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	ESPN.com - CLASSIC - SportsCentury biography of Bill Veeck
		Just as he predicted, Bill Veeck, for all his accomplishments, is best remembered as the guy who sent a midget to the plate.
		In response, Veeck went from bar to bar in Cleveland to admit he had made a mistake and announce personally that the deal was off.
		In 1959, Veeck popped up as head of a syndicate that bought a controlling interest in the White Sox, who won their first pennant in 40 years as well as establishing a team home-attendance record with 1.4 million.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Bill Veeck
		Veeck was the last owner to purchase a baseball franchise without an independent fortune, and is responsible for many significant innovations and contributions to baseball.
		In 1937, Veeck planted the ivy that is on the outfield wall at Wrigley Field and was responsible for the construction of the hand-operated center field scoreboard still used.
		Veeck, weak from emphysema and having had a cancerous lung removed in 1984, died of a pulmonary embolism at age 71.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Bill_Veeck (1390 words)

	Bill Veeck - WikiChicago (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Veeck brought so much to the game as an owner that he was inducted to the MLB Hall of Fame in 1991 as an executive and pioneer.
		Before leaving, Bill Veeck was responsible for planting the famous ivy that grows along the outfield wall at Wrigley Field.
		Veeck sold his portion of the team in 1961 only to return as sole owner of the Sox in 1975.
	www.wikichicago.com /index.php?title=Bill_Veeck (543 words)

	ESPN Classic - Baseball's showman
		Just as he predicted, Bill Veeck, for all his accomplishments, is best remembered as the guy who sent a midget to the plate.
		In response, Veeck went from bar to bar in Cleveland to admit he had made a mistake and announce personally that the deal was off.
		In 1959, Veeck popped up as head of a syndicate that bought a controlling interest in the White Sox, who won their first pennant in 40 years as well as establishing a team home-attendance record with 1.4 million.
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	Bill Veeck
		Veeck as in Wreck, he was back in Chicago in 1975 with Greenberg, paying $7 million for the White Sox.
		Veeck threw an immense birthday party for the AL, with fireworks, jugglers, acrobats, a band led by Satchel Paige, baseball clown Max Patkin, and a birthday cake that was rolled out to the pitcher's mound.
		Veeck had offered him $100, and told him what he wanted to do - he had measured Gaedel's strike zone in a crouch at 1 1/2 inches high, and threatened to shoot him if he took a swing.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Veeck.html (1564 words)

	Veeck--As in Wreck
		Veeck always proudly referred to himself as “an operator.” He knew that baseball was serious business but, more importantly, he recognized that it was ultimately entertainment for the masses, like the circus, and many of the decisions he made were driven by the theory that providing good (and fairly priced) entertainment is a civic responsibility.
		Veeck recalls how even the vaunted Yankee organization grudgingly came calling for advice on selling tickets.Veeck was also one of the first owners to see the potential for innovative structuring of deals with radio (and later television) outlets for baseball games.
		Veeck did not suffer fools gladly and, in his opinion, fools were exactly what he was mostly dealing with.
	www.angelfire.com /tx2/dickiethon/veeck.html (889 words)

	Bill Veeck - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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.
		Bill Veeck and James Thurber: the literary origins of the midget pinch hitter.
		Maddux; As the steroids era closes, he vindicates Bill Veeck, who said you do not need to be seven feet tall or seven feet wide to play baseball.(in appreciation of baseball pitcher Greg Maddux)(Column)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-VeeckB.html (506 words)

	Amazon.ca: Veeck--As in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck: Books: William Louis, Jr. Veeck,Ed Linn,Bill Veeck (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest baseball men ever involved in the game.
		Veeck is also very entertaining in describing his relationships with some great characters of the game.
		Bill Veeck starts the book with the moment he is most fameous for, the playing of a midget in a major league baseball game.
	www.amazon.ca /Veeck-As-Wreck-Autobiography-Bill-Veeck/dp/0226852180 (1294 words)

