A memory that will never be demolished

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nice reminiscence of Disco Demolition, from someone who was there...

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/cs-040708soxdisco,1,5771046,print.story?coll=cs-home-headlines

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At the time I was a 20-year-old student working a summer job at a steel mill in northwest Indiana. I didn't listen to disco and had nothing against the music itself.

My friends and I just wanted to drink some beer, watch some baseball and see some records destroyed.

By the time we got to 35th Street, midway through the first game of the doubleheader, the ballpark was crammed to capacity and dozens of fans were climbing up the outside wall to get in through the giant "window" openings down the left-field line. Fortunately, we had my dad's season tickets and breezed right in. (By the way, thanks, Dad.)

The first thing you noticed upon entering was the smell: It wasn't anything at all like Comiskey Park. The second thing was the fans in the center-field bleachers winging 45-r.p.m. records at the head of Tigers outfielder Ron LeFlore, who was wisely wearing his batting helmet.


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