Just like he did just a little over 40 years earlier, Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl walked out onto the White Sox field with a mission in mind.
Chicago White Sox center fielder Leury Garcia and Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson celebrate the 5-4 win against the New York Yankees on June 13, 2019 at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago.
As one of the masterminds behind the infamous 1979 debacle, Dahl was given the honor of throwing out the first pitch. Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” thumped over the speakers as he strode into view, decked out in a Sox jersey with his name and the number 40 emblazoned on the back. His now all-white hair remained tucked under a cap as he stepped to the mound, delivered a strike, waved to the crowd and promptly disappeared once again.
On June 12, 1979, in an attempt to draw a large crowd out to Comiskey Park on Chicago’s South Side, the White Sox organized an anti-disco event they planned to take place during a double-header of games against the Detroit Tigers. Any person who brought along a disco record would be admitted to the park for just 98 cents, after which they’d turn their record into a nearby bin where they would be blown to smithereens in Center Field.
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