Harry Caray 1979

[tumak1966]

this is really a representation of white sox fun. i shook hands with harry caray at a

notre dame alumni function. what a character he was. lol go white sox!!!!! glad my late dad got to witness the white sox winning the world series in 2005.

[MrBennetzen]

I feel sorry for Bill Veeck over Disco Demolition Night.

[THERepublic1971]

If the White Sox were made of baby back ribs would you eat it? I know I sure would and then I'd wash it down with a cool Budweiser

[rogerkodiaksports]

my brothers and i were @ disco nite u got in the gates for .99 cents with a disco record 10,000 people were outside the gates and getting home was a real task, we lived in orland park When the wackjobs on the field started throw ng the records back in the stands  knew it was time to check out

[MrBennetzen]

Quotes from Disco Demolition:

Veeck- This Is Bill Veeck! Please Clear the park, or we'll have to call off the game and close the park!

Harry Carey- Can you hear me out there? HOLY COW! What say we regain our seats so we can play baseball again?

Piersall- Jimmy Piersall back to you in the ballpark, and I'm glad they don't let you see what is going on at Comiskey Park! One of the saddest sights I have seen in a ballpark in my life! This garbage of demolishing a record has turned into a fiasco!

[solefthanded2]

And here is the proof!

[solefthanded2]

Yeah, sad truth is that Harry's 7th inning vocals began on the South Side.

[ELVISMAN67]

this is what baseball needs to be great again!!

[MrBennetzen]

I seriously doubt Harry Cary was too happy on Disco Demolition Night seeing the fans on the field.

[IDF1987]

@MrBennetzen He tried singing "Take me out to the Ballgame" to get them back in their seats and was pleading with the fans. I know Nancy played "Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye" when the Chicago police showed up in baby blue riot gear and the fans fled.

[MrBennetzen]

@IDF1987 On Disco Demolition Night Jimmy Piersall was outraged and Bill Veeck was dejected when he saw fans storm the field.

[WytZox1]

@MrBennetzen -- Jimmy Piersall's classic quote that night was "These people aren't fans of baseball! They're fans of ... far out!"

[MrBennetzen]

@WytZox1 Who should be at fault for things getting out of hand on Disco Demolition Night?

Answer: Steve Dahl

[WytZox1]

@MrBennetzen -- Actually it was Bill Veeck's son who came up with the idea of getting Steve Dahl to lead an anti-disco rally between games of a twi-night double-header. The blame goes to the people in the stands who were getting high and ran out an the field in violation of ballpark rules. Dahl never encouraged them to do so. However since then Steve Dahl has apologized for what happened and even made his peace with Jimmy Piersall. Since then Dahl and family've been loyal White Sox fans.

[MrBennetzen]

@WytZox1 How long was Mike Veeck blacklisted from baseball over Disco Demolition Night?

[WytZox1]

@MrBennetzen -- I don't know if he ever was! Hey! I'm a lifelong White Sox fan (as my user name indicates) and the Sox having to forfeit that game would've been upsetting to fans like myself if the Sox weren't having a mediocre season anyway. That fiasco was arguably the most exciting thing to happen at Comiskey Park that year. LOL☺ Meanwhile 2005 was the "next year" I'd been waiting for since their 1959 pennant! Yessss!☺

[Soxogram]

Excellent video! I can't tell you how many times I hear a Cub Fan talk about how the tradition started with Harry in Wrigley Field. I often thought that if Harry had stayed with Sportsvision, if the Sox would have become more popular with the fans? Then again, it was 1980 and cable television was still in its infancy so WGN had the Cubs game, free on television.

[DrakeGrad]

I had such a crush on Nancy Faust... wow

[obiwanobiwan13]

"For it's root, root, root for the WHITE SOX..."

