30 years Ago Today, July 12, 1979

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We shall never forget, the Night Disco Died...

From the Detroit News...

http://www.detnews.com/article/20090712/OPINION03/907120309/Looking-back-at-a-dangerous-night-in-baseball

At first, Disco Demolition Night seemed like a great concept.

That was before the bomb went off and the big crate of disco records caught fire, and thousands of fans rushed the field, and all the bases disappeared, and the batting cage was destroyed, and the Detroit Tigers won the second game of a double-header against the Chicago White Sox by forfeit.

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Once the bomb went off in center field, disorder became the order of the day. Dombrowski remembers a huge hole in the infield grass in front of shortstop, 21-year-old Alan Trammell's position in his second full season with Detroit.

Fans ignored pleas from broadcaster Harry Caray and Bill Veeck to clear the field. Finally, riot police had to do the job. The rabble left peacefully, but the damage was done. For the first time since the less-than-ingenious Ten-Cent Beer Night in Cleveland in 1974 -- and the last time in an American League game -- the result of the nightcap was a forfeit.

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