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Marketing Your Dreams: Business and Life Lessons from Bill Veeck, Baseball's Promotional Genius by Pat Williams, Michael Weinreb, 2001-02-01 Bill Veeck: A Baseball Legend by Gerald Eskenazi, 1987-09 BILL VEECK. A Baseball Legend. by Gerald. (Bill Veeck) ESKENAZI, 1988 Bill Veeck: A Baseball Legend by Gerald Eskenazi, 1988 MARKETING YOUR DREAMS: Business and Life Lessons from Bill Veeck, Baseball's Mar by Pat and Michael Weinreb Williams, 2000-01-01 Bill Veeck: A Baseball Legend Quick News Weekly April 21, 1952 Bill Veeck/St. Louis Browns (Baseball), Eva Peron, Marilyn Monroe Veeck-As in Wreck The Chaotic Career of Baseball's Incorrigible Maverick by Bill and Linn, Ed Veeck, 1962 BASEBALL, I LOVE YOU!: Jolly Cholly's Story by Charlie w/ Ed Prell. Intro. Bill Veeck Grimm, 1968 VEECK AS IN WRECK: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BILL VEECK; " THE WILD MAN OF BASEBALL, WHO DARED DO IT ALL--AND TELL IT ALL..."THE GREATEST SPORTS STORY EVER TOLD!" " (A SIGNET BOOK AE4549) The Hustler's Handbook by Bill Veeck, 2009-07-25 Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck by Bill Veeck, Ed Linn, 2001-04-07 The End of Baseball: A Novel by Peter Schilling, 2010-03-16 Propriétaire Des Indians de Cleveland: Alva Bradley, Charles Somers, Bill Veeck, Ellis Ryan, Larry Dolan, Jim Dunn (Baseball, Propriétaire) (French Edition)

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1. ESPN Classic - Baseball's Showman
   Bill Veeck was one of baseball s most innovative owners.  
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   Extractions: "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.

2. ESPN-C: Bill Veeck -- Sat, 4/19, 7am ET [Archive] - NYYFans.com Forum
   http//www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/V/veeck_bill.stm Bill Veeck 191487 http//espn.go.com/classic/s/veeck_bill.html Baseball s showman  
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   Extractions: HOF: http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/veeck_bill.htmAs owner of the Indians, Browns and White Sox, Bill Veeck consistently broke attendance records with pennant-winning teams, outrageous door prizes, enthusiastic fan participation and ingenious promotional schemes. An inveterate hustler and energetic maverick, he introduced a midget player (Eddie Gaedel), Bat Day, fireworks, exploding scoreboards and player names on backs of uniforms. He signed the American League's first black player — Larry Doby in 1947 — and its oldest rookie — 43-year-old Satchel Paige in 1948.

3. Bill Veeck - MSN Encarta
   Veeck, Bill (19141986), American baseball executive, credited with integrating the American League (AL) by signing Larry Doby and Satchel Paige to  
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   Extractions: var s_account="msnportalencarta"; MSN home Mail My MSN Sign in ... more Hotmail Messenger My MSN MSN Directory Air Tickets/Travel Autos City Guides Election 2008 ... More Additional Reference Materials Thesaurus Translations Multimedia Other Resources Education Resources Math Help Foreign Language Help Project Planner ... Help Related Items more... Encarta Search Search Encarta about Bill Veeck Also on Encarta 7 tips for funding an online degree How to succeed in the fashion industry without being a top designer Presidential Myths Quiz Advertisement Encyclopedia Article Find Print E-mail Blog It Bill Veeck (1914-1986), American baseball executive, credited with integrating the American League (AL) by signing Larry Doby and Satchel Paige to contracts with the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s. As the colorful owner of the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago White Sox, Veeck drew huge crowds with inventive promotions, outrageous stunts, scoreboard pyrotechnics, and winning teams. Known as Sportshirt Bill because he never wore ties, Veeck was interested in the common-man image of baseball and worked hard to maintain fan support for each of his teams. William Louis Veeck, Jr., was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a baseball family. His father, William L. Veeck, Sr., was a columnist for the

4. Bill Veeck Bibliography | BaseballLibrary.com
   Jump to. Recent jumps. » John Clarkson » whitey ford » gary carter » 1897 » 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers. What s New? Current Totals Free Newsletter  
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   Extractions: The Baseball Index is a vast index to books, articles, and other sources on baseball compiled by volunteers from the Society for American Baseball Research . The complete index is available for purchase, and The Baseball Index Research Service can perform complicated searches for a nominal fee. Click here for more information.

5. National Baseball Hall Of Fame - Bill Veeck's Plaque
   Bill Veeck s Hall of Fame Plaque. BILL VEECK OWNER OF INDIANS, BROWNS AND WHITE SOX. CREATED HEIGHTENED FAN INTEREST AT EVERY STOP  
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   Extractions: 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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   Extractions: This basketball season, worry about basketball. Not your sportsbook. Bodog is the safest and most secure sportsbook in the business. Bodog is the most trusted brand in online entertainment and we've got 12 years experience to prove it VEECK, BILL 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.

