1. National Baseball Hall Of Fame - Bill Veeck Profile and photograph of the maverick owner who was elected to the Hall by the Committee on baseball Veterans in 1991. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/veeck_bill.htm

Bill Veeck William Louis Veeck Jr. Born: February 9, 1914, Chicago, Illinois Died: January 2, 1986, Chicago, Illinois Elected to Hall of Fame by Committee on Baseball Veterans: 1991 Hall of Fame Plaque As owner of the Indians , Browns and White Sox Larry Doby Satchel Paige in 1948. Did you know ... that while employed in various capacities by the Chicago Cubs, Bill Veeck Jr. was responsible for the planting of ivy on Wrigley Field's outfield wall in September 1937? Search Our Online Library Catalog "ABNER" for Bill Veeck Hall of Famer Biographies © National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.

2. The Baseball Reliquary - Bill Veeck TheBASEBALL RELIQUARYInc. THE SHRINE OF THE ETERNALS. 1999 ELECTEES. WILLIAM LOUIS veeck, JR. Born 2/9/14, Chicago, Illinois. Died 1/2/86, Chicago, Illinois. A selfproclaimed "hustler " bill veeck http://www.baseballreliquary.org/veeck.htm

The BASEBALL RELIQUARY Inc THE SHRINE OF THE ETERNALS 1999 ELECTEES WILLIAM LOUIS VEECK, JR. Born 2/9/14, Chicago, Illinois Died 1/2/86, Chicago, Illinois A self-proclaimed "hustler," Bill Veeck, Jr. was the greatest public relations man and promotional genius the game of baseball has ever seen. The son of former Chicago Cubs president Bill Veeck, Sr., he got his start in the baseball business selling peanuts and hot dogs at Wrigley Field and was fond of saying that he was "the only human being ever raised in a ballpark." Over the course of a fifty-year love affair with baseball, Veeck would own three major league teams and would establish himself as the game’s most incorrigible maverick. Upon returning from military duty in World War II, during which he received a severe leg wound that would ultimately require amputation, Veeck bought his first major league team, the Cleveland Indians, in 1946 at the age of 32. Although his reign in Cleveland was a mere three-and-a-half years, neither the Indians nor the game of baseball were quite the same thereafter. In 1947 Veeck hired the American League’s first black player (Larry Doby), and a year later brought Cleveland its first pennant and world championship since 1920, establishing a new major league season attendance record of 2.6 million fans. He introduced fireworks displays after games and signed 42-year-old Negro League pitching legend Satchel Paige to a contract in 1948, making him the oldest rookie ever to play professional baseball. Veeck even staged a night for Joe Earley, after the fan protested that the Indians owner had honored everyone except the average "Joe."

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Go to ... Full text search Excerpts Subject catalogs Subject index ... Shopping cart contents or Print an order form Veeck, Bill and Ed Linn VeeckAs In Wreck The Autobiography of Bill Veeck . With a new Foreword by Bob Verdi. ii, 398 p. 5_1/2 x 8_1/2 1962, 1986, 2001 Paper COBE $16.00 0-226-85218-0 Spring 2001 Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest baseball men ever involved in the game. His classic autobiography, written with the talented sportswriter Ed Linn, is an uproarious book packed with information about the history of baseball and tales of players and owners, including some of the most entertaining stories in all of sports literature. "Following this story as it unfolds, anecdote after anecdote, is much like sitting with Veeck or some other talented raconteur through a few long nights in a saloon. The stories, especially the ones about such eccentric and fascinating old-timers as Satchel Paige and Casey Stengel, are filled with the pungent flavor of good old American folklore."Alfred Wright, New York Times Book Review "A brash, blunt autobiography that is certain-like everything else he has done-to delight his fans and raise his fellow-owners' hackles."

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BALLPLAYERS TEAMS CHRONOLOGY TODAY ... Rules: 1900-present Rules The Field The Ball The Bat The Uniforms Chronology FAQ Authors BaseballLibrary.com by The Idea Logical Company, Inc. Bill Veeck Executive Hall of Fame in 1991 Books and articles about Bill Veeck RELATED LINKS The Indians sign Satchel Paige Eddie Gaedel's Major-League Debut The St. Louis Browns' Band, 1951 Book Excerpts Veeck as in Wreck by Bill Veeck with Ed Linn "Veeck, when he heard about the change, was furious. He knew Stengel only by reputation as a clown and had no use for him" : Leonard Koppett Corrections June 19, 2003 Around the Web Hall of Famer Larry Doby, AL's first black player, dies from post-gazette.com Jump directly to Library content from any website! Perhaps best remembered for sending midget Eddie Gaedel to bat in a game against the Tigers at St. Louis in 1952, Veeck was baseball's most imaginative promoter. He grew up in a ballpark and was never happier than when he was roaming the grandstand and bleachers, mingling with fans. An admitted publicity hound and an imaginative innovator who frequently upset other club owners with his proposals and stunts, he was also a sound baseball man who created winners in Cleveland and Chicago. His father

