61. How I Did It: Mike Veeck One of minor league baseball s most successful owneroperators, veeck and hisGoldklang veeck s father, bill, spent about 40 years tweaking Major League http://www.inc.com/magazine/20050401/how-i-did-it.html

Skip to the content of this page The Resource for Growing Companies home magazine articles by topic how-to ... Advanced options Current Issue current issue customer service showLogin('', 'http://www.inc.com/magazine/20050401/how-i-did-it.html'); How I Did It: Mike Veeck Midgets? Nuns who give massages? Disco Demolition Night? Free vasectomies on Father's Day? If there's one thing Mike Veeck learned from his father and from building a profitable empire of minor league baseball teams, it's this: Fun is good. From: Inc. Magazine, April 2005 Page 116 By: Alan Schwarz Photographs by: Peter Frank Edwards Laugh if you want at Labor Day, when pregnant women get in free. Chuckle at the mascots running bases, the silly gags, the goofy promotions. That's exactly what Mike Veeck wants. Article Tools Interactive Directory Connect with leading Market Research Firms on Inc.com's NEW Interactive Directory. A free service. GO!

62. Homerunweb -- Excerpts From The Book Of Baseball Literacy Whenever you read bill veeck s name in a book or article, the word maverick is veeck, on the other hand, saw baseball as entertainment for the masses. http://www.homerunweb.com/ch2text.html

The Book of Baseball Literacy: Second Edition Excerpts from the Book - The Business of Baseball (c) 1999-2004 David H. Martinez Bill James Author The most influential baseball writer in recent times, James is largely responsible for revolutionizing the way people approach baseball statistics. Through his Baseball Abstracts , which he published from 1978 through 1988, James examined and analyzed countless important statistical questions, such as the true value of the stolen base and the importance of walks, and he has introduced new methods of judging ballplayers through the practice of sabermetrics, a term coined by James himself. Among his other body of work, he wrote what I and many others consider the quintessential baseball history book The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract ; every fan should own a copy. You could say James is responsible for the explosion in statistics you see during a game: "Batting average on Tuesday afternoons," "Home runs against left-handers in day games after night games," etc. But that would be an injustice to James. In fact, his precedent-setting statistical analyses and general approach to the game have positively influenced directly or indirectly an entire generation of baseball fans and writers, myself included. Bill James books available from Amazon.com:

63. Autograph - 518802 - Bill Veeck - St. Louis Browns - Typed Letter William Louis veeck, Jr., 19141986. American baseball executive; member, Uncommon Typed Letter Signed, bill veeck, one page, 8½” x 11”, on stationery http://www.historyinink.com/518802_Veeck_TLS_6-17-1952.htm

History In Ink Historical Autographs Bill Veeck Scroll down to see images of the item below the description William Louis Veeck, Jr., 1914-1986. American baseball executive; member, National Baseball Hall of Fame. Uncommon Typed Letter Signed , Bill Veeck, one page, 8½” x 11”, on stationery of the St. Louis Browns, Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis, Missouri, June 17, 1952. With original envelope and original St. Louis Browns May 1952 newsletter. One of the most innovative major league baseball owners ever, Veeck takes the time to respond personally to a boy’s autograph request. In full: “Thanks for your recent letter and your good wishes. We also hope to end in the first division this year. / Enclosed are the two autographed pictures [not present] which you requested for your brother and yourself. Sorry I can’t send you the autographed picture of Ned Garver but you might obtain this by writing directly to Ned in care of the ball club. / Certainly hope we will continue to merit your interest.” During his career Veeck owned three teams, the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago White Sox. He was the last owner to buy a baseball franchise without being independently wealthy. Of his teams, the 1948 Indians won the World Series, and the 1959 White Sox won the American League pennant.

