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Just found the following on MLB.com. Andy, do you think we can try the Disco Demolition Night at a future game or try the 10p beer night?

 

 

 

10/02/2004 10:46 PM ET

Suspended game a first of its kind

By Mark Schneider / MLB.com

 

 

 

MINNEAPOLIS -- There is no precedent for what occurred on Saturday, when the Twins-Indians game was suspended in order to ready the field for the evening's University of Minnesota football game.

Since the Metrodome opened in 1982, the Twins, Gophers and the NFL's Vikings have shared the facility. Football games have been moved to accommodate Twins postseason play, but not regular-season games.

 

The Twins have played several Saturday morning games over the years to accommodate college football games. But it was the first time a baseball game was suspended for going past the curfew time.

 

"I knew we were in trouble when they came up to us and said, 'Not to worry, in 11 years it's never happened,'" Indians manager Eric Wedge said.

 

Nonetheless, over the years, baseball has had several games end prematurely and in bizarre fashion.

 

On July 12, 1979, the Chicago White Sox held an ill-fated promotion that caused a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers to end early. During "Disco Demolition Night," all fans that brought a disco record to the twin bill were admitted for 98 cents.

 

More than 55,000 people came to the ballpark for the event and they quickly got carried away with anti-disco sentiment. Game 1 was delayed several times as fans threw records and firecrackers at Detroit players.

 

After the first game of the doubleheader, popular Chicago DJ Steve Dahl <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/djsmile.gif" alt="" /> blew up records in a box rigged with a bomb, prompting thousands of fans to run onto the field. Fires and brouhahas broke out, wreaking havoc on the field. Batting cages were destroyed, the outfield grass was torn up and umpires deemed that the field was too dangerous to play on. The following day, Major League Baseball decided that the White Sox would forfeit Game 2.

 

On June 4, 1974, the Cleveland Indians opened a three-game series against the Texas Rangers with "10-Cent Beer Night." All stadium vendors sold 10-ounce cups of beer for a dime, and more than 25,000 fans showed up to take part.

 

After the the Indians tied the game in the ninth, fans stormed the field. Nine fans were later arrested for their part in a fracas with players. Umpire Nestor Chylak was hit by both a chair and a rock, and he quickly declared the game a forfeit for the Indians.

 

On Sept. 30, 1971, the Washington Senators played their final game in the organization's 71-year lifetime. With two outs in the ninth, several hundred members of the crowd took to the field. Some ran the bases, tore up outfield grass and stole infield dirt. Three men were arrested and one was charged with disorderly conduct.

 

Ultimately, the final out in Senators' history was never recorded, as the team forfeited the game to the Yankees.

 

Mark Schneider is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.