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Had it not been for a timely tip from Lawrence, we would have let tonight’s historic anniversary pass unnoticed and unloved.

And we can’t have that, can we?

Ladies and Germans, I give you the 31st anniversary of the greatest event in sports history. I refer, of course, to nothing other than Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park.

I would link to the video on FARK’s “Videos” tab, but it doesn’t seem to want to load. So I’ll leave you with an odd bit of trivia from Wikipedia:

For White Sox outfielder Rusty Torres, Disco Demolition Night was actually the third time in his career he had personally seen a forfeit-inducing riot. He had played for the New York Yankees at the last Senators game in Washington in 1971 and the Cleveland Indians at the infamous Ten Cent Beer Night in Cleveland in 1974.

I was also not aware that the last Senators game ended in a riot and a forfeit. You learn something new every day,

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