Slayer kinky

[@fuq1nutube]

I think they let people in an hour before game time.

[@mma1st105]

Yeah sounds like my Grandmother

[@ZoanBlade90]

So many good stories tend to start that way...

[@timmycrw91]

In the 1980's, I remember for a few years that during the All Star Game, a woman named "Morgana" would make a yearly appearance, running onto the field early in the game, in a low-cut shirt or maybe bikini top, showing off her ridiculously large breasts for the viewing pleasure of the crowd and tv audience, waiving and being politely escorted off the field by security. She was notorious for that.

[@MadeagoestoNam]

"the city was a stick of Dynamite and the fuse was ten cent beer night." Never had a better sentence been read out loud in human history.

[@zimmerman1031]

Never going to have you speak for me.

[@blitheringrando1410]

Sounds like my home town during boat night or pub crawl.

[@a2thee270]

How about larry sinclair testifies that president obama and him engaged in anal sex whilst smoking crack

[@aliencatcrew3336]

In history??? I wouldnt go that far. "People in HELL, DO NOT KNOW THEY ARE IN HELL."

[@blainwilson7937]

@A2theE2 😂😂😂👍

[@gudkush420]

I would pay so much money to see a movie about this game

[@MasterGrunt15]

I would pay so much money to play a game based off a movie about this game.

[@gudkush420]

​@MasterGrunt15 Ten Cent Beer Night in VR, and you get a choice to be on either team or a fan in the stands.

[@gudkush420]

Really makes you appreciate why stadium booze is so expensive nowadays. Natural crowd control.

[@mikeyaeger9279]

Watching thus my dad on June 1 2024, he paid 18$ for a Stella last night at the giants game in SF

[@RustyNickels]

The guy who illustrated _Where's Waldo?_ needs to draw this and share it with the world.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Oh god, and Waldo is laying by the home plate without his pants and in a puddle of beer and piss and broken glass 😭😭😭

[@chrisframpton7681]

Growing up in Cleveland, I used to think my dad completely made up this story. Well told.

[@wirelessone2986]

Goes to show...believe the old farts

[@Abdega]

“The legends are true…”

[@whywhere1768]

@Gerrylynn Mako sorry that your name is gerrylynn. off yourself btw

[@SLAAMIT]

next time trust your dad

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

You knew the old timers weren't bullshitting

[@loveforthegame3]

"10 cent beer night then turned into free beer night" What a glorious change of pace.

[@sheikchilli8670]

jeremy clarkson "but i like this" meme

[@bc2578]

It was time to change the dynamics of the situation.

[@thatretrokid1956]

Drink a beer every time he says, "this was a major league game ",you would come close to the beer consumption of half a person at 10 cent beer night

[@loveforthegame3]

@@thatretrokid1956 "Hate bein sober" stars playing

[@SOV724]

You had 999 likes so I helped you out a bit

[@zombienursern4909]

I was s senior at West Technical high school when this happened..I was not at the game, but it was weird to learn all about it. I still live here in Cleveland, and am so proud of how we have gotten back on our feet. I must say that I just love your narration of that epic fail night. 10 cents beer, a large public gathering, the Vietnam war, Kent state university had four kids shot dead by the National Guard, the draft, the "hawks and the doves" , young men with their hair to their shoulders, ....there was a powder keg every where. LBJ and Nixon, hot on the heals of JFK and Robert Kennedy, MLK shot dead.. There was high anxiety EVERYWHERE, I kid you not..

[@jonruby1755]

When u said he was playing "take me out to the ball game" the whole time, I lost it 😂😂😂😂

[@blockyuniverseproductions6587]

The part that killed me was the fact that the Organist was still playing "take me out of to the ball game" while a drunken riot was happening in the stadium.

[@jonvich3011]

Blocky Universe Productions haha right! Talk about a dedicated employee

[@s_u_l_f_u_r]

I imagine the dude laughing his ass off while playing the organ 🤣

[@wannabehistorian371]

A true champ. It just adds to the hilarity.

[@moosestubbings1853]

Just like the simpsons

[@balamtheknowledge9578]

Good musician always plays his set, hell if slayer hasent missed a concert in a long time then you can handle playing for a little riot, because there fans are animals that live on destruction and fear.

