10 Cent Beer Night Promotion In Cleveland
Jun 04 2015 On June 4 1974 the Cleveland Indians hosted the Texas Rangers with a promotion entitled 10.
10 cent beer night promotion in cleveland. At the time the scene represented just one more collective cringe of embarrassment for a punch line city. Jun 04 2020 Clevelands 10-cent beer night promotion had devolved into an unmitigated disaster. The 10-Cent Beer Night Riot.
Jun 04 2019 The Indians had visited the Rangers earlier in the season during their own ten cent beer night promotion it is crazy to me that this used to be a common promotion. Mar 22 2009 On June 4 1974 the Cleveland Indians held Ten Cent Beer Night. 25134 fans showed up about twice the number expected.
Whether its something to be embarrassed by or an idea to laugh at the Cleveland Indians 10 Cent Beer Night promotion will infamously remain one of baseballs most ridiculous moments. Jun 04 2019 Six days after the brawl in Texas Clevelands Ten Cent Beer Night promotion drew 25134 fans to Cleveland Stadium for the Tuesday night game twice the number expected. Jun 04 2017 Then you had 10 Cent Beer Night and then in 1979 Torres was on the field in Chicago during Disco Demolition Night- where a riot between games of a double-header led to another forfeit.
Heres an excerpt from Ohio Sports Trivia by J. Sep 21 2020 You may not believe this but Cleveland would eventually hold another Ten Cent Beer Night but this time there was a limit of two per person. Jun 01 2014 What had simply been dubbed Beer Night a promotion offering 10-cent brews ended with a Cleveland Indians forfeit to the Texas Rangers when drunken fans stormed the field and had to be turned back by bat-wielding players.
The Cleveland Indians promotions department didnt think this one through. The club intended to offer as much eight-ounce Strohs beer as fans could drinkand for only 10 cents a pop. The Indians held a Ten-Cent Beer Night promotion with unlimited purchases that unsurprising to no one went horribly wrong.
Meanwhile throughout the game the inebriated crowd grew more and more unruly. Jun 03 2015 Amidst a dip in attendance during the 1974 season the Cleveland Indians decided to galvanize interest by hosting a 10-Cent Beer Night promotion on Tuesday June 4 1974little did they know what the endless flow of beer would entail. Jun 04 2013 Tuesday marks the 39th anniversary of one of the more colorful or dubious depending on your intake events in baseball history.
The late Tim Russert who was attending law school in Cleveland at the time later noted I went to the game with 2. The brewery in Clevelands Ohio City neighborhood is. Under the ownership of Bill Veeck in the 1940s the Indians were known for some excellent promotions.
It wasnt the worst promotion in history because of the cheap booze or because it was an experiment. Mar 19 2021 CLEVELAND Ohio Market Garden Brewery has hit on a promotion that meshes Cleveland sports history feeling healthy and good cheap beer. Jul 08 2019 As far as crazy baseball promotions go 10 cent beer night ranks right up there next to Disco Demolition Night the Dodgers baseball giveaway night in 1995 or any of the extensive number of wacky minor league baseball promotions.
Because so many fans got intoxicated a riot broke out and the game never finished. Tribe players endured heckling. Oct 21 2020 On June 4th 1974 the Cleveland Stadium hosted what is now regarded as the worst promotion in history- 10 Cent Beer Night.
On June 4 1974 a promotion at. It wasnt the first time the Indians explored similar avenues. Early in the game Clevelands Leron Lee hit a line drive.
The Rangers quickly took a 51 lead. Ten Cent Beer Night is a great example of a marketing. In a memorable but ugly scene Texas manager Billy Martin led Rangers players onto the field with bats in hand.
Heres a look back at one of the craziest nights in MLB history. Alexander Poulton and Did the Tribe Win Last Night staff writer Vince Guerrieri.
