Veeck
Americannoun
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ProPublica’s 2021 article traced how owners, starting with the late baseball showman Bill Veeck decades ago, persuaded the IRS to accept a “gimmick” that allows owners to take massive depreciation write-offs.
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
Bill Veeck, the owner of the Barons and Cleveland’s big league team, made Toma the head groundskeeper of the Barons at 16.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2023
That group also includes Bill Veeck and Richard E. Jacobs, two of the team’s former owners.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
Veeck, the former Indians owner, tried to buy the Senators in 1967, and he planned to install Elston Howard as the sport’s first Black manager.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2022
Instead of learning from fellow baseball executives, Cole studied Barnum, Disney and the late Bill Veeck, an outlandish big-league owner who once held a “Disco Demolition Night” that sparked a riot at Comiskey Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2022
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