I'm sorry, I know he did call games for them and admittedly I didn't grow up with Harry (but I did grow up with someone just as good, Vin Scully...Vin's the best play-by-play man ever in baseball, Harry maybe the best color man...and I'm a METS FAN, so I'm all messed up on this, lol) but that just doesn't sound right!

He HAS to say "Root, root, root for the CUB-BIES" right?

Isn't there some cosmic law--Cubs lose, but have Harry with 'em?

[southsidesoxside]

@obiwanobiwan13 Harry started his rendition of singing Take me out to the Ballgame over the PA announcer on da south side. The Cubs just carried on with it after Harry left the Sox and joined the Cubs, it originated at 35th and Shields.

[nightfrog65]

It was really weird watching Haray broadcast from old Comiskey.

When did he start working for the Northsiders?

[dponzi56]

@nightfrog65 He was with the Sox from 71 - 81. I remember him and Jimmy being more entertaining than the game.

[nightfrog65]

@dponzi56

I was very young during that time, and didn't start watching the Sox until 1989. However,after reviewing the Sox W-L record during the 70's, it seems like Haray's singing and Disco Demolition night represented some of the few Sox highlights during the 70's. Even the Cubs had better looking uniforms than the 1970's-Early 1980's White Sox.

[southsidesoxside]

@nightfrog65 His last season with the Sox was 1981. Hawk Harrelson's first year with the Sox was 1982 so you know who they replaced him with.

[cantecleer]

-- It is impossible not to smile and tear up a lil when you watch this clip. 1! 2! 3! strikes you're out at the old ball game. Enjoy calling the games in heaven, Harry! ;D

[bertmustin]

I've heard nothing but great things about Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall. Too bad we're stuck listening to Hawk Harrelson do White Sox games.

[jbitakis]

Awesome Video. I was 8-9 yrs. old at this time. I LOVED Nancy Faust. She is Hot. What great video of old Comiskey and Harry. This IS Baseball at its best. Thanks for posting this.

[coglenngillis]

I remember watching these games when Harry was the commentator. Channel 44 (remember UHF oldsters?) - changed to a PPV channel not long after these clips. This was back when baseball was still very popular. I miss those days and the Comiskey Park where the infamous Black Sox played their season.

[chrisjholler]

Harry was the best.

[SFFOOL76]

I was very lucky to get Harray Carray's and his son Skips autograph at harry Carray's restaurant.

[Ike2RulZ4]

Another innovation thanks to the genius of Bill Veeck who saw Harry singing along with Nancy Faust's playing the song. A few nights later Bill had a mike snuck into the booth and let the entire crowd hear Harry. Before long the crowd was urged to join in.

[abqwriter]

Watching Harry doing Take Me Out to The Ballgame for the White Sox almost seems like treason lolol. Oh man this is fun to see!!

[maloneysandwich]

High treason at that

[srvfan454]

I miss harry caray, he was awesome and always made me laugh!

[cliffiez]

Old comiskey was easily the coolest place to watch a ballgame... but truthfully, I like the Cell now...

same thing with the stadium... loved it there and it was a totally unusual place...but the United Center is cool now too... I'de rather sit in a nicer venue than one that is old and smells like piss... oh and fuck the cubs

[Hiei2k7]

Old Comiskey was a TEMPLE to baseball. Like Jerusalem is a temple for people who worship invisible men.

[sirron777]

Nancy Faust belongs in the Hall of Fame!

[MrVerncoleman]

@sirron777 absolutely!

[naganaganooch7]

God isn't baseball awesome! Go Sox!!!!!!

[rgcardona76]

Harry Caray with the White Sox. This is most ignominious!!

[ChicagoIrishman1]

I followed both teams as a kid, so I could have a favorite from each League. I didn't follow like sheep, this hillbilly inferiority complex bullshit, that you have to choose between the two.

I always felt bad for my southside family when Harry came over to the northside. That was a unique 7th inning stretch that was ripped from them, then carried on with the Cubs.

While I loved it, it never felt quite right.