[@domanddev]

Is no one gonna talk about the savage organist who played “take me out to the ballgame” the whole time during the brawl?? Lol

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

Reminds me of the organist from *Slap Shot.* Put a helmet on & keep playing. Bet the radio announcer was that guy who was the *radio announcer for the Charleston Chiefs* from Slap Shot. *"And now the fans are fighting the players. If I wasn't up here, I'll be fighting the Rangers. Come on down to the park. We got family fun for the whole family".* *Sure beats blowing up disco records.*

[@baz5042]

Kinda of like the Titanic’s musicians, but less depressing and more pathetic, not for the musicians for the events surrounding them.

[@paulbeahm3891]

Sounds like he found that perfect number of drinks

[@paulbeahm3891]

@Phil McCrevice try turning down your sensitivity

[@JimmyTurner]

Lol

[@briaubs5185]

“Fireworks, which the fans brought themselves...because it was 1974...and it was 10 cent beer night.” I’m dead! Never in the history of the world has a truer statement been uttered!

[@dnice7200]

“There were so many streakers on the field, they stopped trying to catch them.” 😂 😂 😂

[@jhtbj3079]

Imagine waking up after 10c beer night and realizing you literally stole second base

[@TORchic1]

"I stole second base with a girl last night." "Dude, nice!" "No, I mean-" *pulls out a baseball base* "me and some random girl I met at the baseball game last night LITERALLY stole second base. I don't remember who she was, but I have second base right here...."

[@AccountTermed]

More stolen bases than a majority of player🤣

[@mikekonkola1231]

Wonder how much that base would be worth

[@bkr1895]

On some Lou Piniella shit

[@anhell32]

Jajaja....what make me crazy is in between all the CAOS ....THEY WERE PLAYING ...TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME....THA KILLS ME 😂🤣

[@anonymouse9922]

Imagine how all the ten year olds at this game felt when their uncle charged the outfield naked

[@rubbersoulgirl84]

🤣

[@derekloweree2520]

they were probably drunk too lets be real here

[@bananasstuff3344]

@@derekloweree2520 well it was 1974 and it was 10c beer night...

[@xeviplaysgames2573]

Yeaa uncle charge them whippersnappers hit em with your truck

[@canadiansoviet]

He only had 1 sock on, too

[@EzyHaydizzle]

"Ten Cent Beer Night" - just found the name for my next punk band.

[@ftworthxxx]

"Fully nude?" Come on, the streaker had one sock on. lmfao.

[@twofiveb]

The “scantily-clad, teenage girls” were smart to follow their instincts and bolt out of there before something really bad happened

[@FritzR4464]

Father Guido honestly, when he mentions the girls, I was nervous that he was gonna say they were raped or something by drunk fans

[@patavinity1262]

@@FritzR4464 Extremely unlikely in public, surrounded by hundreds of people.

[@FritzR4464]

Patavinity well considering that a girl was raped in Panama City on a beach in the middle of a group of people who were too wasted to realize she wasn’t enjoying it and was trying to ask for help doesn’t give me much confidence in that statement but it doesn’t matter since the girls were fortunately not hurt in this situation

[@stefm.w.3640]

@@patavinity1262 unlikely yes, but girls have been raped even in crowds before (Woodstock). Drunk people are ruthless

[@Neurotv4941]

Stefan Schüttengruber no those “drunk people” have issues and liquor doesn’t make it any better

[@bellamaster6876]

“Firecrackers, which the fans bought themselves, because it was 1974 and it was ten-cent beer night” God, I wish I was there

[@Notabitchanymore]

Bella Master i wish!

[@aidan7655]

Did you not watch the rest of the video

[@bellamaster6876]

Who doesn’t love extreme chaos

[@hedged-valley1148]

@@bellamaster6876 the only reason your alive is because humanity has gotten over survival of the fittest. Have fun with that thought. Oops sorry I don't think you can even think that deep sorry

[@bellamaster6876]

hαyᗪEη Lmao, what did I do to invoke such rage from you.

[@tsunamijani5284]

This makes the Malice at the Palace look like a kindergarten squabble 😂😂😂

[@ScoundrelSFB]

The fact that "Take me out to the ball game" was playing the entire brawl, makes me realize this would make a great movie.

[@DocDoesGamingYT]

I kept my composure until he said "They stole the bases, they just took them"

[@roberthertz6634]

No one stole anything. Ten cent beer NIGHT alcohol impairs ones JUDGEMENT. There for no is illegal actions its 10 cent beer night for Christ sakes.

