61. Bill Veeck (Infoplease.com)Category Reference Encyclopedias Infoplease.com Biographies B...... halls of fame/who's whoSports—Halls of Fame/Who's Who—U Z bill veeck BornFeb. 9, 1914 Maverick baseball executive. owned AL teams in Cleveland, St. http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0109725.html

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62. CNN.com - Bill James On ... - December 13, 2001 baseball Book' by Dan Okrent, 'The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant' by DouglasWallop, Ed Linn's biographies ('veeck As in Wreck,' with bill veeck; 'Nice http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/books/12/13/sidebar.bill.james/

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US/HELP CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International ... askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe CNNenEspanol.com CNNArabic.com ... set your edition Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Bill James on ... (CNN) Bill James has something interesting to say on just about anything baseball. Here are a few of his choice thoughts. CONTRACTION: "I'm appalled. College basketball has 320 Division I programs, all of which appear to make enough money ... and I haven't heard anyone say there are too many teams. The weaker teams can compete because the structure works. In baseball, the structure doesn't work. ... Shooting the weaker teams doesn't solve anything." (interview) CRAIG BIGGIO: "Craig Biggio is the best player in major league baseball today. If you compare Craig Biggio very carefully to Ken Griffey Jr. in almost any season, you will find that Biggio has contributed more to his team than Griffey has. ... (A)part from home runs, (Biggio) did everything better than Griffey (in 1998)." (New Baseball Abstract) MORE STORIES Bill James: Baseball not just by the numbers DIZZY DEAN: "(Jimmie) Wilson was the Cardinals catcher when Dizzy Dean came up. He tried to take Dean under his wing, which was kind of like trying to keep a rhinoceros in your bathroom; Dizzy Dean would make Nuke LaLoosh look like a Republican senator." (New Baseball Abstract)

63. Eric Enders Articles And Profile - Baseball Primer of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter; veeck as in Wreck by bill veeck and Ed Linn;Fences by August Wilson; The bill James Historical baseball Abstract Annual http://www.baseballprimer.com/articles/authors/eric_enders.shtml

About Us Analysis Stats Stuff News Baseball Primer ... Authors Eric Enders Articles and Profile Eric Enders Website EricEnders.com Email research@ericenders.com Eric Enders, originally from El Paso, Texas, is a freelance writer who has written about baseball for periodicals ranging from The New York Times to MLB En Español . He is also the webmaster of EricEnders.com and creator and publisher of the Play Ball! Baseball Scorebook . He formerly worked as a researcher at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library in Cooperstown, New York. He now operates his own independent baseball research firm, Triple E Productions. Hire Eric to perform research at the Hall of Fame Archives Baseball Favorites: Team: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers Players (all-time): Jackie Robinson, Willie Wells, Kirk Gibson, Curt Flood, Artie Wilson, Kirby Puckett Players (current): Ramon Martínez, Pedro Martínez, Raúl Mondesí, Adrián Beltre, Homer BushManager: Dusty Baker Books: The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter; Veeck as in Wreck by Bill Veeck and Ed Linn;

64. The Grandstand Managers - Baseball Primer And as bill veeck himself wrote, “Never has a game been called better.”.Ron Visco is a Museum Educator at the National baseball Hall of Fame. http://www.baseballprimer.com/articles/markusen-ronvisko_2001-08-27_0.shtml

About Us Analysis Stats Stuff News Baseball Primer ... Bruce Markusen The Grandstand Managers The Grandstand Managers by Bruce Markusen and Ron Visco Fifty years ago, St. Louis Browns ace Ned Garver took to the mound to face the Philadelphia Athletics.  The first batter hit a line drive so hard that it pushed the Browns shortstop backward, but he still managed to make the play and register an out.  The next two batters singled, and then Gus Zernial hammered a homer to give the Athletics a 3-0 lead.  An error and another Philadelphia single put runners on the corners, still with only one out. Garver was obviously shaky, so shaky that it seemed like he might not last the first inning.  So was the Browns manager thinking of getting someone up in the bullpen?  Actually, St. Louis skipper Zack Taylor was sitting in the stands. In a rocking chair.  In slippers.  Smoking a pipe.  And why was that? Well, managing chores that day had been left to the St. Louis fans. Who would concoct such a scheme?  Only one man: a promotional wizard by the name of Bill Veeck.  The Browns’ owner had, only five days earlier, sent 3’7” midget Eddie Gaedel up to bat.  Now Veeck was running another promotion, allowing a group of fans to run the game.  After all, don’t many fans think they can do as good a job as their team’s regular manager?

