Disco Demolition Night

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Disco Demolition Night was an infamous promotion dreamed up by Mike Veeck and scheduled between two games of a doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers at Comiskey Park on July 12th, 1979 that perhaps marked the low-point in Bill Veeck's long career of creative promotion.

After the Tigers won the first game of the twin bill 4 to 1, popular Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl oversaw the destruction of thousands of disco records in center field. Fans overran the playing field, and despite the pleas of Veeck, police could not regain control of the crowd. After about an hour, umpires postponed the game, and the next day American League President Lee MacPhail ruled the second game a forfeit victory for Detroit.