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Try 3 Issues Free Magazine Customer Service Subscribe to FORTUNE Archive ... Small Business PITCHMAN Veeck Family Values Marilyn Monroe look-alikes, nuns giving fans back rubs, cross-dressing dog mascots, death to disco night, Bill Murray leading a marching band, Elvis tributes ... Just another typical scene for the prince of baseball promotion, Mike Veeck. Peel back the zaniness and find constant innovation, no fear of failure, and an inherited calling. From the Jul. 2003 Issue of FSB By David Whitford (Photo: Nathaniel Welch) Mike Veeck If the name Bill Veeck means anything to you, it brings to mind a wacky showman out of baseball's Golden Era. He was a guy who pulled wild stunts like sending a midget to the plate for the old St. Louis Browns in '51, a good-time Charlie running loose among his dour fellow owners, and a symbol of what some people feel is missing in baseball today, namely fun. "We give the fans good baseball. That's good enough for the dyed-in-the-wool fan," he'd say, winding up for his big pitch. "But for the others, for the fellow who is just out for amusement, it takes something a little different, a little extra, to tip the scales and bring him out to the ballyard." Bill Veeck, who owned ball clubs in Milwaukee and St. Louis, Cleveland and Chicago, was forever dreaming up new promotions like bat day and post-game fireworks, and ballpark innovations that have since become standards, like exploding scoreboards and on-site nurseries. His son Mike, 52, remembers all that stuff, of course. No matter that he was just a child (one of nine from two marriages) when the old man was in his prime. But he remembers other things too, things that hint at the spirit behind his father's bursts of color in the sky.

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Veeck As In Wreck Screenplay by Ted Mann Director: John McNaughton Executive producers: Steve Jones, Bill Murray Based on the book by Bill Veeck and Ed Linn Cast: Bill Murray photo of Bill Veeck's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR CAST Bill Murray started on "Saturday Night Live" and since has reached enormous success as a film actor. A few of his credits include: STRIPES, TOOTSIE, GHOSTBUSTERS I & II, THE RAZOR’S EDGE, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, SCROOGED, MAD DOG AND GLORY, WHAT ABOUT BOB, GROUNDHOG DAY, ED WOOD and KINGPIN. OTHER INFORMATION See the story in Mr. Showbiz Home Our Slate Press Kits ... Search

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Washington Post Book World Chicago Tribune New York Times Book Review Time New York Times Booklist An excerpt from The Autobiography of Bill Veeck, with Ed Linn In 1951, in a moment of madness, I became owner and operator of a collection of old rags and tags known to baseball historians as the St. Louis Browns. The Browns, according to reputable anthropologists, rank in the annals of baseball a step or two ahead of Cro-Magnon man. One thing should be made clear. A typical Brownie was more than four feet tall. Except, of course, for Eddie Gaedel, who was 3'7" and weighed 65 lbs. Eddie gave the Browns their only distinction. He was, by golly, the best darn midget who ever played big-league ball. He was also the only one. Eddie came to us in a moment of desperation. Not his desperation, ours. After a month or so in St. Louis, we were looking around desperately for a way to draw a few people into the ball park, it being perfectly clear by that time that the ball club wasn't going to do it unaided. The best bet seemed to be to call upon the resources of our radio sponsors, Falstaff Brewery. For although Falstaff only broadcast our games locally, they had distributors and dealers all over the state. Naturally, they pressed me for details. Naturally, I had to tell them that much as I hated to hold out on them, my idea was so explosive I could not afford to take the slightest chance of a leak.

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var MenuLinkedBy='AllWebMenus [2]', awmBN='528'; awmAltUrl=''; Current Archive Bill Madden joined the Daily News in 1978 after nine years at United Press International where he covered baseball, track and field and Olympics. He was the Daily News' Yankee beat writer from 1980-88 before becoming the News' national baseball columnist. In his 24 years with The News, Madden has broken numerous major baseball stories. He is the author of the just-published "Pride of October: What It Was to Be Young and a Yankee," as well as two other books on baseball - "Damned Yankees" in collaboration with Moss Klein of the Newark Star-Ledger, and Don Zimmer's best-selling autobiography, "Zim-A Baseball Life." Email: bmadden@ edit.nydailynews.com Past Columns Now you can visit our complete archive of Bill Madden's sports columns. Click below for the complete lineup and a free sneak preview of each column, plus info on our affordable purchase options! COLUMNIST ARCHIVE Brewers get cheap thrills Carlos Lee and Brewers are enjoying a fine start thanks to some creative moves made by general manager Doug Melvin. John McMullen, the delightfully irascible former Houston Astros owner, was fond of chiding his free-spending bigger market brethren by periodically releasing to the media what he called his "payroll performance" standings. It was a simple formula in which McMullen divided the teams' victory totals into their payrolls to come up with a cost per win.