[@londonman5873]

When they said the organist played through the whole thing.

[@bigbline405]

"Wanna see the Indians play tonight" "No, they suck" "Beer is ten cents" "GET THE CAR!!!"

[@shantellakaladypersephone8671]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mandalorian_guy]

For $1 you could get a ticket and 6 beers, also the legal drinking age was 18 at the time.

[@daltontaylor8830]

I mean, 10 cents in 1974 for a beer is a fucking amazing deal plus you could get six of the fuckers at one time! That’s like 1930’s prices lol on top of that you probably could’ve been hammered ass drunk and they would still hand you beers if you keep handing them money.

[@DookiedoohdahPRO]

Get the car lift it with your own hands we going to the shit flinging game

[@edlawn5481]

"Wanna see the Indians play tonight" - Well now you can't say that anymore.

[@tangmcbang]

This makes me proud to be a cleveland resident. I love my crazy town.

[@zombienursern4909]

@tang: Me, too! I was a senior at West Technical high school when this happened...I just love our city...my six sons are in the military, and they are Cleveland proud, and spread the word that Cleveland is the best place to live! Both nowadays and in the past. It was something that could only happen in Cleveland in the 70's. I love our crazy town.

[@jonathanlevenson6299]

It wasn't mentioned but the reason the umpire finally called the game off was that during the brawl between fans and players, somebody threw a knife either at him or in his general direction. Not just an ordinary switchblade, but a full sized hunting knife. It didn't hit him, but it stuck in the ground next to him and that was the last straw. They could handle fights with fans, fireworks and sreakers, but when people start involving deadly weapons, that's really it.

[@SneezelProductions]

i just imagine some grandpa talking to kids "wanna hear a story?" and pulls out a baseball base

[@pjhelbig]

LMAO! Yes!!! Haha

[@taliquetaylor8039]

😂

[@jakekingsbury6961]

Best comment I've seen on youtube, and I've been here for a long time 😂

[@chuckfinley6747]

That base is now considered a family heirloom and will passed by generation to generation.

[@seananchondo844]

"This was the day we were invincible"

[@GorfWoodstock]

They need to make this a ridiculous movie.

[@namelia4439]

BC Bob - someone...ANYone!!!

[@carmenadams575]

I would watch this movie, several times.

[@midwest1389]

To bad Chris Farley wasn't still alive that's the movie him and the Saturday night boys could have done!

[@Georgecostanza7]

i feel like johnny knoxville could pull this off, if it was similar to his action point movie where it was a comedic retelling of it i feel it would work perfect.

[@carmenadams575]

osu22221 Are you kidding?🤣🤣🤣

[@gwuapo_4573]

Just imagine a huge fight with people getting beat up by bats, snd then you hear, "take ne out to the ball game", in the background, pure epicness

[@joelambert4703]

How is this not been made into a movie

[@NorthFights]

out of 25000 people, you KNOW more than a few remember June 4, 1974 as the best day of their lives

[@nunyanunya4147]

... i kinda think this is like woodstock. 'if you remember it... you wherent there'

[@fairyfox2890]

My dad definitely has it in the top 15. He wasn't there but he remembers the news broadcasts well.

[@jdoritohead4983]

Fairy Fox want a cookie?

[@barryallen9466]

Especially the people who went home with one of the bases😂

[@ArtCurator2020]

Dear Kevin: Crowd violence at sports events isn't as uncommon as this video suggests. I worked for a security company in San Francisco in 1969 as a kid. They had the contracts for guards at the NFL games at Candlestick Park (49ers) & at the Oakland Coliseum (Raiders). It was VERY difficult for the dispatchers to fill these shifts because the stadium crowds then were so abusive. They even snuck in bricks and other "weapons" to hurl at the players, at the guards, and even at each other. A VERY Violent NFL scene in the Bay Area at the time. 50 guards for a 25K crowd is VERY Reasonable when the crowd doesn't act like a pack of animals. ... [e-mail]

[@OPEK.]

The funniest part about this entire thing is that the dude played take me out to the ballgame nonstop

[@edgregory1]

The orchestra played on while Titanic was sinking.

[@Anonymous-wy5dc]

@@edgregory1 Hitler killed himself. It evens out.

[@justincase9284]

Funny guy

[@robinmaner3455]

This is one of the best videos on the whole of KZbin.