64. RiverDogs REIGN AT RILEY Mike veeck comes to his career in baseball with entrepreneurial skills learnedfrom his father, bill veeck, who was once owner of the Chicago White Sox, http://www.pride-net.com/1997/july/sports/

For those in need - we invite you to visit Serenity If you have a bit of time, please visit our affiliate site ArtSelect Revolutionary online art gallery 40-50% off Custom Framed Art Prints RiverDogs REIGN AT RILEY by: Marlene Biondo Like many momentous occasions, Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park began with a wish and a prayer. The wish began with principal owner, Mr. Marvin Goldklang, and minority owners Mike Veeck and Bill Murray. The stadium, however, would have been a near impossibility without the support and direction given by Charleston's Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. who was the undeniable celebrity at the baseball stadium's grand opening. The evening opened with a prayer offered by Monsignor Sam R. Miglarese, Vicar General, Diocese of Charleston. Loving God, We Praise you for your glory. Look on us with love as we gather here this evening to dedicate and bless this field of play, a field of dreams for this community. Bless our Mayor Riley, for whom this field is named, and all those who worked so hard to make this ballpark a place of pride for our community and support for America's national pastime. Bless all who play here, especially the Charleston RiverDogs and the Citadel Bulldogs, and all of us who use this place as a center of recreation and enjoyment.

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66. New And Noteworthy T here couldn t be a better moment for the reissue of bill veeck s veeck—As inWreck. Originally published in 1962, this greatest of all baseball memoirs http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/07/noteworthy.htm

Home Current Issue Back Issues Premium Archive ... Subscriber Help Browse >> Foreign Affairs Subscribe to our free e-mail newsletters More The Atlantic Monthly. Contents Books New and Noteworthy The summer game, sharp short fiction, are you U?, Hitchens on Ferdinand Mount by Bill Veeck, with Ed Linn Chicago, 398 pages, $16.00 The Hunters by Claire Messud Harcourt, 192 pages, $23.00 Simone Weil by Francine du Plessix Gray Lipper/Viking, 256 pages, $19.95 The Geometry of Love by Margaret Visser North Point Press, 325 pages, $27.00 The Flight of the Maidens by Jane Gardam Babe in Paradise by Marisa Silver Norton, 224 pages, $23.95 A Theory of Relativity by Jacquelyn Mitchard Harper Collins, 368 pages, $26.00 The Dog Who Spoke With Gods by Diane Jessup St. Martin's Press, 362 pages, $22.95 The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy Virago/Trafalgar Square, 326 pages, $13.95 Fairness by Ferdinand Mount here couldn't be a better moment for the reissue of Bill Veeck's This article is viewable only by Atlantic subscribers. If you are not yet a subscriber, please consider subscribing online now . In addition to receiving a full year (ten issues) of the print magazine at a rate far below the newsstand price, you will be granted

67. Charleston Riverdogs bill veeck A baseball Mastermind « Back. November 10, 2004 Originally Printedat Business Week Online. The man who owned several teams and was willing http://www.riverdogs.com/news/?id=215

68. Charleston Riverdogs Q talked to veeck not only about fun but also about Chicago baseball (Disco bill and Mary Frances veeck would hold regular fire drills for their nine http://www.riverdogs.com/news/?id=532

69. Baseball Quotes ~bill veeck, 1976 A baseball park is the one place where a man s wife doesn t ~bill veeck A critic once characterized baseball as six minutes of action http://www.quotegarden.com/baseball.html

Welcome to The Quote Garden! Search Donate Quotations Ball Four M*A*S*H What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game.... Brain Droppings Sports Illustrated , 6 September 1976 Bull Durham Yale Alumni Magazine , November 1977 New York Times , 30 April 1961 Time magazine, 25 August 1961 New York Times , 16 May 1965 Pro-rated at 500 at-bats a year that means that for two years out of the fourteen I played, I never even touched the ball. ~Norm Cash, on his 1,081 strikeouts New York Times , 9 July 1979 Washington Post , 8 July 1974 Washington Post , 13 April 1990 Boston Glove Inside Sports Newsday , 9 April 1990 This Sporting Life Cincinnati Enquirer , 2 April 1989 Bull Durham Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball The Sporting News , 15 July 1985 Wake up the echoes at the Hall of Fame and you will find that baseball's immortals were a rowdy and raucous group of men who would climb down off their plaques and go rampaging through Cooperstown, taking spoils.... The Hustler's Handbook New York Times , 2 November 1975 Sports Illustrated , 1 August 1983 Houston Chronicle , 29 April 1990 The Hustler's Handbook Washington Post , 22 June 1978 Baseball is a Funny Game A Fourth Innings with Cardus Cardus on the Ashes Related Quotations: Sports Page Information: www.quotegarden.com/baseball.html

70. Veeck bill veeck 1914–1986 baseball club owner. William veeck, Jr. was baseball’spromotional genius, a diehard fan, and one of the sport’s few populist owners. http://www.chicagotribute.org/Markers/Veeck.htm

