Word: veeck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Television journalists crowded into his office, mostly to ask about Phil Wrigley, who had died that morning. Veeck granted seven interviews on Wrigley, varying each a bit so that every reporter would have something...
...opening day, all of the late Mayor Daley's four sons had been invited to throw out a first ball. "Not only do we have four first balls," Veeck said, in a broad grin, "we have 20,000 more. Everybody wants to throw out a first ball, so I've bought all these harmless Styrofoam baseballs. You can throw one out yourself, if you'd like." After a slow, Styrofoam hailstorm, the Sox jumped ahead of the Boston Red Sox. Ralph Garr in left and Zisk in right misplayed fly balls, but Ken Brett pitched strongly...
Like Intercourse. The Scoreboard made victory sounds. Veeck beamed and thanked everybody. Then he spent two hours going over the game, pitch by pitch, with Bob Lemon, his manager, and two coaches. Ralph Garr was still swinging at the first pitch too often. He had to be reminded to wait for a strike every time he came...
...forgetting it," Veeck said...
Afterward Veeck explained, "You have to start with what you inherit, and then you scuffle and upgrade. Develop attitudes. We began that last year. As a general rule, you have three seasons to succeed. If you don't win in three, the fans just want you to go away. This is not a classic team, but it will surprise some people...