[@sandrapenrod7927]

The 70's were a great time to grow up. More crazy stories about the 1970's please!

[@JamesBond-uz2dm]

We are all lucky we survived the ' 70's. It was so much fun.

[@gutsu2345]

Rangers player: I never thought I’d die fighting side by side with an Indians player Indians player: what about side by side with a friend Rangers player: Aye. I could do that

[@BillyOcean336]

Halfdeadmarine underrated comment

[@Virjunior01]

AND MY BAT!

[@MattyQube]

Jajajajajajajajajajajaja. Way for friendship to flourish in the middle of a battlefield

[@thefirebreathingleftist8648]

I love you all. Lmao.

[@joshuaanderson9938]

Perfect comment

[@soulassassin0g]

The fact that they manage to play 9 innings with all this madness going on before calling the game off is fascinating.

[@KillerInstinct2006]

They were probably legitimately scared of a full fledged riot breaking out if they were to cancel the game.

[@namelia4439]

KillerInstinct2006 - I can’t believe there wasn’t one after the game was forfeited to Texas!

[@Rockhound6165]

@@KillerInstinct2006 you mean that wasn't considered a full fledged riot?

[@jib3015]

Awesome. Every 4 or 5 years I get this in my feed. Never gets old. Wish I was there.

[@californigirl]

In 2020, 'sounds like any wednesday in portland.'

[@domanddev]

Was anyone else super relieved to hear the two teenage girls eventually just walked away? I was really worried the story was about to take a dark turn

[@MISTAKEWASMADE4live]

They had 1 job, and they blew it lol hopefully they were working for free, shoulda hired 2 muscle dudes.

[@MISTAKEWASMADE4live]

@Dave They would have been able to stop people from just slurping down the whole 2 trucks, or called someone else to take care of it instead, not just leave like those 2 thots who were getting paid to handle it.

[@MISTAKEWASMADE4live]

@Dave I'm not like that at all, I would have said the same thing if it was 2 guys, if anything I would have called them out worse, but having 2 big guys serving drinks is a lot safer then having 2 thots serving.

[@Sp1n1985]

It's Ohio, not California

[@josephdale3996]

Me toooooooo!!!

[@watersbrandon2001]

Note: 10 cents in 1974 is about 50 cents today.

[@vaylik]

Still better than $7

[@watersbrandon2001]

@@vaylik Yeah, it is ridiculous how cheap it was.

[@adamh7409]

I paid 16 bucks AUD which is like 12USD for a beer at the airport. You havent been price fucked until you've came to Australia.

[@Eg9yBoy]

@@adamh7409 I agree with you, but the USD is stronger than the AUD. Probably closer to $12 USD

[@adamh7409]

Corrected it thank you sir

[@cujbj1]

My favorite Clevelander Tim Russert told the story of how he went to the game with two dollars in his pocket.... you do the math lol

[@stillnotwoke]

I miss Tim...gone too soon.

[@midievalcat7770]

Genie: so what event do you want to go with that time machine you wished for? Me:

[@zombienursern4909]

@Medieval Cat: TEN CENT BEER NIGHT! Just drop me off at the old Cleveland, Ohio municipal stadium! These people think just like me...how nice to be with like minded baseball fans! The 10 cent beers are a bonus!

[@zackp4798]

"Please dont throw things onto the field". Everyone else- hold my beer, wait... give me my beer.

[@smmusicplus96]

Zack Powell This comment is going to get massive likes.

[@dingusonwheels8672]

@@smmusicplus96 this comment is going to get so few likes

[@JorgeGeorgeD]

That wasn't beer anymore...

[@johnforrestboone1]

@@JorgeGeorgeD ha!

[@sjelliott6660]

"Hold my 6 beers."

[@danielmace406]

"They didn't catch him. Maybe they didn't want to." I cackled, nicely played.

[@fancymemelord9702]

@@iancurtiswishlist4996 I was thinking the same thing

[@justamurse5646]

“This is so insane it’s starting to sound normal” 🤣 Ridiculous..Cleveland still rocks

[@mjaynes288]

After the brawl in Texas and fans throwing things at the Cleveland players Billy Martin was asked if he was worried about his team's safety on the up coming road trip. “Naw, they won’t have enough fans there to worry about.” Guess they proved him wrong.