C H I C A G O T R I B U T E Home List of markers Location map Nominations ... Acknowledgments Markers of Distinction Bill Veeck Baseball club owner populist owners. He inherited his love of the game from his father, a sportswriter who became president of the Chicago Cubs. As a teenager, he planted the ivy in Wrigley Field. Twice owner of the Chicago White Sox, as well as the Cleveland Indians, the St. Louis Browns, and the minor league Milwaukee Brewers, Bill Veeck believed that any team that relied solely on baseball purists for its patronage would "go out of business by Mother's Day." With this in mind, Veeck became the “Fan’s Owner.” He created the exploding scoreboard at Comiskey Park, let fans manage his teams, put a shower in the bleachers, started "Bat Day," and gave away 10,000 cupcakes to a single fan. Veeck integrated the American League in 1947, signing Larry Doby and later Satchel Paige to complete the Cleveland team that would win the 1948 World Series. His White Sox won their first pennant in 40 years in 1959. A voracious reader, he wrote three bestsellers, starting in 1962 with his autobiography, Veeck as in Wreck. Veeck was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. He and his wife, Mary Frances, lived here at 1380 East Madison Park.

71. Trading Partners -- The Hardball Times bill veeck was possibly the greatest showman and promoter in baseball history.Charlie O. Finley, hated then and now, nonetheless was a visionary. http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/trading_partners/

Home Articles Books Teams ... Stats September 15, 2005 Now On Sale! Our review of the 2005 season, to be published in early November, is available for order today. 2005 Individual and Team Statistics are now available! THT Team Stats and Graphs THT Player Stats THT Win Shares Player Search: Plus our Statistical Definitions Advertisements Buy MLB Baseball Tickets NY Yankees Baseball Tickets MLB Boston Red Sox Houston Astros Tickets ... World Series Tickets Search THT: Or you can search by: Category Month Author Contact Us with any questions, concerns or comments. All content on this site (including text, graphs, and any other original works), unless otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons License Print this Article E-mail this Article Trading Partners by Matthew Namee April 06, 2004 Over at THT Live last Tuesday , I discussed the trading relationship between Oakland GM Billy Beane and Toronto GM J.P. Ricciardi. Ricciardi used to work for Beane in Oakland, and since J.P. was hired by the Blue Jays, the two GMs have made numerous deals. Now that Paul DePodesta, another former Beane assistant, is running the Dodgers , the trading among Beane and his disciples should only increase.

72. Encyclopedia: Bill Veeck MLB logo Major League baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in Growing upin the business, bill veeck worked as a vendor, ticket seller and junior http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Bill-Veeck

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73. Alibris: Sports Recreation Baseball bill veeck (19141986) was the owner of several baseball teams from the 1940sand into the 80s. His creative approach to the business of baseball are now http://www.alibris.com/search/books/subject/Sports Recreation Baseball/page/4

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75. Bill Veeck Is Partying In His Grave bill veeck Is Partying in His Grave. 6/23/05. Stats Are the New Wins Equipped with Microsoft Xbox game controllers instead of baseball gloves and bats, http://journals.aol.com/dcsportsguy/hardballbloggers/entries/836

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76. Billy-Ball, Baseball Commentary And Humor bill veeck tells us “baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very bill veeck defined baseball as, “An island of surety in a changing world.” http://www.billy-ball.com/news/10_29_2004.asp

Thursday, September 15, 2005 Billy-Ball is a baseball column by Homeplate BB-Forum Contact Me Billy-Ball Daily Bill Chuck (Billy-Ball his own self) Billy-Ball From the diamond to your desktop Support Billy-Ball: http://www.amazon.com/paypage/PBANN9XCMMFSH Friday, October 29, 2004 Top of the 1st TIME TO SAY GOODBYE As I wrote (and wrote and wrote some more) yesterday’s post-World Series edition, I ended by saying that I would wrap things up today and say goodbye on Monday. I was being selfish. I didn’t want the season to end. But it has and it’s time to go. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh once said, “The art of being a good guest is to know when to leave.” And I realize that I am simply a guest in your lives. You are so gracious to accept me into your electronic homes or your e-businesses each day and for that I am incredibly appreciative. But I fear that if I don’t leave now you might not be as generous with your hospitality next season and yes, I do plan on returning next season. I have two reasons for my confidence in that come next April I’ll be writing on a daily basis once again. The first reason is the game itself. For an explanation of this we open our bible and turn to the Book of Veeck. Bill Veeck tells us “Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.”