Sox got a ring, Cubbies.....arg!

[sigmundthecat]

I'd like to see 3 reasons why Indiana is better than Michigan (besides the stupid economy & Detroit). I may be a little biased, but Michigan and Alabama are in a totally different category compared to that hell hole you call a State.

[Lehnerd57]

Funny i though we were watchin Harry Carey at his best.....Not down gradein people where live at....at least white sox won a ring cubs not yet....and not this year again!

[PubliusMcPeters]

You live in Georgia (aka the last bastion of republifascism,) , and you think that Indiana is better than Michigan? Are you on crack, cracker? I grew up in Michigan, but haven't lived there for ten years. I also just graduated from school in Indiana. The problem with Indiana is that they have too many uneducated folk like they have in, ohhh, say Georgia!! Luckily, I live in Pennsylvania now, (which has it's own unique set of problems,) but, regardless... The state of Michigan is better!!

[southsidesoxside]

@PubliusMcPeters Michigan sucks dude, why do u ppl from Michigan gotta live in denial?

[Medication102]

..Seriously...get a fucking life! How many comments did you make in the past hour on this ONE page??? too many! Go outside...get some air....get a life...stop being pathetic...

[307OLDS]

Uecker is Mr. Baseball !!!

Not Scully, Allen, Rizzuto, and especially not CARAY!!

[thunderstruck665]

Harry left because the White Sox were switching over to a cable network. He even turned down a substantial pay raise because he disagreed with the move. Nancy still plays the organ at White Sox games.

[Zeldadude17]

eww there were white sox fans back then>?

[307OLDS]

lol

[alexf5]

This is the REAL Take Me Out To The Ballgame - WHITE SOX, not that Cubs crap.

[Medication102]

hey fuck you...sox suck...CUBS are the best...

[307OLDS]

fuck the cubs.

wrigley smells like piss. well thats because its made from piss and 100 years old concrete.

Go Brewers

[ChicagoIrishman1]

Ha Ha...That coming from a Brewers fan makes it even more hilarious!

You live in Wisconsin, enough said rube'

LMFAO

[Zeldadude17]

ur REAL take me out to the ball game is bullshit...u guys say SO its ROOT ROOT ROOT FOR THE HOME TEAM fucking dumbasses

[holmeed]

I used to love the old "pissing troffs"

Everyone just standing peeing in a big sink really, I miss it too...

'05 wsox world champs!

[imperialscot]

Thanks for posting these clips... GOD I MISS OLD COMISKEY! "GO SOX!"

[karstdg]

Right, I'm sure he was green with envy; seeing all those world series trophies going to the black, oops white sox. Never mind the fact that Sportsvision was a total failure, and Wgn was everywhere. He lived nearly 84 years. He was overweight, drank to much.

I could swear it was a stroke that killed him.

[goldy2012]

dude your right.... your in every shot!!! incredible!!! only in Chicago...here's to Logan square!!

[WhiteSoxNation08]

God I Miss Old Comisky Park.

[karstdg]

I preferred the old Comiskey Park to. One thing I will always remember was they had those yellow railings around.

[imperialscot]

AMEN TO THAT! Old COMISKEY is truely missed!

[karstdg]

I only wish Harry were here to witness the 2008 Cubs...He would be so stoked and energized. I am certain if it excists that he is listening to the big radio up in the sky, cheering on the team, enjoying a cold Bud or martini. Looking at the pretty girls walking by...We miss Harry!!!

[CompuDocUK]

If Harry were here, he would have had yet another STROKE watching the Cubs getting swept out of the playoffs once again.

[karstdg]

We aren't intelligent enough to figure this was Comiskey. It's probably good that Harry isn't still here with us..I'm thinking he would have swerved for the Budwieser truck and run you over. Are you high after today's game or what?