[@Planker24]

“The stadium organist was playing take me out to the ball game” has the same mood as Wallace Henry Hartley playing his violin with his band on the Titanic

[@Malkmusianful]

I'd say it's funnier

[@darthken815]

Song should've been renamed "Take Me Out To The Beer Game" after this.

[@bananasstuff3344]

at least the organist didn't later drown...

[@billygowhoop]

You know that you're involved in a special moment in sports history when the SWAT team shows up.

[@kevinw9073]

I was there. there was NO SWAT team. NONE. Swat teams were not around in 1974! I dont know where he gt that info from.

[@crazybrickstudios7482]

@Kevin W SWAT was invented (not sure if that’s the right way to put it, but) in 1964.

[@CrossBorderNerds]

Or you're a streamer. One of the two.

[@ericpivaral4747]

@@kevinw9073 bro you lying

[@kevinw9073]

I remember it like it was yesterday.

[@danpingree6238]

50th anniversary today! One of my favorite parts of baseball history. Absolutely bonkers!

[@joeyclemenza7339]

Fun Fact: That Ranger's first baseman who was pelted with 20 pounds of hot dogs, and nearly nailed with a gallon jug of Thunderbird wine... was none other than legendary Indian coach of the 90's Mike Hargrove. I'd imagine had he been hit, the Tribe wouldn't have had those legendary seasons in the mid to late 90's.

[@GeminiS...]

I vote we bring back 10¢ beer night for a special anniversary

[@tashalynn29]

I second

[@GeminiS...]

@Broly The Sarcastic Savage it was probably a combination of Budweiser, Coors, and Miller. If it was a choice I'd say Miller isn't that bad but of the lower end beers yuengling would be the better one.

[@Catlady-mw4en]

Now's a perfect time to reunite the angry, unemployed, Cleveland citizens over a crappy baseball team and public inebriation, to get tear gassed by cops.

[@finn3147]

Fax. If they are bringing back a field of dreams game.

[@aaronrichards2842]

imagine if it was guinness...lol

[@soulassassin0g]

Europeans: "Americans don't know what it's like to have rabid fans." Americans: "Hold my 10 cent beer."

[@OompaL0ompa]

60000 beers for 25000 people.lol,amateurs. Do not EVER AGAIN compare EUs with Muricans in beer cases

[@daddygirlchanelhines4600]

@@OompaL0ompa Check.

[@usarkarzts4207]

@S billings I wouldn't say the UK weighs with you now. I wouldn't even say the the UK knows where it is now.

[@DefThrone]

@@lalunit Wouldn't it make more sense to go to Canada for help instead? They're right next to us. Also, at this current moment in time, it's pretty damn impossible to invade America. It'd be like trying to invade the U.K. The second you have a fleet of planes over the water headed in that direction there'd be massive casualties for the invading force.

[@ericcloud1023]

No it's 60K that were bought, and considering they just began stealing them during the 4th.... Well lol, I'm sure they topped 180K altogether

[@jaggeric11]

God, I love Cleveland even more.

[@TheWebsOfCorruptionNeverFail]

European Football Fans : Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up.

[@mIstEr1mEmE]

And that is the story of why food at sports events are so expensive

[@lordlouie3550]

Mr. Meme Sansfield? Garfans?

[@user-xg8yy7yl1d]

What if this whole thing was staged to use as an excuse to jack up the price of beer at sports games

[@rynemcgriffin1752]

Boreworm Boreworm “Mr Memewide”

[@crazyphan18]

“AND a few fans stole the bases. They took the bases off the field. They just took them.” That deadpan delivery just makes it all the more hilarious to me. And that it ends with “and those bases fans took. Never been recovered.”

[@namelia4439]

crazyphan18 - 😂🤣😂🤣 And why would they ever be recovered? Best souvenir EVER!!!

[@SidviciousWisconsin]

I want to know who has one , it’s too late now for then to be charged now

[@zombienursern4909]

I live in Cleveland, Ohio, was a senior in high school....what better souvenir from the 10 cent beer brawl could you get? Wish that I had been there....sadly, I was in dress rehearsal for our school play. Wish I had been there! I LOVE your dead pan remark that the stolen bases were never returned. I have watched this many times, and it never gets old. Thank you SO much for this video!!! I just love it: because it was the 70's, and you could do it. 🏥😘

[@cavemanlovesmoke4394]

R.i.p bases

[@SaraBanartist]

And that's terrible

[@unclebuzzyschurchofgroove6190]

Great job - the added context gave was illuminating.

