What's the strangest/funniest/wildest non-baseball thing at USCF

[Kyyle23]

I was at a game in the old park in 1990, there was a rain delay and we were walking around to get some hot dogs and all the sudden the crowd is going crazy. I look out and there is 2 or 3 guys on the field doing the slip and slide. The funniest part was the security just let them go at it for a good 5 minutes before escorting them out

[kjshoe04]

May 22, 2006.

 

Frank Thomas' first game back at USCF as a member of the A's.

 

Soxtalk/WSI had a patio party, Jon Garland welcomed Thomas back by allowing him to cream 2 HRs, Ozuna wins it for the Sox with a walk-off bunt single.

 

But, what does everyone remember that was there?

 

That damn squirrel.

I went to that game with NIUsox. That Squirrel was hilarious.

 

Also last year at a sox/cubs game I saw an usher hear something over his radio and he said to the other one that there was a cub fan in the upper deck spitting on everyone.

[Sox1422]

--A game a few years back I stub hubbed some nice seats in the 2nd row down the left field line. Konerko hit a screaming line drive foul that one hops the side track and comes into our section. I see the ball float over my head and ito the aisle where I pick it up. I thrust my arm into the air in all my glory and look at my friend who has this oh, crap look on his face. Turns out the ball one hopped off of this lady's face. I offered the ball to her and she snagged it out of my hands like I stole it from her. Her eye was effed up.

 

--Saw Larry Bigbie's mom pour a beer over a guys head during a Sox/Orioles game in 2003. it was in section 158 and the guy, a Sox fan, was talking smack to Bigbie's family who were all wearing Bigbie jerseys. The guy ended up splashing a beer in Bigbie's brother's face and then his mom came over there, gave the guy a tongue lashing, and poured her beer over his head. It was awesome (insert Chris Farley picture here).

 

I'm sure there's more. I might post again later.

Edited November 20, 2009 by Sox1422

[clyons]

From the "Its a Small World" file, I have had two stories about me at the ballpark told back to me by people who didn't realize they were talking about me. I'll explain:

 

I used to be pretty loud. In one of the last years of the Old Ballpark, my buddies and I sat in the last row of the Centerfield bleachers back against the scoreboard, and chatted up Daryl Boston in center the whole game. Everytime he came to bat or made a play, we chanted "Dar-yl, Dar-yl, . . ." like everyone used to do for Har-old. Daryl caught a lazy fly for the third out in the 8th, then turned around and threw a perfect toss to me and my buddies in the last row. A couple years later, I'm at the park having a conversation similar to this thread, and some people near by told me that story.

 

Then, a few years ago I'm at a convention in Arizona. I meet a fellow Sox fan and we start having the typical "how Sox fans differ from Cub fans" discussion. The guy tells me about a hilarious sign he saw at a Monday night Sox - A's game back in the early 90's, when Jose Canseco and Bo Jackson were both playing: "Bo Knows Esther" (Canseco's wife at the time). That was my sign.

[Chi Town Sox]

I was at a game when the "Kiss Cam" was on the Jumbotron. There was this younger guy with his girl, just waiting for the camera to turn on him. When it does, she goes in for the the kiss and he pushes her head into his crotch. she fights it so her head winds up bopping up and down. The camera guy quickly turns the camera and they cut to another camera, but not in time. It was f***ing priceless. I was with my girl at the time, pure shock on her face. The crowd cheered, please tell me someone else was at this game. maybe '05 or 'maybe '04?

 

Easily my favorite moment at a Sox game other than MB's first hitter - that was AMAZING hahahaha

 

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside]

Disco Demolition. I was there .

 

Went to a game with dad and brothers , dad buys a program and sees himself and 2 of my brothers in an ad for family night promotion.

[southsider2k5]

I remember many times seeing people get high on the ramps behind the scoreboard in CF at the old ballpark.

[kjshoe04]

I was there for Beckham first ML hit vs. the A's.

 

Do I win?

Not at USCF, but I was in attendance for his first ML home run against the Reds in Cincy.

[kjshoe04]

And met his grandparents at a bar in Covington, KY the day before!

