Tag: Bill Veeck
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Bill Veeck: Happy 100th Birthday to a Baseball Pioneer
Bill Veeck would have turned 100 years old today. Coincidentally, Wrigley Field turns 100 years old in a little over 2 months. Bill Veeck was a major pioneer in baseball and he got his start at Wrigley Field as a member of the grounds crew. His father was team president and Veeck had worked as…
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Ivy being planted at Wrigley Field
conspiracytheorist79: via @uniformcritic: #baseball #history 1937: The ivy being planted at Wrigley Field —–As a tour guide at Wrigley Field last season, I got to talk about this photo every day. My favorite part of the story is that the ivy Bill Veeck (yes of White Sox owner fame) planted in 1937 is the same ivy…