65. Baseball Books -- Autobiographies Recommended veeck as in Wreck, by bill veeck and Ed Linn. This isan undisputed classic among baseball books. veeck, the colorful http://www.all-baseball.com/autobio.html

The Baseball Bookshelf Where is Raed (Blog from Baghdad) CNN Iraq coverage MoveOn.org Bush Watch Those who can, do. Those who can't do, read. Email Me All-Baseball.com Blogs for Every Team Starting Lineup Mike Carminati's Rants Boy of Summer Dave Pinto's Musings Only Baseball Matters ... Bambino's Curse Off the Bench Futility Infielder Bryan's Banter (CHC) [Untitled] Cubs Blog View From 700 Level (PHI) ... Al's Ramblngs (MIL) Hot-Shot Rookies D-Rays Blog Eddie Kranepool (NYM) Go Crazy Folks (STL) Fish or Cut Bait (FLA) ... Waiting For Boof (SF) Cubs Links Ex-Cub Factor Cubs Contracts Right Field Sucks ESPN Clubhouse ... Chicago Sun-Times Baseball Links Rotoworld News All-Baseball.com Retired Numbers Baseball Prospectus ... S.A.B.R. Newsletters Around the Majors The Prospect Report Autobiographies Analysis Autobiographies Biographies Children ... Stats / Reference/ Trivia Recommended: Veeck as in Wreck , by Bill Veeck and Ed Linn. This is an undisputed classic among baseball books. Veeck, the colorful owner of the Browns, Indians, and White Sox, pulls no punches as he describes life as the fly in Major League Baseball's ointment. While Veeck may have played a bit fast and loose with the truth (it turns out he probably never planned to buy the Phillies and field an all-black team to shatter the color barrier), the real truth is that the man behind the exploding scoreboard, the pinch-hitting midget, and the ivy on the walls of Wrigley Field was one of the best things that ever happened to baseball.

66. Baseball -- Special Collections -- Ritter Audio Tapes baseball SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RITTER AUDIO TAPES. Location HESB Special Coll(Sports) row 4, sec 9. 1, bill veeck, 3 Aug 1963, Easton MD, 2, bill veeck (cont), http://www.sports.nd.edu/Baseball/ritter.html

BASEBALL - SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RITTER AUDIO TAPES Location: HESB Special Coll (Sports) row 4, sec 9 Note: Tape numbers are those of Lawrence Ritter; they are broadly consistent with the order in which the interviews were conducted. Most tapes are 1 mil mylar, 1/4 in x 1800 ft on 7 inch reels. Unless noted otherwise in the comments, recordings are single track at 7.5 ips; most of these latter have a playing time of around 45 minutes. Transcripts are available for the following subjects: Jimmy Austin, Rube Bressler, Al Bridwell, Sam Crawford, Heinie Groh, Charley Jamieson, Willie Kamm, Marty McHale, Fred Snodgrass, Paul Waner, Billy Werber, Joe Wood. No Subject Date Place Comments Bill Veeck 3 Aug 1963 Easton MD Bill Veeck (cont) Bill Veeck (cont) Goose Goslin 7 Aug 1963 Bayside NJ Goose Goslin (cont) Goose Goslin (cont) Billy Werber 8 Aug 1963 Washington DC Billy Werber (cont) Billy Werber (cont) Rube Marquard 8 Aug 1963 Baltimore MD Rube Marquard (cont) Rube Marquard (cont) Bill Wambsganss 14 Aug 1963 Lakewood OH Bill Wambsganss (cont) Bill Wambsganss (cont) Bob O'Farrell 16 Aug 1963 Waukegan IL Bob O'Farrell (cont) Bob O'Farrell (cont) George Gibson 20 Aug 1963 Mt Brydges ON Joe Wood 15 Oct 1963 Twin Lakes PA TR: 2. SP: 7.5 ips. T: 2 hrs

67. Veeck, Bill encyclopediaEncyclopedia veeck, bill. veeck, bill (William Louis veeck,Jr.), 1914–86, American baseball executive, b. Chicago. http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0850576.html

Encyclopedia Veeck, Bill Veeck, Bill (William Louis Veeck, Jr.), Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. See his (with E. Linn; 1962, repr. 1989) and The Hustler's Handbook (with E. Linn; 1965, repr. 1989); biography by G. Eskenazi (1988). Vedder, Elihu Vega AD AD AD AD AD Print this page Cite this page Awards and Press Link to Fact Monster Add Fact Monster search ... Privacy

