VEECK, BILL

(William Louis Veeck, Jr.), 1914–86, American baseball executive, b. Chicago. The son of an owner of the Chicago Cubs, Veeck began his executive career with the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association, then owned the Cleveland Indians (1947–49), St. Louis Browns (1951–53), and Chicago White Sox (1959–61, 1976–80) of the American League. He became famous for crowd-increasing gimmicks like the "exploding" scoreboard, assorted giveaways, and the appearance at bat of the midget Eddie Gaedel (1952). Veeck also integrated the American League by hiring Larry Doby in 1947, weeks after Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League.

See his Veeck—As in Wreck (with E. Linn; 1962, repr. 2001) and The Hustler's Handbook (with E. Linn; 1965, repr. 1989); biography by G. Eskenazi (1988).

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books on: Veeck Bill  - 88 results

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Out of the Shadows: African American Baseball from the Cuban Giants to Jackie Robinson
Book by Bill Kirwin; University of Nebraska Press, 2005
Subjects: African American Baseball Players--History, Discrimination In Sports--United States--History, Negro Leagues--History
...criticized for not compensating Bill Baird, co-owner of the Kansas...Doby Purchase In 1947, Bill Veeck of the Cleveland Indians called...Effa replied, Well, Mr. Veeck, if Larry has a chance to play...certainly wont stand in his way. Veeck said hed pay $io,ooo. Effa...
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Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
Book by Edward J. Rielly; University of Nebraska Press, 2005
Subjects: Baseball--Social Aspects--United States, Popular Culture--United States
...a great time. And the color- ful Bill Veeck certainly did not fall prey to conformity...Reading: Eskanazi, Gerald. Bill veeck: A Baseball Legend. New York: McGraw...A Baseball Myth Exploded: Bill Veeck and the 1943 Sale of the Phillies...
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Epic Season: The 1948 American League Pennant Race
Book by David E. Kaiser; University of Massachusetts Press, 1998
Subjects: American League Of Professional Baseball Clubs--History, Boston Red Sox (Baseball Team)--History, Cleveland Indians (Baseball Team)--History, New York Yankees (Baseball Team)--History
...gave its fans a glimmer of hope, Bill Veeck announced that he had asked Tom Yawkey...pitcher was highly doubtful, and as Veeck put it, "I want the largest possible...share of the receipts as well, but Veeck declined, stating that he wanted...
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Baseball: The Presidents' Game
Book by William B. Mead, Paul Dickson; Walker, 1997
Subjects: Baseball--Political Aspects--United States, Presidents--Sports--United States, Sports And State--United States
...Thomas Y. Crowell, 1947. Stern, Bill. Bill Sterns Favorite Baseball...Stengel" Newsday , August 31, 1965. Veeck, Bill, with Ed Linn. The Hustlers...New York: Berkley Books, 1965. Veeck, Bill. Veeck -- As in Wreck . New York: New...
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Four Corners: How UNC, N.C. State, Duke, and Wake Forest Made North Carolina the Center of the Basketball Universe
Book by Joe Menzer; University of Nebraska Press, 2004
Subjects: Basketball Teams--North Carolina--History, Basketball--North Carolina--History, College Sports--North Carolina--History
...Valvano and Kirkpatrick), 244 Van Breda Kolff, Bill, 74 Vandenberg, Steve, 169 Vaughan, Tommy, 98 Veal, Herman, 273-74 Veeck, Bill, 123 Veeck As In Wreck (Veeck), 123 Verga, Bob, 135, 136-37 Villanova...
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journal articles on: Veeck Bill  - 46 results

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Bill Veeck and James Thurber: The Literary Origins of the Midget Pinch Hitter
Journal article by Jim Tootle; Nine, Vol. 10, 2002
Subjects: Baseball players--Social aspects, Baseball teams--Management, Batting (Baseball)--History, Dwarfs--Social aspects, Thurber, James--Management, Veeck, Bill--Management
...case of life imitating art. (21) One might ask: if Bill Veeck got his idea from James Thurber, where did Thurber...champion of the little guy." (24) NOTES (1.) Bill Veeck, Veeck--As in Wreck (New York: G. P. Putnams Sons...
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Ebbets to Veeck to Busch: Eight Owners Who Shaped Baseball
Journal article by Steve Treder; Nine, Vol. 14, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Ebbets to Veeck to Busch: Eight Owners Who Shaped Baseball (Book)--Book reviews
...wasnt previously obvious. Ebbets to Veeck to Busch strides bravely into the...interest along the way. Ebbets to Veeck to Busch selects eight individual...Clark Griffith, Walter OMalley, Bill Veeck, Charles Finley, and August Busch...
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Diamond Quotes
Journal article; Nine, Vol. 13, 2004
Subjects: Robinson, Jackie--Quotations, Ruth, Babe--Quotations, Veeck, Bill--Quotations
...club, be sure to insult them the day they come to town, and not the last day of the series. It pays off better." BILL VEECK "Umpires Heaven is a place where he works third base every game. Home is where the heartache is." RON LUCIANO "The...
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The Journey to Find the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings
Journal article by Darryl Brock; Nine, 2000
Subjects: Baseball players--History, Baseball--History
...near Charleston, South Carolina. They serve as volunteer ushers for the local River Dogs ball club, owned by Mike Veeck and Bill Murray; naturally, we hope to be out there with them. I returned from the Cleveland convention to find a haunting...
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Peter Schilling Jr. the End of Baseball: A Novel
Journal article by William E. Akin; Nine, Vol. 18, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The End of Baseball: A Novel (Novel)--Book reviews
...Novel. by William E. Akin In his autobiography, Veeck as in Wreck, Bill Veeck wrote, "I had tried to buy the Philadelphia Phillies...that could have been, and fuels the debate about Bill Veeck and the integration of baseball. NOTES (1...
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magazine articles on: Veeck Bill  - 17 results

