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Wife picked up this book, Déc 26 2007
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.
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A Baseball Classic, Janv. 18 2004
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.
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Excellent storyteller, Avril 22 2003
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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They do not make sports bios Like THIS anymore....., Sep 18 2002
The two things you need to know before you buy "Veeck -- As In Wreck" -- and you will buy this book, you must, if you've ever bought any professional sports bio before -- are the names Veeck and Linn.Bill Veeck you know from reputation -- the wacky promoter who invented everything from Ladies' Day to Disco Demolition Night. The man owned several baseball franchises (including the Chicago White Sox twice, for some reason), and was known as a both a promotional genius and a shrewd financier. As for Ed Linn... well, Linn was also the ghostwriter for another fantastic, edgy, opinionated baseball book, Leo Durocher's "Nice Guys Finish Last". Not surprisingly, "Veeck" reads a lot like the Durocher tome (and it came first, too!). On every page here you'll find a funny anecdote, a scary bit of prescience, and a unique look at an otherwise-beloved icon. With Veeck's memory and Linn's acid pen, this book is quite hard to put down. Or to pick up, for that matter. Sports bios tend to hold back these days, let's face it. They're not as long and not as insightful as the Linn books. And the gift of time has helped ripen these pages. When Veeck talks about baseball's financial need to institute interleague play -- writing from 1961 -- you know this man saw around a few decades' worth of corners. When he takes the Yankees to task for failing to capitalize on Roger Maris's pursuit of the Babe Ruth home run record, and notes that it was a once-in-a-lifetime event, he's right -- so baseball got it right in '98, when McGwire came to town, and when the record fell yet again in '01, hardly anyone noticed. In the meantime you'll laugh at the sad fates of Bobo Holloman and Frank Saucier, the latter being the only ballplayer ever to be removed from a game for a midget. You'll be intrigued by Veeck's take on Larry Doby, and by his bitter retorts at Del Webb, then-owner of the hated behemoth Yankees. And you'll marvel at just how little has really changed in baseball since Veeck was retired. Owners plotting franchise shifts in shady back-room deals (Montreal, Florida. Florida, Boston). Owners doing everything to baseball except what really benefits the sport (It's a tie in Milwaukee!). Veeck lamenting not the high price of talent but rather the high price of mediocrity (how much is Colorado paying for Denny Neagle and Mike Hampton?)... Just about the only highlight not covered is the sight of White Sox outfielder Chet Lemon wearing shorts. One of the few Bill Veeck innovations that did not catch on, and aren't we all better off...
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He was a fun guy!, Juil 18 2002
I read this book when I was thirteen, and read it again twenty years later. I enjoyed it both times. Spend a few hours with a man who loved baseball and is honest about being a little less than honest.
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A clear baseball mind, a great baseball book., Déc 23 2001
Bill Veeck starts the book with the moment he is most fameous for, the playing of a midget in a major league baseball game. He rightly points out that it will be what he is remembered for most.That is true but it's only part of the story. Veeck is a storyteller and a fun person. He thinks baseball should be fun and thinks fans should have fun watching it. His statement that fan will enjoy a 7th place team with bread and circus' more than a 7th place team without one is about as true as it gets. He demonstrates his storytelling ability over and over again. His tales from Rogers Hornsby and his mom; ("What makes you think you're smarter than your father?") To Satchel Page and his ultimate dream; ("I dream of starting a team of 9 midgets endlessly wallking, then I dream os Satchel pitching against them and striking them out endlessly,") to his added on chapter on his re-purchase of the White Sox in the mid 70's and his great love for Gene Autry; ("Back in Seattle again.") keep you reading through the book. There is venom here and it is directed at people and it's not painted with a happy face. That is one of the charmes of the book. He tells it the way he tells it. He doesn't expect to be loved and doesn't care if he is, but he will have his say. I'm sure he would be proud of his son who has done a fine job keeping the tradition going with the very fun Northern League. He would be prouder of the smiles his book produces on the faces of baseball fans. If you are one and even if you aren't this book will put a smile on you too.
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Genius at Work, Sep 23 2001
I was a Sox fan who was in Chicago with Bill Veeck, but was too stupid to appreciate him at the time, I stand chastized. Bill Veeck was an anomalie among owners. He was in it for the love of the game, not the love of the gain. His self depreciating humor and honesty set a bench mark that we may never experience again. His honesty about his scheming is refreshing and caused me to break out in a laugh more than once. From the Eddie Gaedel to Andy the Clown to Disco Demolition, Bill is the Anti Bill Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, Veeck is now my new hero.
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Veek as in Wreck, Mai 22 2001
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Excellent book that reviews the history of marketing baseball. Many interesting stories of teams, names and specific actions which created excitement on the diamond. Must read for baseball historians.
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The best book on baseball ever written, Janv. 21 2001
Veeck - As In Wreck is the wild and wonderful autobiography of baseball club owner Bill Veeck. Mr. Veeck, who has been enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame, was of a rare breed: a baseball owner who actually had a clue. Of course, that meant that during his life he was a pariah among owners. The book covers his life from childhood to the first time he sold the Chicago White Sox, in the early 1960s. It's loaded with screamingly funny anecdotes. And although the book was co-authored with Ed Linn, Veeck could have written the book by himself: he was quite literate, and the book is strewn with literary and cultural references. It's a joy to read, and re-read. I can't say enough good things about it.
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