Earl Weaver learned about playing the odds from his bookmaker uncle. Those lessons would turn him into a pioneer of modern ...
Braves owner Lou Perini announces he will seek permission from the National League to move his franchise from Boston to ...
"Bill Veeck was born on the right side of the tracks. And as soon as he was capable, dragged himself to the other side," says Mike Veeck with a laugh about his father, the maverick Hall of Fame ...
He had just recently joined the St. Louis Browns when he was replaced in the lineup by Eddie Gaedel, a 3-foot-7 circus ...
Bill Veeck was famous for the wacky ways he engaged fans as a minor and major league baseball owner — you may remember his 1979 Disco Demolition debacle at a Chicago White Sox game — and ...
in 1773 -- Actor Carmen Miranda in 1909 -- Musician Ernest Tubb in 1914 -- Baseball Hall of Fame member Bill Veeck in 1914 -- Actor Kathryn Grayson in 1922 -- Writer Brendan Behan in 1923 ...