Blogs about: Bill Veeck

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A Small Feat for Me

glanzerr wrote 2 months ago: I read all 321 pages! I'm smart! For the first time in about two years, I read a full book!  L … more →

Tags: Baseball, Lauren, book, Reading, Peter Schilling, the end of baseball

Who Would You Rather Have?1 comment

the other shammgod wrote 3 months ago: In one corner a guy with a .386 OBP, .493 slugging, and already 18 home runs this year. In the other … more →

Tags: MLB, Adam Dunn, Baseball, David Eckstein, Eddie Gaedel, OBP, OPs

Before There Was Adam Bender, Before There Was Jim Abbott, There Was Pete Gray

treadmarkz wrote 3 months ago: by Treadmarkz It appears to me that my readership is interested in the story of Adam Bender, the one … more →

Tags: disabilities, History, pop culture, Sports, Human Rights, Current Events, Entertainment, media, News

* Review: The End of Baseball

ronkaplan wrote 4 months ago: As reviewed on Stltoday.com, a St. Louis-based web site. The End of Baseball is a Bill Veeck-inspire … more →

Tags: New Title, Reviews from other sources, Fiction, 2008 title, baseball fiction, baseball integration

Opening Day2 comments

wincheck wrote 6 months ago: My favorite baseball books: 1. The Boys of Summer, by Roger Kahn 2. Veeck as in Wreck: The Autobiog … more →

Tags: Boys of Sunner, Roger Kahn, Veeck as in Wreck, Summer of '49, David Halberstam, shut out, Howard Bryant, You Gotta Have Wa, Robert Whiting

Pissed Off No.6, Billy Crystal aka Eddie Gaedel signs one day contract with NY Yankees !

51andpissed wrote 6 months ago: Ahhh I smell Bill Veeck , remember the little Eddie Gaedel dude (can’t say midget anymore) ? Shame … more →

Tags: Baseball, Golf, Yankee Clipper, Billy Crystal, ARod, Jeter, Mickey Mantle, Joe D, Eddie Gaedel

PISSED OFF.No.6, BILLY CRYSTAL aka EDDIE GAEDEL signs 1 day contract with YANKEES !1 comment

51andpissed wrote 6 months ago: Ahhh I smell Bill Veeck , remember the little Eddie Gaedel dude (can’t say midget anymore) … more →

Tags: humour, Business, Men, booze, Sports, Politics, New York, Games, yankees

You say it's your birthday..

ronkaplan wrote 8 months ago: Bill Veeck (Veeck as in Wreck, Thirty Tons a Day, and The Hustler’s Handbook, among others). … more →

Tags: Older title, Birthday Greetings, John Kruk baseball birthdays

Announcement: The End of Baseball1 comment

ronkaplan wrote 8 months ago: Based on Bill Veeck’s quashed attempt to buy the Philadelphia A’s and stock it with play … more →

Tags: 2008 title, Annoucements, Fiction, baseball fiction, Negro Leagues

Mariotti Relocating to Beantown?

angryorange55 wrote 11 months ago: “It’s a magnificent experience, not as neighborhoody as Wrigley but cut romantically i … more →

Tags: Chicago Cubs, Chicago Tribune, wrigley field, Bud Selig, Boston Red Sox, colorado rockies, Joe Buck, Fenway Park, World Series

Waving a Red-and-White Towel for 'Veeck -- As in Wreck': The Best Book Ever Written About Cleveland Baseball?

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 11 months ago: He sent a midget to the plate in St. Louis, inadvertently caused a fan riot in Chicago and brought t … more →

Tags: Biography, Memoirs, Sports, ALCS, American League, Arts, Baseball, Baseball Books, Book Reviews


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