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Baseball Almanac: Where What Happened Yesterday is Being Preserved Today Advertise Boxscores Contact Baseball Fever ... Year In Review Google Baseball Almanac "(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 Sherm Lollar c Ken Wood lf Hank Arft Fred Marsh Bill Jennings ss Duane Pillette p Jim Suchecki p d- Jack Maguire ph Totals a : Bases on balls for Saucier in 1st inning.

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Why I Like Baseball, An Online Journal by Cecilia Tan Short Cuts to: Index of ALL Entries Read All Entries In One Big Page Start From The Beginning Xtreme Column Archive Our Spring Training Adventure Yankee Fan Memories Baseball Musings Great Games I've Been To... On Being A Baseball Fan April 27 2000: Book Review, Slouching Towards Fargo So, the other night, while sitting in the stands in the freezing cold wind of Yankee Stadium's upper deck, my brother gave me my birthday present, lovingly wrapped in a page of the sports section of the local paper with Ken Griffey, Jr. photo large on it. (I couldn't help but say, as I ripped the paper to shreds: "Omigod, I killed Kenny!") It was just a coincidence that that night's game was near my birthday and that I happened to be in NYC. Julian, ever the thoughtful brother, bought me a copy of the Major League Rule Book, which I have already used twice, and also another baseball-related book, "Slouching Toward Fargo" by Neal Karlen. The subtitle of the book tells it all: "A Two-Year Saga of Sinners and St. Paul Saints at the Bottom of the Bush Leagues With Bill Murray, Darryl Strawberry, Dakota Sadie, and Me." You see, there's this kinda zany baseball promoter named Mike Veeck, son of the late, esteemed Bill Veeck, who had once owned the St. Louis Browns, among other teams, and who was called "the greatest showman in baseball." The younger Veeck got blackballed from the game when both Veecks were with the Chicago White Sox, and Mike arranged the infamous "Disco Demolition Night"which resulted in a riot, torn up field, and a forfeited game. Veeck's only route back to The Show, like the many desperate, end-of-the-line players he would hire, was through the independent bush leagues, not part of "organized baseball."

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NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture 10.2, Spring 2002 Contents Diamond Quotes Contributors Articles Rader, Benjamin G. Winkle, Kenneth J. Baseball's Great Hitting Barrage of the 1990s [Access article in HTML] [Access article in PDF] Subjects: Batting (Baseball) History. Dworkin, James B. Staudohar, Paul D. Even Umpires Sometimes Strike Out [Access article in HTML] [Access article in PDF] Subjects: Baseball umpires Employment United States. Labor disputes United States. Ardolino, Frank R., 1941- Missionaries, Cartwright, and Spalding: The Development of Baseball in Nineteenth-Century Hawaii [Access article in HTML] [Access article in PDF] Subjects: Baseball Hawaii History 19th century. Missionaries Recreation Hawaii History 19th century. Cartwright, Alexander. Spalding, A. G. (Albert Goodwill) Journeys Hawaii. Becker, Carl M. Crossing Bats: Baseball in the Villages of the Upper Miami Valley, 1865-1900 [Access article in HTML] [Access article in PDF] Subjects: Baseball Ohio Miami River Valley History 19th century. Treder, Steve.

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How Do I Get This Article? Athens Login Access Restricted This article is available through Project MUSE, an electronic journals collection made available to subscribing libraries NOTE: Please do NOT contact Project MUSE for a login and password. See How Do I Get This Article? for more information. Login: Password: Your browser must have cookies turned on Tootle, Jim "Bill Veeck and James Thurber: The Literary Origins of the Midget Pinch Hitter" NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture - Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 2002, pp. 110-119 University of Nebraska Press Excerpt In an end-of-the-century list of baseball's most "Unusual and Unforgettable Moments," the editors of The Sporting News selected St.Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck's use of midget pinch hitter Eddie Gaedel as the number one event in this category. Gaedel's plate appearance in an official American League game in 1951 won the honor over such other contenders as the "pine tar game" in 1983, the earthquake that interrupted the World Series in 1989, young Jeffery Maier's catch of Derek Jeter's homer in the 1996 playoffs, and Juan Marichal's bat attack on catcher John Roseboro in 1965. Veeck's Classic Ploy Gaedel's game appearance was a well-planned maneuver that occurred August 19, 1951, in the context of a gala ceremony at Sportsman's Park to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the American League. Veeck, the former owner of the Cleveland Indians, had just purchased the Browns franchise from William and Charles DeWitt in June. The club was not doing well in the standings or at the gate, and Veeck, one of baseball's legendary masters of creative promotions, began trying various measures to increase interest in the team.

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The BASEBALL Page The Web Site Menu Home Baseball Forums Ask the Expert This Day in History All-Time Teams Player Pages Team Pages Ultimate Games World Series Baseball FAQ Baseball Features StatsCenter Baseball Articles Free TBP Newsletter FEATURE Grandstand Managers This feature was written 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? Well, here was their chance, courtesy of Veeck.

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