Forty years ago today was "10 Cent Beer Night" at an Indians/Rangers game. Yeah, it went about as well as you might expect, especially as the front office forgot to set a limit as to how many beers one person could purchase. Some of my fellow home-towners have a little capacity problem.
However, to Clevelanders, as it was one of the few times a major league game was forfeited, it was the proudest day in Municipal Stadium history.
A key quote:
Umpire Nestor Chylak, hit by both a chair and a rock, quickly forfeited the game to Texas, officially ending the Indians’ comeback. “They were just uncontrollable beasts,” said Chylak later. “I’ve never seen anything like it except in a zoo.”