

"[T]he most innovative owner in baseball history and, by a wide margin, the funniest. . . . [A] baseball classic. . . . Here are all of Veeck's wonderful stories: his battles against the game's Neanderthal owners, his shoestring operations with the various teams he owned, his running war with Commissioner Ford Frick-and, of course, the day he sent a midget up to bat. His story is packed with life and laughter from first page to last."Washington Post Book World "One of the frankest, most enthralling, amusing and provocative books of its kind I've ever had the good fortune to read. . . . [It] explodes with all the glitter and excitement of the Comiskey park scoreboard as it deals with virtually every highlight of [Veeck's] rollercoaster career."Robert Cromie, Chicago Tribune "Following this story as it unfolds, anecdote after anecdote, is much like sitting with Veeck or some other talented raconteur through a few long nights in a saloon. The stories, especially the ones about such eccentric and fascinating old-timers as Satchel Paige and Casey Stengel, are filled with the pungent flavor of good old American folklore."Alfred Wright, New York Times Book Review "A brash, blunt autobiography that is certain-like everything else he has done-to delight his fans and raise his fellow-owners' hackles."Time "Pure Veeck, which means that his story is told with humor, whimsey, brightness, a sharp eye for the incongruous, and a total lack of inhibition."New York Times "Veeck's flamboyant promotional stunts, his unrestricted sense of humor, his outspoken loves and hates, and his memories of the unique escapades of some of baseball's great men make a book of unusual entertainment."Booklist Copyright