	Bill Veeck \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Veeck as in Wreck by Bill Veeck with Ed Linn
		His father, William Veeck, Sr., was a basebal writer when William Wrigley installed him as president of the Cubs.
		P Bill Gullickson was taken with the 2nd pick by the Expos, and Milwaukee takes University of Minnesota infielder Paul Molitor with the 3rd pick.
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	WTTW - Veeck: A Man For Any Season (Bill Veeck)
		Veeck was also the first owner to put players' names on the backs of their uniforms, which is commonplace in many sports today.
		Bill felt he was the most fortunate person in the world to be able to work all his life at something he loved so much.
		Bill Veeck is remembered by most people as the fan's man, the American original who perfected showmanship-from sending a midget to the plate to exploding scoreboards-at the old ball park.
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	The Baseball Reliquary - Bill Veeck
		Veeck’s final major league team was the Chicago White Sox, which he owned twice, from 1959-1961 and then again from 1976-1980.
		Bill Veeck once said that "baseball must be a great game, because the owners haven’t been able to kill it," a sardonic comment from a man who often infuriated the stuffed shirts in the executive suite.
		At Veeck’s funeral in 1986 at the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Chicago, it was most appropriate that a lone trumpeter opened the services playing Aaron Copland’s "Fanfare for the Common Man." That is, after all, precisely how Bill Veeck, Jr.
	www.baseballreliquary.org /veeck.htm (598 words)

	The My Hero Project - Bill Veeck
		Bill Veeck was responsible for putting names on the back of uniforms and fireworks after home runs.
		Bill Bradley once a pro-basketball player now is a politician who advocates reform to make America better for all.
		Bill Veeck was a maverick sports owner and an inspiration to fans.
	www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=billVeeck (846 words)

	Memores of Old Comiskey Park, presented by FLYINGSOCK.COM!
		Bill Veeck saved the franchise from relocating to Seattle by buying out John Allyn in 1975.
		Fortunately, one of the minor leaguers Veeck also got for Dent turned out to be a star pitcher, future Cy Young Award winner, Lamarr Hoyt.
		Veeck had amongst the fans, the press, and his fellow owners.
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	Seth.com
		While Hornsby was one of baseball's greatest players in his day, his demanding demeanor was not appreciated by his players.
		In the summer of 1952, the Browns players got together and asked the team owner, Bill Veeck, to fire Hornsby.
		Veeck, a real players' owner, went ahead and fired Hornsby.
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	funisgood.net: Home
		Throughout, Fun Is Good is peppered with vignettes, where we hear firsthand from people who have benefited professionally and personally from the fun-is-good philosophy and how they have applied it specifically to their own industries and careers.
		His name is synonymous with “fun” and he is now positioned to share his no-fail techniques on creating a fun and prosperous work environment in Mike Veeck’s Fun Is Good Conference that takes place November 5-6 at The Marriott Charleston.
		An advertising professional, coveted public speaker, founder of the Veeck Promotional Seminar, and all around idea man, Mike recently released a corporate training video based on his “Fun is Good” philosophy and Fun Is Good book based on the same fundamental principle.
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	Bill Veeck, Veeck--As In Wreck, excerpt
		Here are all of Veeck's wonderful stories: his battles against the game's Neanderthal owners, his shoestring operations with the various teams he owned, his running war with Commissioner Ford Frick-and, of course, the day he sent a midget up to bat.
		Bill DeWitt Jr., the seven-year old son of our vice-president, had a little Browns' uniform hanging in the locker room.
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	Bill Veeck: A Baseball Mastermind
		His father, Bill Veeck Sr., was a Chicago Cubs beat writer for years before being hired as a team employee and eventually becoming Cubs president.
		In St. Louis, Veeck once told a reporter that he had three teams: the one that had just departed, the one on the field, and the one coming in.
		Veeck died on Jan. 2, 1986 at the age of 71 in Chicago, six years after he sold the White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf.
	www.businessweek.com /bwdaily/dnflash/oct2004/nf20041027_3631_db078.htm (1351 words)

