Talk:Bill Veeck

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A truly excellent article. Only change that I would think about making is a mention of his autobiography, Veeck as in Wreck, but I won't touch an article that good to change anything myself!

Rlquall 21 July 2004 17:55 UTC

Contents 1 What about Bill Giles? 2 photo 3 Fair use rationale for Image:1943Brewers.gif 4 Date confusion - L.A. expansion versus selling White Sox

[edit] What about Bill Giles?

This entry says "Veeck was the last owner to purchase a baseball franchise without an independent fortune," but I think the chairman/owner of the Phillies, Bill Giles, had to mortage his home when he bought the team in the early 1980s. Giles wasn't "poor" by any means but he definitely did not have an independent fortune.

[edit] photo

The best we can do for a photo is one of the hall of fame?

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:1943Brewers.gif

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[edit] Date confusion - L.A. expansion versus selling White Sox

I'm a little confused - if Veeck was forced by ill health to sell his team in 1961, why ws he shortly afterward considering buying into another one. On the the other hand, the expansion occurred in 1961, but discussion about who would own it would have heppened in late 1960, so that is possible, but why would Veeck have considered being part-owner of an expansion team if he already owned the White Sox? What he already thinking of selling the? In which case, perhaps his ill health may have been exacerbated by all this wheeling and dealing.4.68.248.130 (talk) 19:27, 7 January 2008 (UTC)