7. ESPN - Veeck Was Baseball's Stunt Man - Classic
   Bill Veeck was one of baseball s most innovative owners. SportsCentury Bill Veeck airs Sunday at 10 am ET.  
   http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=Veeck_Bill

8. Veeck, Bill Web Directory.
   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  
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9. All The Good Names Are Taken - FOX Sports Blogs
   veeck_bill.stm Baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/ Murphy_Charles_W.stm 11/19/2003. espn.go.com/classic/s/veeck_bill.html.  
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   Extractions: If you have ever attended a professional baseball game, be it in the major or minor leagues, chances are you have encountered an innovation originally conceived and executed by Bill Veeck. Veeck, a lifelong baseball man who saw before most of his peers the need to market the sport beyond the on-field product, was the game’s original and most memorable showman. His greatest stunt, in which he dared threaten the baseball establishment by signing a midget and sending him to bat, earned him the derision of his peers at the time, but is still remembered by even casual fans more than fifty years later. Other feats of his imagination include introducing the famous exploding scoreboard at Comiskey Park, planting the ivy on Wrigley Field’s walls and allowing fans to determine game strategy for the St. Louis Browns in a 1951 contest. But Veeck’s contributions to baseball were not entirely frivolous. It was his decision in July 1947, with Jackie Robinson already making a fine showing in Brooklyn as the 20th century’s first black player, to sign Negro League infielder Larry Doby, who went directly to the Cleveland Indians, thus integrating the American League. He also proposed a number of other ideas that he envisioned as strengthening the game he loved, including inter-league play, revenue sharing and expansion into the West Coast (specifically Los Angeles). It is a monument to his intelligence and foresight that all were eventually enacted in some form by major league baseball; it is also indicative of his overall poor reputation amongst his contemporaries that it took so long for seemingly obvious changes to take place.

10. One More Dying Quail: Bill Veeck, Baseball Genius
    Baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/V/veeck_bill.stm espn.go.com/classic/s/veeck_bill.html. Posted by One More Dying Quail at 821 PM  
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11. Short Stuff [Archive] - NetShrine Discussion Forum
    http//www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/veeck_bill.htm As owner of the Indians, Browns and White Sox, Bill Veeck consistently broke  
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    Extractions: As owner of the Indians, Browns and White Sox, Bill Veeck consistently broke attendance records with pennant-winning teams, outrageous door prizes, enthusiastic fan participation and ingenious promotional schemes. An inveterate hustler and energetic maverick, he introduced a midget player (Eddie Gaedel), Bat Day, fireworks, exploding scoreboards and player names on backs of uniforms. He signed the American League's first black player — Larry Doby in 1947 — and its oldest rookie — 43-year-old Satchel Paige in 1948.

12. Bill Veeck - Indopedia, The Indological Knowledgebase
    Baseball Hall of Fame biography (http//www.baseballhalloffame. org/hofers%5Fand%5Fhonorees/hofer%5Fbios/veeck_bill.htm)  
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    Extractions: Categories 1914 births 1986 deaths Baseball Hall of Fame ... Wikipedia Article ज्ञानकोश: - The Indological Knowledgebase William Louis Veeck Jr. February 9 January 2 ), sometimes nicknamed "Sport Shirt", was a native of Chicago who became a franchise owner and promoter in Major League Baseball . Known best for his flamboyant publicity stunts, and the innovations he brought to the major leagues during his ownership of the Cleveland Indians St. Louis Browns , and Chicago White Sox , Veeck was the last owner to purchase a baseball franchise without an independent fortune, and is responsible for many significant contributions to baseball. Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early Life edit While Veeck was growing up in Hinsdale, Illinois , his father, William Veeck, Sr. , a sportswriter , became president of the Chicago Cubs . Growing up in the business, Bill Veeck worked as a vendor, ticket seller and junior groundskeeper. In , when his father died, Veeck left Kenyon College , and eventually became club treasurer for the Cubs. He married Eleanore Raymond in

13. Dotcom.dir.mobi Dotcom Directory
    http//www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/veeck_bill.htm. VeeckAs in Wreck Bill Veeck s autobiography.  
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14. Veeck: A Man For Any Season [Archive] - White Sox Interactive Forums
    Bill Veeck 15 Seasons, 2 AL Pennants, 1 World Championship. cool http//www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/plaques/images/veeck_bill.jpg  
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    Extractions: White Sox Interactive Forums Baseball Discussions Sox Clubhouse PDA View Full Version : Veeck: A Man for any Season riggs 09-29-2006, 08:10 PM 09-30-2006, 01:12 AM Great documentary - I have it on tape from when it aired on WTTW. Veeck was on their sports discussion score (IIRC it was called Time Out). http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/plaques/images/Veeck_Bill.jpg riggs 09-30-2006, 11:07 AM Media Burn just put a whole buch of Chicago oriented videos up on that site. As for Veeck, he was all for the fan. A non-existent breed of of owner these days. I used to enjoy going to Comiskey when he owned the team because you just never really knew what was going to happen next. 10-02-2006, 09:42 AM I remember being about 11 years old and in front of Old Comiskey and Bill walked right up to me and shook my hand after I made eye contact with him. I was fascinated by his wooden legIf I remember right he had one right?Thanks Bill for keeping the Sox in Chicago back in 1975! 10-02-2006, 12:31 PM

15. B@W 4/9/07 - USA Fans Bitch About Everything [Mobile] - Page 3 - BigSoccer
    http//www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/plaques/images/veeck_bill. jpg (Hey! This time, I actually remembered Larry Doby s name! ) )  
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17. Sports: Baseball: People: Management: Veeck, Bill : On A Mission
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18. Trivia | CubsNet.com
    Special to ESPN.com http//espn.go.com/classic/s/veeck_bill . More about Bill Veeck http//espn.go.com/classic/s/veeckadd000 Bill Veeck quotes  
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19. The Life Of Bill Veeck
    2005 http//www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/V/veeck_bill.stm . 11. Marazzi, Rich T. Eddie Gaedel. Baseballlibrary.com .  
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20. The My Hero Project - Bill VeeckbillVeeck
    http//baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/veeck_bill.htm. Veeck—As In Wreck http//www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/852180.html  
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