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Veeck - as in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
Magazine article; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, July 2001
Subjects: Baseball players, Memoirs
Veeck - as in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck. VEECK--AS IN WRECK: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BILL VEECK by Bill Veeck, with Ed Linn Chicago 398 pages, $16.00 There couldnt be a better moment for the reissue of Bill Veecks Veeck...
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Not All Laws Are Free: the Importance of the Veeck Case
Magazine article by Carol Ebbinghouse; Searcher, Vol. 10, February 2002
Subjects: Building codes, Federal government, Information dissemination, Legislation, Litigation, Local government, Public access, Southern Building Code Congress International, State government, United States
...All Laws Are Free: the Importance of the Veeck Case by Carol Ebbinghouse The Sidebar Two...laws are not free? Neither did Mr. Peter Veeck. He felt that the text of these types...to the opinion of the appellate court in Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress International...
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New and Noteworthy: The Summer Game, Sharp Short Fiction, Are You U?, Hitchens on Ferdinand Mount
Magazine article by David Uhlin, Stewart O'Nan, Brooke Allen, Elizabeth Judd, Alan Buster, Juliet Baker, Barbara Wallraff, Christina Schwartz, Christopher Hitchens; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, July 2001
Subjects: A Theory of Relativity (Book), Babe in Paradise (Book), Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Fairness (Book), Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry Into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy (Book), Simone Weil (Book), The Constant Nymph (Book), The Dog Who Spoke with Gods (Book), The Flight of the Maidens (Book), The Geometry of Love (Book), The Hunters (Book), Veeck - As in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck (Book)
...Alan Buster , Juliet Baker , Barbara Wallraff , Christina Schwartz , Christopher Hitchens Veeck-As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck by Bill Veeck, with Ed Linn Chicago, 398 pages, $16.00 here couldnt be a better moment for the reissue...
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Culture in Inner America
Magazine article by Bill Kauffman; The American Enterprise, Vol. 15, July 2004
Subjects: American culture--Analysis, Burdick, Quentin N., Hoover, Herbert, Interior Plains (United States)--Social aspects, Willson, Meredith, Wood, Grant
Culture in Inner America. by Bill Kauffman We came to North Dakota...Paul, Minnesota. Owner Mike Veeck is the son of Bill Veeck, the legendary impresario of...pinch hitter in a 1951 game. Mike Veeck is no less cheekily impious...
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"Take Me out to the Ball Game": The First Century of Baseball's Enduring Anthem: The Chicago Cubs Were Reigning World Champions; John McGraw Was in the Early Stages of His Three-Decades-Long Stint as Manager of the New York Giants; Teddy Roosevelt Occupied the White House; and the National Pastime Had a New Song to Call Its Own
Magazine article by Andy Strasberg, Bob Thompson, Tim Wiles; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 137, July 2008
Subjects: Norworth, Jack--Works, Songs--Appreciation, Songs--Authorship, Songwriters--Works, Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Song)--Appreciation, Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Song)--Authorship
...stretch until 1976, when Bill Veeck, owner of the Chicago...seventh inning stretch, and Veeck always had wanted to push...are losing." Yet, how did Veeck get his man? In an interview with Mike Veeck, Bills son and a true chip off the...
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newspaper articles on: Veeck Bill  - 103 results

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Where Is Bill Veeck When You Really Need Him?
Newspaper article by Tom Knott; The Washington Times, December 13, 2000
Where is Bill Veeck when you really need him by Tom Knott Tom Hicks has elected to spend...all too many teams before the spring thaw, and worse, there is no Bill Veeck or Eddie Gaedel to lighten the tedium. Baseball no longer peddles hope...
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Veeck Talks to Officials about Minor League Team
Newspaper article by Eric Fisher; The Washington Times, March 22, 2000
...on living down to peoples expectations," Veeck, the son of the late legendary baseball owner Bill Veeck, said as a joke. "Yeah, this towns a...aphrodisiac." No deal was struck yesterday, but Veeck and John Richardson, chairman of the D...
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Veeck Seeking New Park Here
Newspaper article by Eric Fisher; The Washington Times, August 2, 2000
...United feels the same way." Veeck and his partners, who include actor Bill Murray and singer Jimmy Buffett...was to play at RFK Stadium, Veeck said he would move the team...being served is the District." Veeck is the son of the late Bill...
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Veeck's Midget Made Big News for Browns in '51
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 21, 2006
Subjects: Veeck, Bill
...spectacular that no one will be able to say he had seen it before? The answer was perfectly obvious." - Bill Veeck, "Veeck As In Wreck" Bill Veeck always believed baseball should be fun, but there wasnt much of it attached to his St. Louis Browns...
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Veeck's Final Gift to Baseball Still Thriving
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 29, 2006
Subjects: Baseball, Veeck, Bill
...years after his death, Bill Veecks legacy isnt very...Yes, even back then Bill Veeck knew something about Tony...the Cubs in 1994. Yet Veeck hired a manager with a...La Russa as a friend, Bill Veeck has him as his living legacy...
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encyclopedia articles on: Veeck Bill  - 1 result

 
 
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Veeck, Bill
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VEECK, BILL (William Louis Veeck, Jr.), 1914 86, American baseball executive, b. Chicago. The son of an owner of the Chicago Cubs, Veeck began his executive career with the Milwaukee Brewers of the American...


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