[Wanne]

wow...well...at old comisky:

 

1. Somebody had a heart attack a few rows in front of us...didn't look good.

2. Some dude threw up on the lady in front of him down the 3rd base line. pretty nasty.

3. Saw a girl lose her top in the shower in CF.

4. Saw Harry bite it big time trying to get to his seat broadcasting in CF.

5. Saw Harry knock his bottle of beer out of the booth during the second game of a DH (he was usually toast by then)

 

Not that this is crazy or anything...one game we had seats down the 3rd base line in the last row up against the railing right under the mezzanine. They had a makeshift beer vendor with about 4 fifty gallon drums filled with ice and beer directly against the railing behind us. We didn't even have to get up for beers the whole game. Good times.

[RibbieRubarb]

I remember many times seeing people get high on the ramps behind the scoreboard in CF at the old ballpark.

 

Which reminds me, you still owe me $20...

[earthshiner]

I think this was the second to last home game back in 2000. Thomas was pushing for the MVP and they were handing out signs that had 'MVP 35' or something like that on them. Paper airplanes were flying the entire game. At one point a plane flew from the right field upper deck across to the left field upper deck. I think the entire crowed was watching it. When it landed everyone cheered.

[BigEdWalsh]

I remember many times seeing people get high on the ramps behind the scoreboard in CF at the old ballpark.

Oooops. Hope that wasn't me.

 

Wildest thing I ever witnessed was opening day, 1974. Angels and White Sox, Nolan Ryan vs. Wilbur Wood. Unfortunately the game took a back seat to the drunken goings on all f***ing day. Fights galore, streakers. It was.....wild. Sox lost too, 8-2. But, hey I saw Ron Santo's White Sox debut!

Edited November 20, 2009 by BigEdWalsh

[southsider2k5]

I think this was the second to last home game back in 2000. Thomas was pushing for the MVP and they were handing out signs that had 'MVP 35' or something like that on them. Paper airplanes were flying the entire game. At one point a plane flew from the right field upper deck across to the left field upper deck. I think the entire crowed was watching it. When it landed everyone cheered.

 

I still have one of those, it is up on my wall.

[southsider2k5]

Which reminds me, you still owe me $20...

 

I bought the nachos, remember?

[dyuen]

I don't recall anything ridiculous at our park but I did see something crazy at Wrigley a long time ago. There was a fight that broke out on the ramps going down after the game. Started between a cubs fan and mets fan who threw a beer. All of a sudden a whole bunch of people were fighting At one point I hear someone yell "throw him over". Then I saw some people lift a guy over the railing and toss him down and he landed in the seats below with a thud. He must have fell at least 50 feet. Eventually another guy got tossed over the side. I think the guys ended up paralyzed.

 

It was a really scary moment. If I recall correctly the guys that got thrown over weren't even in the fight, they were trying to break it up. I was right in the middle of it but only about 10 years old.

[Kyyle23]

I don't recall anything ridiculous at our park but I did see something crazy at Wrigley a long time ago. There was a fight that broke out on the ramps going down after the game. Started between a cubs fan and mets fan who threw a beer. All of a sudden a whole bunch of people were fighting At one point I hear someone yell "throw him over". Then I saw some people lift a guy over the railing and toss him down and he landed in the seats below with a thud. He must have fell at least 50 feet. Eventually another guy got tossed over the side. I think the guys ended up paralyzed.

 

It was a really scary moment. If I recall correctly the guys that got thrown over weren't even in the fight, they were trying to break it up. I was right in the middle of it but only about 10 years old.

 

 

If that happened and some dude got paralyzed then I am amazed that this story isnt well known. Stuff like that doesnt escape the press easily, even if it was a long time ago

[greg775]

I once saw the wildest thing at Old Comiskey. We were sitting a few rows behind one of those rails on the third base side and some drunk fan for no reason bends over the railing and just smashes some guy in the face as he walks by.

 

Also, Veeck used to let fans go on the field between games of doubleheaders for contests. I was in a watermelon eating contest. It was good watermelon.

I didn't even try to win cause there were some big fat guys eating. One of the Sox players walked by and said, 'don't choke on the seeds.'

 

Also my grandfather fell one time and hit his head leaving the game and we had to go to some hospital nearby. Sox personnel couldn't have been nicer. I wrote Veeck a letter thanking him and he sent me a letter back and I saved it for posterity.