[@graemelaubach3106]

What a wonderful story, tyvm

[@rpkiller2489]

3:10 He ain't naked he got one sock on.

[@slew2108]

Agreed. Fake news. He was not totally naked.

[@jamesdoll869]

Thank you

[@Ryan_Cone2014]

It’s not gay to look at him then we’re good

[@smartwatchonpluto]

Lmfao

[@smokinnplatez1426]

it's the shadow

[@hitoshijohnson]

"I went with $2 in my pocket. You do the math." - Tim Russert of Meet the Press

[@eduardo_gallardo009]

20 beers

[@alberta8878]

2000 beers 🍻 wow

[@acidsteve9837]

what? 2 million beers? wow

[@DyI7]

2 billion?! Wow

[@NikeGunner77]

2 trillion wow?!

[@ew264]

European football hooligans bringing grenades and stomping police officers: First time?

[@XxheymoonxX]

wineos are wild too, paint brushes would be thrown and berets would be torn off. lol

[@MPfeifer716]

As crazy, dangerous, and over-the-top as this is, it's sad that things like 10 Cent Beer Night or Disco Demolition Night couldn't happen in today's game. The excessive professionalism and corporate feel of pro sports makes it hard to truly get behind a team or feel that they really represent the people of a city. Instead of die-hard, regular fans attending games, it's become a social event for corporate types and wealthy families. Too bad

[@fortunatecookie9055]

This is the era when pro sports was still for the fans of each city. Real people. Real rivalries. Real hometown pride. Raise a glass, my friend!! 🍻

[@Zacpilgram]

These are the types of stories they should have taught us in history class

[@bertcox4484]

My history teacher told us about Catherine the great. Ya history is cool sometimes.

[@EleanorPeterson]

Zach, they did - they just called it politics.

[@Zeropointill]

Wait, they *didn't* teach you this? Not even American and my history teacher taught us this. Your school system must suuuuuck.

[@Zacpilgram]

MrSnrub really? What country are you from if you don’t mind me asking? And I’m from South Texas, the schools there kinda suck.

[@joeroganofficial5433]

tacodude man wooooosh

[@kevinallen6197]

$40.00 for 2 hot dogs and 2 beers. Major league sports are pricing themselves out of business. You can buy a case of good beer and 24 hot dogs from Costco for the same price. Watch the game on t.v. for free

[@jamesboyd8798]

And not have to drive home

[@daffyduckfan4478]

Kevin Allen Aparently people are still buying.

[@usedb6625]

Also 24 cups of soda

[@ryants1]

And still have $10.00 left in your pocket...

[@routannethegamer2390]

sports drink prices make me think the prices of alcohol in Canada are cheap xD

[@MidNiteR32]

After the first few shenanigans at the game, I'm sure someone in the crowd thought: "Wow, things couldn't possibly get any worse." To which the crowd responded with: "HOLD MY BEER."

[@deputydillhole]

This actually sounds like the most awesome baseball game ever.

[@trycoldman2358]

Would've never happened if it were 10 cent weed night *+150% increase in snacks sold*

[@5.7heaven]

BC Bob maybe not you, but definitely does for me ohhh yeahhh

[@SymphonySays]

Truth. Chillest crowd ever lol

[@VideoSuperMaster]

That was Disco Demolition Night.

[@Caleb-vq2uy]

Broly The Sarcastic Savage not everything on the internet is meant LITERALLY sometimes people make jokes or remarks to make people feel joy inside....

[@erravi]

Dude weed! Dude weed lmaooo magic drug no harm hehe hoohoo

[@michaeld8280]

I went to a boxing match and a baseball game broke out.

[@Jeramithehuman]

🤣😂🤣 that’s funny

[@ronnickels5193]

hockey game

[@WarpPal]

It was that boring?

[@benderb.r5041]

Dollop?

[@SaltoDaKid]

So dude we’re swing bats and throw 100mph at each other NICEE

[@marsharupe8112]

I listened to this game on the radio from Arlington. Craziest broadcast I ever followed.

[@atelieerluna]

the thought of some naked dude getting his skull caved in to take me out to the ball game made me laugh so fucking hard

[@prisonmike8214]

Now beer costs 15$ a pint. Could’ve bought 150 beers in 1974... yeah I’d be naked too 😭😭😭

[@biasedfan]

Ugly Troll lol

[@Champwsox05]

@Ugly Troll Wade Boggs would've pulled it off.