68. Baseball Almanac - TSN Executive Of The Year Award George Weiss with 4; Branch Rickey with 3; and Ed Barrow, Bing Devine, Gabe Paul,Dick O'Connell, bill veeck Jr., Harry Copyright © 2002 baseball Almanac. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_sney.shtml

Support Baseball Almanac - Visit One Sponsor Each Visit Advertise Boxscores Contact Baseball Fever ... Year In Review "A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance." - Branch Rickey T he Sporting News is nothing short of the most respected and legendary magazine / newspaper in sports history. Their coverage of baseball has no rival and they are simply the most respected source of historical baseball statistics anywhere. L isted below in chronological order are the executives chosen by The Sporting News as recipients of the Executive of the Year Award. Executive of the Year Award by The Sporting News Year Name League Team Branch Rickey NL St. Louis Ed Barrow AL New York Warren Giles NL Cincinnati Larry MacPhail NL Brooklyn Walter Briggs, Sr. AL Detroit Ed Barrow AL New York Branch Rickey NL St. Louis Clark Griffith AL Washington Billy DeWitt AL St. Louis Phil Wrigley NL Chicago Tom Yawkey AL Boston Branch Rickey NL Brooklyn Bill Veeck, Jr. AL Cleveland Bob Carpenter NL Philadelphia George Weiss AL New York George Weiss AL New York George Weiss AL New York Lou Perini NL Milwaukee Horace Stoneham NL New York Walter O'Malley NL Brooklyn Gabe Paul NL Cincinnati Frank Lane NL St. Louis

69. Baseball Almanac - Box Score Of Eddie Gaedel Publicity Stunt Game Louis Browns, bill veeck, promised local fans a Festival of Surprises when theycame marching band led by Satchel Paige, a performance by baseball clown Max http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/08191951.shtml

Support Baseball Almanac - Visit One Sponsor Each Visit Advertise Boxscores Contact Baseball Fever ... Year In Review "(Eddie Gaedel) used to play shortstop when he was smaller, but went into semi-retirement several years ago when the big kids failed to pick him in a corner lot game." - Bill Veeck Press Release T he owner of the St. Louis Browns, Bill Veeck, promised local fans a "Festival of Surprises" when they came to the ballpark to watch their hometown Browns play the Detroit Tigers in a doubleheader. P lanned surprises included a marching band led by Satchel Paige, a performance by baseball clown Max Patkin, and various juggling and dancing acts. The sponsor of the festival wanted more and Veeck responded by putting vaudeville actor Eddie Gaedel, who was 3' 7", into the bottom half of the doubleheader. Eddie Gaedel August 19, 1951 at Sportsman's Park Name Pos AB R H RBI Jerry Priddy Dick Kryhoski George Kell Vic Wertz rf Charlie Keller rf Pat Mullin cf Steve Souchock lf Bob Swift c c- Johnny Lipon pr Joe Ginsberg c Neil Berry ss Bob Cain p Dizzy Trout p Totals Name Pos AB R H RBI Frank Saucier rf a- Eddie Gaedel ph b- Jim Delsing cf Bobby Young Cliff Mapes cf-rf

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71. National Baseball Hall Of Fame Spalding, Al, 1939, Veterans. veeck, bill, 1991, Veterans. Weiss, George, 1971,Veterans. Yawkey, Tom, 1980, Veterans. Top of page. Great baseball Hall of FameReading. http://www.all-sports-posters.com/baseball-hall-of-fame.html

Baseball Hall of Fame The Baseball Hall of Fame was established in 1936, the first ball players selected: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner. Not a bad group.. The first players inducted when the hall opened in Cooperstown, NY, in 1939. They were Grover Cleveland Alexander, Eddie Collins, Lou Gehrig, Willie Keeler, Napoleon Lajoie, Cy Young, George Sisler, and Tris Speaker The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was officially dedicated on June 12, 1939. The game's four ranking executives of the period—Landis, Frick, Harridge and William G. Bramham, President of the National Association, participated in the ribbon-cutting. Of the 25 players who had been elected to the Hall of Fame up to that point, 11 were still living. Between the original dedication in 1939 and the completion of the National Baseball Library expansion, several significant developments had taken place. New wings were opened on July 24, 1950 and on May 10, 1980; and the Hall of Fame Gallery was dedicated on August 4, 1958. The National Baseball Library opened its doors on July 22, 1968 and the Fetzer-Yawkey Building was dedicated on June 10, 1989. An $8 million Library expansion was completed in 1994, linking the library facility to the Hall of Fame Gallery and incorporating exciting new exhibits on the media and on baseball movies