[dyuen]

If that happened and some dude got paralyzed then I am amazed that this story isnt well known. Stuff like that doesnt escape the press easily, even if it was a long time ago

 

It definitely happened. It was a front page story of the Tribune at the time. This would have been in the mid 70s. I am not positive that the dude was paralyzed but I believe that he was at least severly injured.

[Pants Rowland]

Well I remember one time when this guy s*** his pants and had to get his family and leave during like the 3rd inning. The kids were crying Daddy why are we leaving we just got here? And you could smell the stench in the whole section. The guy seemed really mad more than anything.

 

I can't believe no one commented on this one. Priceless and easily my winner. A kid in our high school did that in Spanish class once. Never lived it down.

 

At the old ballpark the whole family went for fireworks night. After the game the show is going on and little charred embers are falling out of the sky. One lands in my sister's eye and we all had to leave. I was so pissed, especially since she was fine.

[BigEdWalsh]

Don't get me wrong I haven't often gone to Wrigley Field but in September of 1969 after the Cubs had done their famous swoon and the Mets had overtaken them the Mets came to town to close out the season. They had already clinched. I went because the Mets were my second favorite team at the time. Some Cub fans thought it would be funny I guess to pull a black and purple funeral crepe and droop it over the Mets dugout. It WAS pretty cool, I admit. But, funny only because of the irony. It should have been pulled over the Cub dugout, but then that's Cub fans for ya.

[knightni]

My final story happened at Old Comiskey when I was a kid.

 

Our church had a group of people go to a Saturday night game and most everyone got seat in the RF upper deck.

 

Well, as many of you know, there's a certain etiquette when people down the row from you buy beer.

 

Our pastor happened to be not paying attention as a beer got passed down the row behind us. He stood up, bumped the guy behind who was passing a beer, and... well, received quite a golden bath of liquid bread.

 

He had a tough time explaining to his wife when he got home as to why he reeked of beer.

[bkmoney]

i wasn't there for this but my roommate was...

 

my roommate and his brother were at a bachelor party for one of their cousins this past summer. my roommate's brother had a LOT to drink on the bus on the way to the ballpark. they sit in the outfield somewhere and they're all having a good time. in about the third inning he starts to feel sick, so he makes a run for the bathroom. he ends up throwing up all over the carlton fisk statue :lolhitting

 

he "hid" in the bathroom for a couple innings then watched the rest of the game apparently. now when ever we goto the UC or memorial stadium in champaign, we see the MJ and red grange statues we ask him when hes going to throw up on another legend.....

 

:lolhitting

[knightni]

And then last year I was sitting right next to the bullpen. The whole game I was trying to get Linebrink, Jenks, and Thornton to notice me or give me a ball saying "tomorrow is my birthday!!" (and it really was). They never paid me any attention. Then as Jenks was starting to go back down to the bench after throwing in the pen, my buddy and I yell out a joke to him. I figured he was ignoring us, but as soon as we said the punchline he looked up at us and starting laughing. My whole section enjoyed the joke and were shocked that Jenks acknowledged us and laughed at the joke.

I was in Cleveland for a game a few years ago and Matt Stairs was in RF for Toronto. The Indians fans were merciless in taunting him. One guy though, cracks this joke, that damn I wish I could remember it, but everyone in our section and Stairs himself starting laughing.

 

At the end of an inning, Stairs caught out 3 and tossed the ball to the heckler as a nod to the clever joke.

[ptatc]

I was sitting on the first base side near the dugout on the wall and a guy was mercilessly heckling Bo Jackson (when he was with KC) every time he came to bat. Jackson hit a screaming foul ball that hit the cement wall right in front of the guy, who proceeded to drop his beer and food all over himself getting out of the way. Jackson just smiled at him while we were falling out of our chairs laughing.

 

A guy a few years ago heckling Milton Bradley in centerfield with a chant of "your not even as god as Parker Brothers" and invitations to play Parchessi with him.

 

Getting ripped on free beer at a Springsteen concert while sitting in the skybox at Comiskey and watching the Sox lose to Minnesota on the TV. Watching people getting crushed in the standing area right in front of the stage.

 

Getting Ivan Calderon (RIP) to bow to me and my friend (the only people in RF in Old Comiskey) while chanting "we're not worthy" and bowing to him. We started the United Calderonist religion to honor him.

Edited November 21, 2009 by ptatc