10 Cent Beer Night

A whimsical Page 2 piece about Cleveland violence.

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Wow. In some sort of sick way, that makes me proud to be a native Clevelander.

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Jun 5, 2008 1:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

After pulling over at a highway rest stop, man-cred asks logic if he wanted to sleep in the back seat for a while. “I am tired,” says logic.

“I love to drive stick, anyway,” man-cred replies.

my helmet has, like, no pine tar on it.

by joeee on Jun 5, 2008 2:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

As someone who is constantly reminded by Americans about the horrors of soccer violence in the past…I’m pleased to see that even baseball has had its problems!

What does 10cents work out as these days? Is this is pretty dollar beer night…or even more generous that that?

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by Luis (Tribe Fan in London) on Jun 5, 2008 7:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think it’s more like $0.45 beer night in current dollars

by APV on Jun 5, 2008 8:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks man…although I butchered that last sentence, that’s what I get for posting at work.

That’s pretty cheap beer so its incredible they had no conditions on how much people could buy.

Speaking of cheap beer in Ohio, it reminds me of a time a few years ago I drove past a pub/shack on the Ohio/Penn state line on route 20 which has a sign advertising 25cent draft bud. I will go to my grave sad that I never stopped to say I had had a 15p beer…although I’m sure the place would have been mighty interesting.

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by Luis (Tribe Fan in London) on Jun 5, 2008 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Best part definitely is Grover giving a fan a beatdown

by Roger Dorn on Jun 5, 2008 8:13 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I would love to listen to that Tait/Score play-by-play.

I had recently read that the mid-May 10 cent beer promotion wasn’t the first one of that year. Anybody know if that’s true? I see they had a couple afterwards with seemingly no incident.

by PatBordersHelmet on Jun 5, 2008 9:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No, they were canceled by the commissioner, read it again.

by Jay on Jun 5, 2008 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, what I’m asking is was there one before in Cleveland? I recently heard there was a 10 cent beer night at the stadium in April with a much lower attendance. According to my source the weather and word-of-mouth were factors in there being more beer fans than Indians fans at the may game. I’m just wondering if anyone knows if this is accurate. You’re right about the commissioner canceling the others though.

by PatBordersHelmet on Jun 5, 2008 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My parents took my brother and I to one of the 10 cent beer nights later in the year. Each adult was given tickets/coupons to be able to buy ten cent beer. I think it was two each – I have the tickets somewhere at home with my “collection” of ticket stubs.

I do remember listening to that game and mostly being mad because the Indians were going to win the game – and it was early enough in the season to still have some hope.

by IndyDave on Jun 5, 2008 9:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Is there TV footage of that game? If so, I’ve never seen it. This is the kind of stuff STO needs to play during their hours upon hours of dead air during the offseason.

by millionairesrow on Jun 5, 2008 10:47 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Not a D’Arcy Egan fan?

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 5, 2008 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The worst rain-delay filler is Tribe Tales with Bob DiBiasio on the radio where he pretends to know the details of a story about a former Indians player that somebody from the marketing department researched an typed for him him to read. The stories are usually superficial and intended to give the listener a good felling about purchasing season ticket packages. There is no 10-cent beer night edition.

by PatBordersHelmet on Jun 5, 2008 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh god d’arcy egan….let me tell you, seeing his show on tv was one thing, but hearing his Sunday morning radio show where they simply talk about “the great outdoors” was distrubing in a much deeper way.

by hans on Jun 5, 2008 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

are you suggesting that the outdoors is not great?

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 5, 2008 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Communist!

by painaxl on Jun 5, 2008 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Aren’t there bears “outside”?

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 5, 2008 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i’m mearly suggesting that a radio show format might not be the best way to experience nor enjoy the stylings of “the outdoors”

by hans on Jun 5, 2008 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you hear that? That’s the sound of the loon.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 5, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Where’s Chuck when you need him? I’m sure he could add to this.

my helmet has, like, no pine tar on it.

by joeee on Jun 5, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Chuck spent $25.10 that night.

by jhon on Jun 5, 2008 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

I knew Chuck was secretly dead.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 5, 2008 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

rekkin that

my helmet has, like, no pine tar on it.

by joeee on Jun 5, 2008 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was probably the guy that threw the hunting knife at the crew chief.

by gahnki on Jun 5, 2008 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Psshh… he’s the reason both teams retreated back into the locker rooms!

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Jun 5, 2008 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was the crew chief, and threw his own knife

my helmet has, like, no pine tar on it.

by joeee on Jun 5, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn’t go to the game that night – hadda work. I was working construction on the second trick down at Ninth and Euclid that night. Back then you could get into the bleachers for a buck – IIRC – so $3.40 would get you into the park and buy you the equivalent of a case of beer. It’s interesting that they talk about under age drinking in this article cuz back then 18 y.o.s could legally drink 3.2% beer and I’m pretty sure that was all they served at the stadium.

Anyway, all of the boyz on the job site remarked about how there were no winos on the streets that night – remember we were working right down the street from the Salvation Army Center at Ninth and Bolivar. Seems every drunk in Cleveland was at that game. And oh yeah, Brinkman and the boys usta stop at a place called Schenley’s Bar and Grill nest to the hotel on Ninth and Prospect after almost every game the umped – but not that night if I recall correctly.

We listened to all of the games on the radio on the job back then – BTW Joe Tait is head and shoulders above Tom Hamilton as a baseball announcer – and were struck by how the edge in Tait’s voice kept increasing as the game and the shenanigans went on. With Score you really couldn’t tell – by 1974 Herb was emotionally lobotomized by watching three decades of bad baseball. By the time they called it Joe was down right disgusted but then again just about everything involving the Indians in 1974 disgusted Joe.

At the time it just seemed like a lark – drunks running naked on the diamond didn’t seem any weirder than Leon Lee playing left field.

"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay

by mauichuck on Jun 6, 2008 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs

the prodigal father returns.

by Brick. on Jun 6, 2008 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sometimes I really appreciate how you’re older than God.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 6, 2008 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was working construction on the second trick down at Ninth and Euclid that night.

I don’t know what this means, but I don’t care. Your eye for nostalgic-recaps is just so damn sharp. Rec.

my helmet has, like, no pine tar on it.

by joeee on Jun 6, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know what’s great about that article? Joe Brinkman was one of the umpires and is pictured in one of the photos. In the 1999 divisional series against Boston, Brinkman tossed Doc Gooden in the early part of the game, and the crowd managed to chant “Brinkman sucks” for not only the rest of that game, but also in game 5 of that series.

by Roger Dorn on Jun 5, 2008 3:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps attempting to soothe the riotous beast, the organist then played “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

Seriously LOL.

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Have to wake up bats!

by vbc3 on Jun 5, 2008 5:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It just fired em up.

by odradek on Jun 7, 2008 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A week ago I would have bet my life that It was “nickel beer night”. Or maybe I am thinking of the other promotion the Tribe had, nickel hooker night.

by lesterjl on Jun 5, 2008 6:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I used to have that in my head, too. I think it just sounds better. And also, twice as cheap/fun.

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Jun 5, 2008 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Has John Adams addressed the allegations that he was drumming faster that night?

by JulioBernazard on Jun 5, 2008 9:29 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs

haha this is getting some rec love

by ahowie on Jun 6, 2008 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thx!

by JulioBernazard on Jun 6, 2008 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didnt read this piece, but atteneded that game with my wife. I bugged out before the violence though. I could tell from the tone of the crowd and the poor behavior that something was brewing. People became less interested in the game and more interested in throwing a beer bash and acting silly.

by elsandito on Jun 6, 2008 11:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs