- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition (April 7 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0226852180
- ISBN-13: 978-0226852188
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #241,027 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest baseball men ever involved in the game. His classic autobiography, written with the talented sportswriter Ed Linn, is an uproarious book packed with information about the history of baseball and tales of players and owners, including some of the most entertaining stories in all of sports literature.
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Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest baseball men ever involved in the game. His autobiography, written with the talented sportswriter Ed Linn, is an uproarious book packed with baseball history and some of the most entertaining stories in all of sports literature.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wife picked up this book,
By Pete (Montreal) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck (Paperback)
I just finished reading this wonderful autobiography a few days ago. Since I do most of my reading in bed next to my wife she heard me laughing quite a lot late at night last week. She just picked up the book to read this evening, and I heard her laughing a lot tonight.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Baseball Classic,
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This review is from: Veeck As in Wreck (Hardcover)
This book is considered a classic because of the great inside information and the "smack 'em in the face" comments from Bill Veeck, the one-time owner of the Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Browns and the two-time owner of the Chicago White Sox. Veeck pulles no punches in discussing his views on the powers in baseball, including his favorite punching bag, the New York Yankees. Veeck is also very entertaining in describing his relationships with some great characters of the game. I really enjoyed this book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent storyteller,
By Eddie Hatrick (Cambridge, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck (Paperback)
I literally could not put this book down from start to finish. Whether you like baseball, dislike the Yankees, or just enjoy rooting for the one guy who could have saved baseball from the financial and legal disasters of the past 50 years, this book will be one of the best you have ever read.
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