Beer or Baseball? Philadelphia Athletics vs the Chicago Cubs: Herbert Hoover vs The World Series Crowd

When President Herbert Hoover came to Shibe Park to watch the third game of the 1929 World Series, pitting the Philadelphia Athletics against the Chicago Cubs, the fans wanted the President to know what they thought of the prohibition of alcoholic beverages.

Instead of cheering the President after he was introduced, fans chanted “Beer! Beer! We Want beer!” It might have been the first time a President was heckled in a non-political setting.