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Bill Veeck spent six decades fighting for his vision of the National Pastime. When Veeck’s life journey came to a close, the winner of that fight was clearly the fans of baseball. Veeck passed away on Jan. 2, 1986. As the owner of the Indians, Browns and White Sox, Veeck brought innovations to the game that remain staples at ballparks today.
Bill Veeck spent the balance of his life challenging and bringing change to the business of baseball. A larger than life figure, he was a chain-smoking, charismatic, photogenic redhead with a big open face. He had a deep, compelling voice that writer Dave Kindred said “came as a train in the night.”.
3 de may. de 2019 · He took two teams to the World Series but earned fame not for winning but for outrageous stunts. Sportswriters dubbed him “the Barnum of Baseball.”. Veeck put blackboards in stadium bathrooms to encourage graffiti. He presented umpires with bouquets of rotting vegetables while the PA system blared “Three Blind Mice.”.
19 de sept. de 2023 · March 5, 1951: Mike Veeck is born in Tucson, Ariz. July 2, 1951: Bill becomes majority owner of the St. Louis Browns, buying 75 percent of the controlling shares of the team from Bill and Charlie DeWitt for $1.5 million. Feb. 9, 1951: Veeck brings back Satchel Paige, who had been out of the Majors since '49.
12 de jun. de 2016 · Bill Veeck irrumpe en las Grandes Ligas. Para muchos de sus contemporáneos, Veeck podría ser considerado un charlatán que ofendía las clásicas tradiciones del béisbol. Para otros fue un innovador quien cambió para siempre la visión de este deporte contribuyendo a que el mismo se convirtiera en un espectáculo para todo tipo de público.
3 de ene. de 1986 · Bill Veeck, the baseball impresario who once sent a midget to bat as a pinch-hitter for the St. Louis Browns, died yesterday in Chicago at the age of 71 after a 45-year career as one of the most ...
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.