[ToAlfie]

Yea wish he never made the biggest mistake of his life, for a measly 5grand a year more and still be part of the first and the best Chicago team. Plus he wouldn't have worry to worry about all the fruit cakes. You can only blame the Cubs and Cubs fans for the Death of Harry, but who can stay mad the the loveable LOSERS? Oh yea...

[iam01]

I was lucky enough to experience the 7th inning stretch at a Cubs game and Harry did his thing. Great! I'm from Baltimore and Camden Yards is a great stadium but Wrigley Field felt like I just walked to the park in my neighborhood instead of a Major Professional Stadium. Great Day, Great Experience....and it was on my BDay.

[CompuDocUK]

These videos are of Harry Caray in COMISKEY PARK--home of the Chicago White Sox, not wiggley field home of the recently swept FLUBS.

[Kelski1998]

Ah great memories of Harry. Whats funny is Harry I guess didnt get smashed like he did at Cubs games you coulld hear it especially after he got back from the radio booth in the 7th inning

[ToAlfie]

That wasn't alcohol setting in that was age

[Spudskie]

Oh does this bring back memories!!! There needs to be a few complete game broadcasts from the old channel 44 days. Harry and Jimmy were the best! Bring back Chet Lemon, Mike Squires, etc.

[whorethrower]

At 5:19 it sounds like he said "YouTube"!

[Roadiepig]

"You ,Too!" Although "You Tube" would make Harry a time traveler ;-)

Sounds odd hearing "White Sox", not because I don't remember that he announced for them, but because we didn't get their broadcasts in downstate Illinois back in the late 1970's.

I still miss the old guy, 10 years after his passing...

[poetrychurch]

Old-school Harry fan here (41 going on 13). Just wanted to let you know that this ancient channel 44 clip almost brought me to tears. Thanks for posting this. Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersal, Nancy Faust and Bill Veeck are the reasons I've always loved baseball the way I still do to this very day.

And this clip is why Youtube needs to exist.

ALLLLLLLLLLLLL RIGHT NANCY!!! LEMME HEAR YA! A one, a two, a three...

P.S. CUBS SUCK :-P

[whorethrower]

Dude, my happiest years were when Harry was with the Cubs. Dont ruin Harry's legacy. Cubs, White Sox, as long as Harry was there it didn't matter

[babylon122]

It brought me to tears. so many great memories from that era. harry and jimmy were the best ever!!!!

[Hiei2k7]

I think the reason for the extreme hatred between Cub and Sox fans is that 1. Harry's Gone and 2. The Sox lost their old-time home in Old Comiskey Park.

[bearsfan545051]

he seemed thinner and less senile with the white sox than cubs, well it was partially from the stroke but still.

[ChiSox59]

Harry was a turncoat and a trader !!! Hey, the Sox now have home field advantage for the 2008 World Series. The Flubs will be heavily favored, but it will be just like 1906 when the Hitless Wonders beat the Flubs who had the best record 116-36 ever for a season.

[pfriverrat]

No harry just wised up. and you will see it in oct. when the cubs win it all. Sox get knocked out in the playoffs, if they make it. And when will your team get a translator for what ozzie says? I know you don't make money off the tickets, but someone please tell me what he is saying.

[RichObe]

I also remember him commenting during an extra inning game in Arlington, Texas that everything shuts down so early and there was no place to go for a drink after the game. He then added "no wonder the birth rate is so high here ...... whoa, maybe I shouldn't have said that. There might be kids listening. Well it's late and hopefully they are all in bed by now."

[buzzie199]

I remember when Harry Dissed Anaheim Stadium. "You practically have to walk to Disneyland to get a drink" Hah! Classic Harry!.

[RichObe]

Blazers fan doesn't know that Harry said the same stuff years earlier on the southside. It was then, if you recall, that all the Cub fans hated him. Once I was watching a game and Jorge Orta, the Sox 2nd baseman, misplayed a high pop fly during an afternoon game. Harry questioned, "How can a guy from mexico lose the ball in the sun?" Imagine an announcer saying that today.

