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1946 - Surgeons amputate the right foot of Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck. Two years before, the colorful executive had suffered a serious injury to his leg in the South Pacific during World War II. Veeck has had a tremendous impact on promotion in a half season of ownership. A minor but typical change is the regular posting of National League scores on the Cleveland scoreboard, a ...
11 Bill Veeck, with Ed Lion, Veeck-As In Wreck (New York: G.E Putnam’s Sons, 1962), 171-172. 12 Daniel Cattau wrote an article in the April 1991 Chicago Reporter , “Baseball Strikes Out With Black Fans,” in which he recites the story of Landis frustrating Veeck’s plan to buy the Phillies, based on the recollection of Veeck’s widow, Mary Frances.
9 de fev. de 2014 · Hall of Fame executive Bill Veeck would have been 100 on Feb. 9, 2014. He planted the ivy at Wrigley and owned the White Sox twice. His continued influence o...
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Veeck was a Chicago American sportswriter working under the pseudonym Bill Bailey before Cubs owner William Wrigley Jr. hired him to be vice-president of the baseball club in 1917. Having won the National League pennant in 1918, Wrigley promoted him to president of the club in July 1919.
Health issues had forced Bill Veeck to sell off his White Sox ownership shares in the midst of the 1961 season, but baseball fans on Chicago’s South Side still remembered him fondly. For them—and for everyone else who appreciated the injection of a little levity into the old ballgame—Christmas came early in 1975, thanks to the December 11 announcement that the 61-year-old Veeck had ...
Bill Veeck could never stay away from baseball very long. Veeck, it seemed, needed the game as much as it needed him. On Dec. 16, 1975, Veeck's investor group bought 80 percent of the Chicago White Sox from John Allyn, putting the colorful owner in charge of the White Sox for the second time and in control of his fourth major league club.
20 de ago. de 2012 · That spirit pervades this book. Bill Veeck – in his lifetime, a four-time major league team owner – ignores adversity, tweaks the baseball establishment, champions social justice and brings his version of “play” and “fair play” to life and to the ball park. While he is often remembered for celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the ...
