Tag: Take Me Out To The Ballgame
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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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chicagocubs: Holy Cow! Today would have been Harry Caray’s 99th birthday. My dad and I would listen to Harry call the Cubs games on WGN every day when I got home from school. One of my fonder memories of my childhood. I wish I could have met Harry…he was a true icon of his field…