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The late Bill Veeck was one of the most innovative minds in baseball during his time as an owner of the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago White Sox. He routinely came up with new gimmicks to get people coming through the turnstiles at his ballparks, and he even came up with the idea of putting ivy on the...

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Veeck -- As in Maverick

Arcadia is a pleasant little town at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, just east of Pasadena.

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05/22/12 Veeck -- As in Maverick Source: The Huffington Post Arcadia is a pleasant little town at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, just east of Pasadena.
05/20/12 Book review: âBill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest... Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA Why did it take so long for the most colorful and perhaps most influential figure in baseball history to get a definitive biography?
05/15/12 THEN AND NOW: Another book about a true pioneer Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune Getting a baseball book published has long been on my "bucket list."
05/11/12 Bill Veeck, baseball's greatest maverick, started it... Source: On Milwaukee - Milwaukee WI Bill Veeck was many things â entrepreneur, veteran, showman, innovator.
05/10/12 Book Review: Veeck's Story Gets A Worthy Retelling Source: Baseball America In opening his 1962 autobiography, "Veeckâas in Wreck," with a chapter on midget Eddie Gaedel, longtime baseball owner and showman Bill Veeck concedes straight off that sending the pint-size actor to the plate as a St. Louis Brown would go down as his legacy.

Background on Bill Veeck

William Louis Veeck, Jr. (; February 9, 1914 – January 2, 1986), also known as "Sport Shirt Bill", was a native of Chicago, Illinois, and a franchise owner and promoter in Major League Baseball.

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