[monexpo86]

people forget he started singing on the SOUTHSIDE....GO SOX

[sayitaintso08]

...no he didn't...he started his broadcasting career with the Cardinals in St. Louis!

[monexpo86]

take me out to the ball game i meant

[NASCARfan22k]

Thank God I'm not the only Sox fan on the face of this earth.

Hawk Harrelson 4 life!

[kmkt450]

Hawk Harrelson sucks so fucking bad. I'm not surprised someone with a name like NASCARfan22k would appreciate his redneck banter, homerism, whining and dead silence when something goes in the other teams favor. I don't even hate the White Sox, just HIM.

[dnzg66]

I'd pay big bucks if you had a complete video version of these games.

[lcchocolate59]

harry carey was an original!

[blazersfan25]

he was better as a cubs announcer lol remember he would say "THEY PAY THESE GUYS 5 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR U WOULD THINK THEY COULD CATCH A FLY BALL"lol

[gobears1987]

Senility had caught up with him by the time he was with the Flubs.

[egnog]

yeah because he never had to say that with the chisox

[jp5211]

Are you kidding me? When he went to the Cubs he became the biggest shill for everything from the Cubs to Budweiser. In no way was he as honest as when he was with the Cardinals, or the A's, or the White Sox.

[ictyme7]

i miss channel 44

[gobears1987]

I want to see him sing on Disco Demolition Night. His attempts to get the fans back to their seats were futile, but still hilarious.

[robmck52]

"The Real Jimmy Piersall Fan Club"...LOL, that started after Disco Demolition (7/12/79), when Jimmy said that those fans that night weren't "The Real Sox Fans".

[darrinstevens11]

If you notice, The Real Jimmy Piersall Fan Club is in every one of the clips. Coincidence?

For the record, TRJPC sat in the Upper Deck, Tier 1, Box 23, Seats 1 through 4.

[robmck52]

Not before 7/12/79.

[coglenngillis]

@darrinstevens11 I remember the Disco demolition. That was great. Not for baseball but another nail in Disco's lid. Steve Dahl rocked! I still have the 45 of "Do You Think I'm Disco."

[altv2k]

super footage, i grew up a big sox fan in the 70s and greatly enjoyed this! would love to see more.

[harps251]

Wow. Great finds, darrin! Sox. Old Comiskey. Nancy. Harry. TV 44. Memories. Were these clips from your own personal collection? Did you tape them from TV 44 and if so any commercials or promos of WSNS on any of them? Nonetheless, great vid. GO WHITE SOX - 2005 CHAMPIONS!!!

[darrinstevens11]

This tape is from my personal collection. I had season tickets (Weekend Plan) was able to convince the camera guy to take my picture during every seventh inning stretch-Memebr of the Jimmy Piersall Fan Club)

[ericexeljenkins]

If you're wondering why Harry sounded so much better for the Sox than later with the Cubs, it's because Sox organist Nancy Faust intentionally played "Take Me Out" in a lower key than is typical for the tune. And I believe she still does this!

[gobears1987]

Does anyone have old clips of some pitching changes? I hate how Nancy isn't at night games anymore. I miss "Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye"

[Frontmanfrg]

By choice. I don't blame her, she's done her fair share for the White Sox, and if she doesn't want to work night games, who am I to blame her?

Oh man, does this bring back memories.

[gobears1987]

I know the whole situation. I just with Boyers would at least let them play a pre-recorded version for night games.

[Frontmanfrg]

I emailed that to Boyers myself as a suggestion. *And they did play Na Na Na Na a handful of times last season at night games during a pitching change.* I just wish the stadium music guys would realize that its something Sox fans love to hear.

[Whitesox029]

Yep, sorry to burst your bubbles Cubbie fans, but Harry started this tradition when he was a White Sox announcer.

[Chisox74]

Great video there! Brings back wonderful memories.