Bill Veeck
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Oct 19, 2026
John SiuntresHOST
And he left.
John SiuntresHOST
And then, and Veeck, Bert used to hang out with Bill Veeck, the old Sox owner and stuff-
Sal AbbinantiGUEST
Oh, yeah
John SiuntresHOST
... at Miller's.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Honey Mack is sitting over there.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
President Will Harridge, Hank Greenberg, Bill Veeck.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hermanski swings, misses at a curveball, and it is strike three.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So Lopatt works on him and strikes him out.
Chuck Thompson and Jack QuinlanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, the Yankees exploded in the first for six big runs.
Chuck Thompson and Jack QuinlanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Yankees, of course, had their answer to Bill Veeck's exploding scoreboard in June at Comiskey Park in Chicago.
Chuck Thompson and Jack QuinlanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That board blows up only after White Sox home runs, so in the wake of home runs by Clete Boyer and Mantle, the Yankees stood up in their dugout and waved sparklers.
Chuck Thompson and Jack QuinlanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Here's the pitch.
Howard CosellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Went to a kinesiologist, muscular therapy, after knocking around the National League, the American League, back to the National League with the Cubs.
Howard CosellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Finally, uh, free agency, joining Baltimore after he'd lived up to his word with Bill Veeck and the White Sox, and now here he is, all the way back.
Keith JacksonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Breaking pitch, over the hole.
Keith JacksonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Graig Nettles, what great play.
Phil RizzutoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Howard will be batting fifth.
Phil RizzutoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bill Skowron, who had quite a day yesterday, will be at first base, hitting in the sixth position.
Phil RizzutoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Cletus Boyer, who seems to improve with every game, will be at third base, batting seventh.
Phil RizzutoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bobby Richardson continuing to play steady ball out at second base and getting those clutch base hits will be playing second and batting eighth.
Phil RizzutoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The umpires have not made their appearance for the feature attraction, or maybe the feature attraction was just presented.
Phil RizzutoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They had a game between the fathers and sons of the Chicago White Sox players, and it was really a barrel of fun.
Phil RizzutoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Little Billy Perez, a year and a half old, toddled up to the plate, swung at the ball as his daddy was pitching against him.
Phil RizzutoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He just did tap it and he ran down to first base and was exhausted by the time he got down there.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They just got out of the cellar yesterday, may be back in it tonight, unless they get help, which they won't get from the Yankees as he pitches on the outside, ball one.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And tomorrow is to be the very pivotal announcement about, uh, Bill Veeck, who is running the ball club for the, uh, syndicate, who have taken, um, own 54% of it.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Pitch is over for a strike.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Uh, Veeck has been undergoing extensive, uh, medical treatment.
46 MINS LATER
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Lowen takes the sign from, uh, John Lola.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This pitcher used by Harris L. Lopez is a change of pace too high, ball two.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The question whether, uh, Bill Veeck's health will, uh, enable him to continue the leadership of the front office is to be, um, given tomorrow.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
High inside, ball three.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now, it's been said all summer long, they've been called the go-go-go club.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But the way they've been winning them, and I talked to Bill Veeck, the general manager, about this, and also Al Lopez, whoever the hitter may be walks, and the next batter sacrifices, and then a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly, and there they have one run without getting a hit.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And they've been winning a lot of ballgames this past summer just that way.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And on Tuesday, in the Coliseum, when they got their one run, it was sort of a typical, as I said before, White Sox run.
2 HRS 39 MINS LATER
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Thank you, Mr. Warren Giles.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Mr.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bill Veeck of the Chicago White Sox.
Bill VeeckSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Nice congratulations to, um, you.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sam Mealy used seven pitchers.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You'll recall the record for most pitchers by one club in a nine-inning ball game is nine, because that was in 1949 when Bill Veeck had the Browns use one pitcher in each inning of the game.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But they used fifteen pitchers in that thirteen-inning game today in Minneapolis.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A high fly ball hit to left field by Leo Cardenas.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sam Mele used seven pitchers.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You'll recall the record for most pitchers by one club in a nine-inning ballgame is nine because that was in 1949 when Bill Veeck had the Browns use one pitcher in each inning of the game.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But they used 15 pitchers in that 13-inning game today in Minneapolis.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A high-fly ball into left field by Leo Cardenas.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Then this year he pitched for Pete Pablick at Greenville in the Western Carolina League, where he was 17 and 2.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He was moved up to Bill Veeck's Williamsport club in late August, August 25th.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He won none and lost two after being moved up, but had an ERA of 0.9. Brock Davis leading off, and the first pitch, a fastball, is outside, ball one.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This young man's strikeout record has been phenomenal.
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