77. Billy-Ball, Baseball Commentary And Humor billyBall is baseball commentary by bill Chuck who enjoys the fun of the bill veeck would later observe that sometimes a promotion can work too well. http://www.billy-ball.com/news/2_7_2005.asp

Thursday, September 15, 2005 Billy-Ball is a baseball column by Homeplate BB-Forum Contact Me Billy-Ball Daily Bill Chuck (Billy-Ball his own self) Billy-Ball From the diamond to your desktop Support Billy-Ball: http://www.amazon.com/paypage/PBANN9XCMMFSH Get your neighbors to sign up for Billy-Ball; that’ll serve them right for not shoveling the snow in front of their house. Monday, February 07, 2005 Top of the 1st QUOTE OF THE DAY From Woody Paige of the Denver Post, “Now, Boston has the Red Sox and the Patriots. There'll be no living with those people.” Top of the 2nd COST OF SOSO Sammy Soso will cost the Orioles only $7 million if he plays in Baltimore for only one season. Their dignity? Priceless. Top of the 3rd SHRINKAGE The New York Daily News reports that in Jose Canseco’s new book, "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big," published by Regan Books and scheduled to hit bookstores Feb. 21, Canseco but says he never had sex with Madonna, although he did spend a night making out with her in her Manhattan apartment. Bottom of the 3rd IT’S TWINS!

78. NPR : Baseball Owner Mike Veeck Mike veeck is president and part owner of six minor league baseball teams He s the son of legendary Hall of Fame baseball owner and marketer bill veeck http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4562269

79. Baseball Library - The Baseball Archive The bill James Historical baseball Abstract (1985). Innovative, stimulating, andgreat reading, bill veeck Ed Linn. veeck as in Wreck (1962) http://www.baseball1.com/bb-data/bbd-bib.html

The Essential Baseball Library by Dan Nichols C ontents Larry Ritter's 50-Book Essential Baseball Library SABR Review of Books Essential Library L ARRY R ITTER'S 50-B OOK E SSENTIAL B ASEBALL L IBRARY Compiled by Larry Ritter at the request of a SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) publication. Statistical reference works excluded; listed in alphabetical order by author. Roger Angell The Summer Game Five Seasons Late Innings Angell has such deep insights into the game and the people who play it, and writes so well, that he has virtually single-handedly elevated the quality of sportswriting to a new level. Eliot Asinof Eight Men Out Asinof's book about the 1919 Black Sox scandal still stands, a quarter century later, as one of the best jobs of investigative baseball reporting ever written. Red Barber The Broadcasters 1947: When All Hell Broke Loose in Baseball Two outstanding books, filled with inside information, by the best baseball play-by-play announcer of all time. Thomas Boswell How Life Imitates the World Series Why Time Begins on Opening Day One of the few competitors to Angell in terms of elegant and insightful baseball reportage.

80. Letters In The Dirt, By Tim Wiles The year was 1946, and bill veeck had recently purchased the slumbering Cleveland “baseball,” Mike veeck said this week in Cooperstown, “is a game. http://www.baseball1.com/twiles/dirt83.html

Letters in the Dirt Number 83 November 9, 1999 About Letters in the Dirt Current Column Letters in the Dirt Archive Send Email to Tim Wiles Seven Million Miles Since Cooperstown is the nexus of the baseball world, it is fitting that last week a coincidence of baseball karma took place here. First, the Veeck family, led by Mike Veeck, the son of Hall-of-Famer Bill Veeck, baseball’s master showman, was in town. Mike’s daughter, Rebecca, 7, has retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease which leads to blindness. In order to “cram as many visual postcards into her head as possible” before the dark curtain descends, Veeck is taking Rebecca to many sites of beauty and importance. She’ll go to the Grand Canyon and to a Disney theme park. She’ll go to Mexico, and she spent time at Mike’s childhood home. She came to Cooperstown to see her grandfather’s plaque in the Hall of Fame. The Veeck party was accompanied by a famous clown, the actor Bill Murray, who owns part interests with Veeck in five minor league baseball clubs, most notably the St. Paul Saints. Just a couple of days before their visit, Max Patkin, the “Clown Prince of Baseball,” died at the age of 79.

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