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Bill Veeck's Hall of Fame Plaque BILL VEECK OWNER OF INDIANS, BROWNS AND WHITE SOX. CREATED HEIGHTENED FAN INTEREST AT EVERY STOP WITH INGENIOUS PROMOTIONAL SCHEMES, FAN PARTICIPATION, EXPLODING SCOREBOARD, OUTRAGEOUS DOOR PRIZES, NAMES ON UNIFORMS. SET M.L. ATTENDANCE RECORD WITH PENNANT-WINNER AT CLEVELAND IN 1948; WON AGAIN WITH 'GO-GO' SOX IN 1959. SIGNED A.L.'S FIRST BLACK PLAYER, LARRY DOBY IN 1947 AND OLDEST ROOKIE, 42 YEAR OLD SATCHEL PAIGE IN 1948. A CHAMPION OF THE LITTLE GUY. Hall of Fame Plaque Home Page Bill Veeck's Hall of Fame Bio Search Our Website for Information on Bill Veeck Search Our Online Library Catalog "ABNER" for Bill Veeck The data on all plaques was taken from reliable sources at the time the plaques were made. Hall of Fame plaques are property of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the images may not be reproduced without approval of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. © National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.

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15. ESPN Classic - Baseball's Showman bill veeck was born on the right side of the tracks himself to the other side, saysMike veeck with a his father, the maverick Hall of Fame baseball owner, on http://espn.go.com/classic/s/Veeck_Bill.html

MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Search ... Money ESPN Network: ESPN.com NBA.com NHL.com WNBA.com ... ESPNdeportes ALSO SEE Veeck vault Quotes Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Baseball's showman By Nick Acocella Special to ESPN.com "Bill Veeck was born on the right side of the tracks. And as soon as he was capable, dragged himself to the other side," says Mike Veeck with a laugh about his father, the maverick Hall of Fame baseball owner, on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Just as he predicted, Bill Veeck, for all his accomplishments, is best remembered as the guy who sent a midget to the plate. And yet, Eddie Gaedel's lone major league appearance, while the most famous of Veeck's stunts, may not even have been his most bizarre. And it hardly ranks among his significant contributions to the game. Far more important were his innovations in the financial operations of his various franchises almost all of them initially deplored by other owners. In stints with the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox (twice) between 1946 and 1980, Veeck was the last person to purchase a major league team without an independent fortune. Born on Feb. 9, 1914, in Chicago, Veeck grew up in the suburb of Hinsdale. When Bill was four, his father, sportswriter William Veeck Sr., became president of the Chicago Cubs. By the time he was 11, Bill was working as a vendor, ticket seller and junior groundskeeper. When his father died in 1933, Veeck left Kenyon College to work for the Cubs, rising to club treasurer. In 1935, he married Eleanore Raymond.

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MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Search ... Money ESPN Network: ESPN.com NBA.com NHL.com WNBA.com ... ESPNdeportes ALSO SEE Baseball's showman Veeck vault Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Quotes by Bill Veeck Quotes by Veeck The athlete who catches the imagination is the individualist, the free soul who challenges not only the opposition but the generally accepted rules of behavior. Essentially, he should be uncivilized. Untamed Baseball is almost the orerly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off. "I t is played by people, real people, not freaks. Basketball is played by giants. Football is played by corn-fed hulks. The normal-sized man plays baseball and the fellow in the stands can relate to that. On baseball being the national pastime It isn't the high price of stars that is expensive, it's the high price of mediocrity. "Baseball is like our society. It's becoming homogenized, computerized. People identify with swash-buckling individuals, not polite little men who field their position well. Sir Galahad had a big following-but I'll bet Lancelot had more." To compare baseball with other team games is to say the Hope Diamond is a nice chunk of carbon. The endless variety of physical and mental skills demanded by baseball is both uncomparable and incomparable."

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18. The Baseball Reliquary - Induction Day from veeck’s legendary promotions, and Cannon speculated that if bill veeckwere still with us, and had the crazy notion to start a baseball museum, it http://www.baseballreliquary.org/inductionday.htm

The BASEBALL RELIQUARY Inc SHRINE OF THE ETERNALS 1999 INDUCTION DAY On Sunday, July 25, 1999, 125 people attended the 1999 Induction Day ceremony of the Shrine of the Eternals , held at the Donald R. Wright Auditorium in the Pasadena Central Library, Pasadena, California. The festivities began at 2:30 PM (Pacific Standard Time) with a ceremonial bell ringing in memory of Hilda Chester, the raucous Brooklyn Dodgers fan of the 1940s and ‘50s, often called the "First Lady of Flatbush." The bell that was rung is from the collections of the Baseball Reliquary and is one of the original cowbells which Hilda used to clang in the bleachers at Ebbets Field. Hilda was affectionately remembered by the Reliquary’s founder and Executive Director Terry Cannon, who also served as Master of Ceremonies for the Induction Day festivities, as "a master of the art of cacophony" and one of baseball’s "greatest percussionists." First off was Richard Amromin, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Baseball Reliquary, who provided brief sketches of the people behind the organization. He asked the audience to note that nine of the ten Board members and officers of the Reliquary have backgrounds in the arts. (The lone exception is 89-year-old Wendy Brougalman, a self-described baseball spinster who, Amromin remarked, "still bemoans the passing of her beloved Hollywood Stars, for whom she held season tickets for many years.")

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