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...Ernie Banks, who had a lot of field goals in his time, was not the only biggie there that day. Bill Veeck was sitting right behind me. Now Bill is the manager of the other baseball team in Chicago, the Twins. I thought it was rather odd that he should be at a Cubs game. So I went up to him and asked why he was there. He told me he was a big baseball fan and he didn't care who was playing so long as someone was. Well, I didn't buy that, so I asked...
...good for everybody," said Grebey. "The fans are going to see ball games, and that's really what counts." Indeed, the fear of sharply adverse public reaction to a strike kept both sides plugging away until a solution was found. Said Chicago White Sox Owner Bill Veeck: "We have enough disasters-Iran, Afghanistan, Miami, the economy. People need something that is stable. A strike would have been disastrous for the game and a disservice to the country...
CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Bill Veeck is once again in a rebuilding year with his young White Sox but does have four left-handed starting pitchers--Ken Kravec, Steve Trout, Rich Wortham and Ross Baumgarten--who always seem to pop up when other teams talk trade with the White...
...Said Sonny Werblin, president of Madison Square Garden, which owns the New York Knicks, on hearing of the signing: "It's disgraceful, a travesty." Others accused the faltering Pacers of signing Meyers solely for publicity. Said Seattle SuperSonics Owner Sam Schulman: "It's a stunt, like Bill Veeck signing a midget when he owned a baseball team." But for Ann Meyers, it is the fulfillment of a dream, and she has no qualms. Said she: "I can dribble and make plays as well as anybody in the league. "The league will...
...Name the three player-managers to work for Bill Veeck...