[@Champwsox05]

@Ugly Troll Wade Boggs, former Red Sox player and 5x batting champion. He infamously drank over 100 beers on a cross country flight.

[@timmydirtyrat6015]

No, adjusted for inflation, 10 cents=51 cents. You could only about 30, which is still way too many.

[@joer8854]

@C Connors Thanks for proving that Vancouver isn't the only complete embarrassment to sports.

[@howardbaxter2514]

This is the most Cleveland thing I have ever heard.

[@TheRussell747]

When they said it was Cleveland I went "ahh ya that makes sense"

[@dafritts2012]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYvdmHSgn9qkkK8 Nope this is

[@-cynicpsychic-7275]

@@dafritts2012 True true. But Im sure you live in a shithole too. Fuck anywhere in America is a shithole nowadays.

[@SirAlazar]

Florida

[@veno8mm]

Cleveland is B-O-U-T I-T..... B-O-U-T I-T. (and b4 someone no limits/NOLAs me. You can go fuck off. Its a 1996 Cleveland Bicentennial reference.) I wished I had that white tee that I picked up on the Flats. Huge Hilfiger logo with Cleveland Ohio where the usual Tommy Hilfiger lettering exist. On the back it had two lines ".... is bout it " that shit was wet.

[@Lhansmeyer33]

Heard this story a few times...however this storytelling of it is awesome. Wells done weird history !

[@addictedtothewrittenword3451]

This is unequivocally the single handedly most Hold My Beer moment in the entire history of Hold My Beer Moments.

[@louiewatson9389]

Ahhh the 70s... When players could smoke cigarettes on the field.

[@Anonymous-wy5dc]

There was one that was on acid forgot the name though

[@NostalgiaTheatre]

@@Anonymous-wy5dc Dock Ellis. He once actually pitched a no-hitter while tripping balls. LSD is a hell of a drug.

[@Anonymous-wy5dc]

@@NostalgiaTheatre He probably was high enough to see everything in slow motion

[@aqluvs]

Anonymous probably 😂

[@SKtube0]

@@NostalgiaTheatre It sure is. I remember that..when Doc pitched that no-hitter on acid. The 2 guys who discovered the DNA helix were tripping as well when they made that discovery. Crazy...

[@Decetop]

Whenever you wonder why a beer at a ballgame costs $10, remember how 10¢ beer night went down.

[@boingkster]

Yup. And considering that a 6-pack cost about $2.35 (roughly 40c/beer) it really was a hellava deal. When was the last time you saw beer advertised for 75% off?

[@derangedgaming3781]

You mean it being cool as shit and an absolute grand time. The people who screwed up here were the players and managers, by the 3rd inning they should have figured the situation out and went to the beer truck themselves. Imagine the level of goodwill towards the community you represent when they see you out there drinking with the common folk. Little things like that would have sold a lot more of their merch,

[@xeserupseinopelttil4574]

Wtf? Try 15 a beer in CA

[@adamchirico7724]

Lololl

[@kevaninthe4135]

Also inflation.

[@jirosomer1204]

This is bad an all but can we just laugh at the fact somebody literally stole 2nd base

[@SamFergusonNE]

Among other things, how perfect that a 10 cent beer night disaster involves and includes Billy Martin?

[@cathybentley4355]

Cleveland born and bred here. So proud. So very, very proud. Not even sure if I'm being sarcastic or not.

[@chriscampbell3817]

cathy bentley me too lol

[@sudcciv6443]

YOU are hereby appointed PRODUCER of the movie about this! ;)

[@rikosaikawa9024]

cathy bentley lol literally nothing to be proud about

[@chriscampbell3817]

hell yeah

[@chriscampbell3817]

my college roommate at Kent State university father was the sports photography for the old Cleveland press we decorated our dorm room fridge in these pictures. this was 1987. god bless Cleveland god bless us all!!! stay safe world cheers!!!

[@dillanbro7161]

The perfect night.. sitting in the very top of the stadium with few people, watching hundreds of people get insanely hammered and all brawl.

[@flynnlivescmd]

Like watching black friday videos on youtube. Morons

[@tedsheckler6648]

This redefines what could possibly go wrong

[@Vorusen]

This sounds like the best baseball game ever.