This week starts a new series where we'll be taking a look at how alcohol played an important role in different historical events. We're starting off with a bit of a more light-hearted story (no one was seriously injured) involving a 10c beer night at a Cleveland baseball game back in the 1970s. As you can imagine, chaos does ensue.SOURCES:

-MFM ep 366 High-Pitched Goodbye

-Ladies & Tangents ep 246 The Mistake on the Lake

- Dan Coughlin recalls the Indians' famous Ten-Cent BeerNight https://tinyurl.com/yfdu6cbd

- CLEVELAND NICKNAMES AND SLOGANS https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-nicknames-and-slogans#:~:text=The%20phrase%20%E2%80%9CThe%20Mistake%20on,but%20ultimately%20ignored%20the%20wide%2D

- 2nd Annual Ten Cent Beer Night Re-Lived at Collision BendBrewery https://tinyurl.com/378ymbtk

-Forty years ago, 10-cent beer makes memories https://tinyurl.com/djhvxxec

-10 Cent Beer Night: Cheap suds, rowdy fans and a forfeitfor Cleveland 50 years ago https://tinyurl.com/ye29kkxf-Fifty years later, the chaos of Cleveland’s 10-Cent BeerNight still shocks https://tinyurl.com/yuu2wjrj

-Cleveland Indians' Ten Cent Beer Night: The Worst Idea Everhttps://tinyurl.com/2tneup6a

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