72. Major League Baseball Hall Of Fame Players Carlton, Steven Norman, Pitcher, 1994. Cartwright, Alexander, Pioneered OrganizedBaseball, 1938. Vaughan, Arky, Shortstop, 1985. veeck, bill, Owner, 1991. http://www.mlbplayers.net/halloffame.htm

HOME HALL OF FAME OFFICIAL SITES Hall of Fame Players In the Hall of Fame gallery are bronze plaques commemorating the “immortals” of baseball. Each year elections are held to select new members to the Hall of Fame. Electees are mainly former players but also include others who have contributed to the advancement of the game. By 1995 only 172 players had been inducted out of about 14,000 who had played major league baseball. Other inductees include baseball managers, umpires, pioneers of the game, baseball executives, and players from the Negro baseball leagues. The Hall of Fame Committee on Veterans elects players who have been retired from the major leagues for at least 23 years and who competed in at least ten seasons in the major leagues. Members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America elect players who have retired from playing five years before election, been active in the game during the preceding two decades, and competed in at least ten seasons in the major leagues. National Baseball Hall of Fame Name Position Year Elected Aaron, Hank

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75. Ballparks Of Baseball-Comiskey Park Night baseball arrived at Comiskey Park on August 14, 1939. bill veeck bought theChicago White Sox in 1959, and with a new owner came many changes to Comiskey http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/ComiskeyPark.htm

www.ballparksofbaseball.com Ballparks Past Current Future Features Ballpark News Web Cams Seating Charts Attendance ... Ballpark Experiences Information Feedback Advertising Index/Sitemap Search Memorable Moments at Comiskey Park All Star Game: 1933, '50, '83 798 consecutive games straight by Nellie Fox at 2nd base. A.L. color barrier is broken when Larry Dobby places in his first game on July 5 , 1947. The first All-Star game on July 6, 1933. Ballpark Store More Ballpark Items Comiskey Park Chicago, IL Comiskey Park was home to the Chicago White Sox for 81 years, and was the oldest ballpark still in use when it closed. The Chicago White Sox had played at South Side Park since the conception of the team in 1901. South Side Park was a small wooden structure. Owner of the White Sox, Charles Comiskey decided that his team needed a new steel and concrete ballpark. So in 1909, Comiskey got pitcher Ed Walsh, and architect Zachary Taylor Davis to tour ballparks across the country, picking out the best features in them to use in the ballpark. Meanwhile, Comiskey bought a piece of land that had once been the city dump, to build his ballpark on. Comiskey wanted the new ballpark to have a Roman style design to it, and to not have any columns. But due to costs, these ideas were scratched from the plan. Construction on the ballpark began on February 15, 1910. The new ballpark was named White Sox Park. A green cornerstone was laid on St. Patrick’s Day, and the ballpark was completed in just five months.

76. Baseball Hall Of Fame - Listed Alphabetically BBWAA = baseball Writers' Association of America; Veterans = Committeeon baseball Veterans; veeck, bill, 1991, Veterans, —, —, —, Exec. http://www.nocryinginbaseball.com/hof/HOF - Alphabetically.htm

Hall of Famers Listed Alphabetically BBWAA = Baseball Writers' Association of America Veterans = Committee on Baseball Veterans Negro Leagues = Committee on Negro Leagues Exec. = Executive Name Year Elected by # of Ballots Total Votes % of Ballots Position Aaron, Hank BBWAA RF Alexander, Pete BBWAA P Alston, Walter Veterans M Anderson, Sparky Veterans M Anson, Cap Veterans Aparicio, Luis BBWAA SS Appling, Luke BBWAA SS Ashburn, Richie Veterans CF Averill, Earl Veterans CF Baker, Home Run Veterans Bancroft, Dave Veterans SS Banks, Ernie BBWAA SS Barlick, Al Veterans U Barrow, Ed Veterans Exec. Beckley, Jake Veterans Bell, Cool Papa Negro Leagues CF Bench, Johnny BBWAA C Bender, Chief Veterans P Berra, Yogi BBWAA C Bottomley, Jim Veterans Boudreau, Lou BBWAA SS Bresnahan, Roger Veterans C Brett, George BBWAA Brock, Lou BBWAA LF Brouthers, Dan Veterans Brown, Mordecai Veterans P Bulkeley, Morgan Veterans Exec. Bunning, Jim Veterans P Burkett, Jesse Veterans LF Campanella, Roy BBWAA C Carew, Rod BBWAA Carey, Max Veterans CF Carlton, Steve BBWAA P Carter, Gary BBWAA C Cartwright, Alexander Veterans Exec.

