Word: veeck
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good for everybody," said Grebey. "The fans are going to see ball games, and that's really what counts." Indeed, the fear of sharply adverse public reaction to a strike kept both sides plugging away until a solution was found. Said Chicago White Sox Owner Bill Veeck: "We have enough disasters-Iran, Afghanistan, Miami, the economy. People need something that is stable. A strike would have been disastrous for the game and a disservice to the country...
CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Bill Veeck is once again in a rebuilding year with his young White Sox but does have four left-handed starting pitchers--Ken Kravec, Steve Trout, Rich Wortham and Ross Baumgarten--who always seem to pop up when other teams talk trade with the White...