	AllRefer.com - Bill Veeck (Sports, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Bill Veeck (William Louis Veeck, Jr.), 1914–86, American baseball executive, b.
		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.
		Veeck also integrated the American League by hiring Larry Doby in 1947, weeks after Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League.
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	Autograph - 518802 - Bill Veeck - St. Louis Browns - typed letter signed 6-17-1952
		Veeck signed the American League’s first African-American player, Larry Doby, who debuted with the Indians on July 5, 1947, a little less than three months after Jackie Robinson broke in with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
		But Veeck is remembered more for his gimmicks and promotions than for the serious contributions that he made to major league baseball.
		Veeck had signed Gaedel to a legal player contract but had delayed notifying league officials until it was too late for them to intervene.
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	Bill Veeck
		Bill Veeck was born on February 9, 1914, in Chicago, Illinois.
		In 1918, Veeck’s father became president of the Chicago Cubs, and Veeck grew up working as a groundskeeper and as a ticket and food vendor.
		Veeck left the Cubs in 1941, when he became part owner of the American Association’s team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Brewers.
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	Bill Veeck - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bill Veeck - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Veeck, Bill (1914-1986), American baseball executive, credited with integrating the American League (AL) by signing Larry Doby and Satchel Paige to...
		Bill Veeck, president of the Cleveland Indians, was one major league executive who recognized the competitive advantage fl stars brought to...
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	Bill Veeck
		Veeck served in the Marine Corp during World War II and was stationed in the South Pacific.
		Veeck was forced to sell the Browns very soon after.
		I had never heard of Bill Veeck but because you wrote about him today, I will remember him and share some tidbits with others.
	journals.aol.com /jmorancoyle/MyWay/entries/2005/10/15/bill-veeck/1417 (675 words)

	Bill Veeck's ideas not so ridiculous today (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Because, as recounted in his 1961 autobiography, Veeck As in Wreck, Veeck, who understood baseball was simple entertainment and not some sacred touchstone of civilization, implemented such "ridiculous" and "outrageous" ideas as putting players' names on the backs of jerseys and shooting off fireworks after his players hit home runs.
		Veeck was also the first owner to admit the Reserve Clause, which kept players from negotiating the best possible deal for themselves, amounted to nothing less than legalized indentured servitude.
		Beyond that, Veeck, in his book, proclaimed football, with its brutal nature and faster-than-baseball pace, was a natural for television and, as a result, ultimately would supplant baseball as the nation's most popular team spectator sport.
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	The Sporting News: 100 Years of the AL (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Perhaps baseball’s most colorful owner, he surely was responsible for its most colorful promotion: In 1951, Veeck’s St. Louis Browns sent a midget into an official game to pinch hit.
		The proletarian Veeck once quit a job with the Cubs when they began selling bleacher seats in advance.
		Veeck also was responsible for integrating the A.L. by signing Larry Doby and Satchel Paige to play for the Indians.
	archive.sportingnews.com /baseball/al100/characters/veeck.html (154 words)

	HCHS Foundation - Hall Of Fame 1999 Inductee Bill Veeck
		The legendary Bill Veeck, a towering figure in professional baseball ownership, grew up in Hinsdale at Park and Seventh Streets and called Hinsdale his home, as did his parents before him, until Bill was well into his 20's.
		During his colorful career he owned four different professional teams including the White Sox twice (1959-1961, 1975-1980), and a list of his baseball "firsts" is stunning and well-documented in several biographies and his own best selling autobiography.
		Veeck, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, was a voracious reader and largely self-educated.
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	USATODAY.com - Veeck would go, go along with these Sox (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HOUSTON — Somewhere Bill Veeck is laughing and toasting the Chicago White Sox's first World Series championship in 88 years.
		Veeck (said like "wreck"), who died in 1986 at 71, suffered from numerous ailments.
		It was Veeck who ultimately sold the franchise to the current ownership group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf, an exact opposite of the warm, fun-loving and zany Veeck.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/columnist/bodley/2005-10-26-bodley-veeck_x.htm (808 words)

	Bill Veeck: The Happy Hustler -- Monday, Apr. 25, 1977 -- Page 1 -- TIME
		It was clear and warm and sunlit, a morning for the gods, but Bill Veeck's team, the White Sox, had not descended from Olympus.
		Bill Veeck, who is 63, tugged at an ear, limped in behind his desk and, smiling a civil defiance, went to work.
		Veeck granted seven interviews on Wrigley, varying each a bit so that every reporter would have something of his own.
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	Bill Veeck Sports Sponsorship Award Winners Named \| Saint Louis University
		Nestle Purina Petcare is the 2004 Bill Veeck Sports Sponsorship Award winner for the Professional/Single Day Event for its “Dog Days of Summer” event with the San Francisco Giants on Aug. 21, 2004.
		According to Boyle, having Veeck’s name associated with an award of this kind is a natural fit.
		“Bill Veeck was innovative, but he also kept the fan in mind in any of his promotions.
	www.slu.edu /readstory/more/5628 (954 words)

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