Forty years ago today, when Dan Petry was a rookie pitcher for the DetroitTigers, his second road trip took him to Chicago’s Comiskey Park for a scheduled twi-night doubleheader against the White Sox on Disco Demolition Night.
He didn’t expect the explosion of vinyl disco records, the fire in center field, the fans storming the field, the clouds of marijuana smoke, the clods of turf kicked up, the cops with billy clubs clearing the field or the forfeit of the second game.
“I was still a young kid and I was like `Really?