Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 13, 2016 Posted July 13, 2016 Photo Essay of Disco Demolition Day: http://www.dawhitephotography.com/disco-demolitionWhat a day to be young, white, and high. May be the whitest ballpark crowd since integration.Amazing that a landmark game of the seventies coincided with one of the appearances of the Sox in shorts.
Lefty Specialist Old-Timey Member Posted July 13, 2016 Posted July 13, 2016 Lotta Stroh's being downed that day. Love the guy rolling a joint with a broken arm. That's skillz.
Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket Guests Posted July 13, 2016 Posted July 13, 2016 Too bad the shooter ran out of film. It was only beginning to get crazy.You hate to compare this to actual shit that might be going down in the world today but in 1979 hating disco and saying it sucked while wearing cutoff jeans and a baseball hat with your rock-n-roll-loving friends was the easiest, most natural thing to do, even if it wasn't completely instinctive.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 13, 2016 Author Posted July 13, 2016 The most insane thing is this "war" still goes on in some minds. And some day, perhaps 30 years down the road, we'll find the Rock-Disco Wars version of Hirō Onoda, still holed up somewhere fighting the good fight, and we'll have to bring in an ancient Ted Nugent or somebody with a megaphone to convince him to surrender.
Frayed Knot Old-Timey Member Posted July 13, 2016 Posted July 13, 2016 Edgy MD wrote: ... May be the whitest ballpark crowd since integration.Especially so considering that it's at a ballpark smack in the middle of Chicago's south side.Looking at those pics - we were a much skinnier nation back then. Even taking into consideration that those on film are almost entirely in the 18-30 demo, a similar set of shots today would reveal very differently shaped people.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 14, 2016 Author Posted July 14, 2016 Hey, look, found a dark-skinned dude.[fimg=700:1oeoxgxs]https://chicagology.com/wp-content/themes/revolution-20/chicagoimages2/discodemolition2.jpg[/fimg:1oeoxgxs]Also, check out the Mets, beating the piss out of the two-time defending NL champs.
MFS62 Old-Timey Member Posted July 14, 2016 Posted July 14, 2016 Frayed Knot wrote:Edgy MD wrote: ... May be the whitest ballpark crowd since integration.Especially so considering that it's at a ballpark smack in the middle of Chicago's south side. Any effort to destroy (at least part of) Comiskey Park was considered Urban Renewal.Later
Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket Guests Posted July 14, 2016 Posted July 14, 2016 8-run first inning! http://www.leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=2853&tabno=D
seawolf17 Old-Timey Member Posted July 14, 2016 Posted July 14, 2016 John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:8-run first inning! http://www.leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=2853&tabno=DSUCK IT BURT HOOTON
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 14, 2016 Author Posted July 14, 2016 One of only three Doc Ellis Mets wins in captivity.I hope somebody asked Tommy Lasorda what his opinion was on that first inning.
Chad ochoseis Old-Timey Member Posted July 14, 2016 Posted July 14, 2016 Frayed Knot wrote:Edgy MD wrote: ... May be the whitest ballpark crowd since integration.Especially so considering that it's at a ballpark smack in the middle of Chicago's south side.It's the south side, but the Comiskey (OK, US Cellular) neighborhood is about as white/working class/Irish as Chicago gets. The Daleys were from there.
Fman99 Old-Timey Member Posted July 14, 2016 Posted July 14, 2016 Awesome photos. Real time machine stuff.
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