Athletics Nation · Jul 12, 2019
Elephant Rumblings: Real baseball is back!
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1979 — After a delay of an hour and 16 minutes, the White Sox are forced to forfeit the second game of twi-night doubleheader against the Tigers when over 5,000 fans refuse to leave the field during a Disco Demolition Night promotion gone awry. Mike Veeck’s promotion involves admitting fans for 98 cents with a disco record, collecting the vinyl and then literally blowing up the LPs and 45s in center field.
Could we see Puk in the big leagues soon?
AJ Puk allowed a leadoff HR to Seth Beer but then retired the next 6 batters he faced, four by strikeout. Was in the upper-90s.