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RECENT UPDATES Around the Bases STADIUM SOJOURNS: Spring Back to Life WALL OF FAME: Tony Suck ... WALL OF FAME: Ron Gardenhire Please contact me for any questions or comments regarding this site. P R O F I L E APRIL 7 , 2003 Jay Jaffe Born: 12/25/1969, Seattle, WA Height: Weight: 160 lbs Bats: Right Throws: Right Home: New York City College: Brown University, B.A. Biology, 1992 Day Job: graphic designer, most recently for Bill SMITH STUDIO Career Highlight (player): Game-tying RBI single in Little League Championship game, 1982 Career Highlights (fan): Fernandomania (1981), watching Nolan Ryan's record-breaking no-hitter (1981), watching Orel Hershiser save Game 4 of 1988 NLCS, attending Game 4 of 1999 World Series (Yankees won), meeting Jim Bouton and chatting about Ball Four for 45 minutes (2000), attending All-Star Game and related festivities in Milwaukee (2002) Favorite Team: (1978-1997) Los Angeles Dodgers; (1997-present) New York Yankees Ballparks Visited (approximately chronological): Derks Field*, Salt Lake City, UT, home of the Salt Lake Gulls (AAA) and Salt Lake Trappers (A) Borleske Stadium*, Walla Walla, WA, home of the Walla Walla Padres (A)

78. SPORTS HERO: BILL VEECK Louis Browns, and the Chicago White Sox was an inspiration to millions of baseballfans. bill veeck was responsible for putting names on the back of uniforms http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=billVeeck

79. Bill Veeck bill veeck. Flamboyant AL owner. Sent midget up to bat. bill veeck wasbaseball's promotional genius and, perhaps, its only populist owner. http://www.enel.net/beisbol/history/people/executive/veecb101/veecb101.html

B ILL V EECK Flamboyant AL owner. Sent midget up to bat. B ill Veeck was baseball's promotional genius and, perhaps, its only populist owner. His many memorable innovations included planting the ivy at Wrigley Field in Chicago, inventing the exploding scoreboard, letting fans manage his teams, putting a shower in the bleachers, integrating the American League by signing Larry Doby and Satchel Paige , and opening a day-care center in Cleveland Stadium. Veeck also brought pennants to two teams that had gone a combined 68 years without any. During his stints as owner of the Cleveland Indians , the Chicago White Sox (twice), the St. Louis Browns, and two minor league teams, Veeck was part shaman, part sham. He believed that any team that relied solely on true baseball fans for its patronage would "go out of business by Mother's Day." With this in mind, Veeck the baseball purist became the game's P. T. Barnum, a characterization he hated. He preferred to be called a hustler, and literally wrote the book on the art: The Hustler's Handbook.

80. RiverDogs REIGN AT RILEY P. Riley, Jr., Marvin Goldklang, Mike veeck, bill Murray, the Charleston RiverDogsbaseball team, and the fans who support them in America's favorite pastime. http://www.pride-net.com/1997/july/sports/

For those in need - we invite you to visit The Healing Place If you have a bit of time, please visit our affiliate site ArtSelect Revolutionary online art gallery 40-50% off Custom Framed Art Prints RiverDogs REIGN AT RILEY by: Marlene Biondo Like many momentous occasions, Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park began with a wish and a prayer. The wish began with principal owner, Mr. Marvin Goldklang, and minority owners Mike Veeck and Bill Murray. The stadium, however, would have been a near impossibility without the support and direction given by Charleston's Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. who was the undeniable celebrity at the baseball stadium's grand opening. The evening opened with a prayer offered by Monsignor Sam R. Miglarese, Vicar General, Diocese of Charleston. Loving God, We Praise you for your glory. Look on us with love as we gather here this evening to dedicate and bless this field of play, a field of dreams for this community. Bless our Mayor Riley, for whom this field is named, and all those who worked so hard to make this ballpark a place of pride for our community and support for America's national pastime. Bless all who play here, especially the Charleston RiverDogs and the Citadel Bulldogs, and all of us who use this place as a center of recreation and enjoyment.

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