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Podcast: Past Ball Podcast
Episode: The Disco Demolition Night (1979) | Pastball Podcast #113
Description: Disco Demolition Night was a promotional event held at Comiskey Park in Chicago on July 12, 1979. It was supposed to be a baseball doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, but it turned into a chaotic and destructive event. The promotion, conceived by local DJ Steve Dahl, involved blowing up a crate filled with disco records on the field between games.The event quickly spiraled out of control as fans stormed the field, throwing vinyl records and causing significant damage to the field. The riot police had to be called in to restore order, and...