Roland Hemond
"White Sox G.M. - Disco Demolition 7/12/1979"
I sent a request to Roland Hemond asking him to tell the story on a baseball about his perspective of the Disco Demolition and this is what I received:
"Bill Veeck checked himself out [of] the hospital that
morning as he was concerned that this promotion could be a fiasco. Bill was
right again. It was a sellout but the fans misbehaved leading to a riot between..."
"...games of the doubleheader. It led to the 2nd game being forfeited.
It is not often that an incident is talked about so vividly 30+ years later."
For more information about Disco Demolition Night, click here
and here.
Mr Hemond also sent a letter with
further thoughts on the event.