Thirty Tons a Day
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (553 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566638283 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Louis Browns, and the Chicago White Sox. Bill Veeck (1914–1986) brought a flamboyant, fan–oriented entrepreneurship to his ownership of the Cleveland Indians, the St. . He also wrote Veeck as in Wreck and The Hustler's Handbook. He is best remembered for the innovations he brought to the game and for his publici
About the Author Bill Veeck (1914–1986) brought a flamboyant, fan–oriented entrepreneurship to his ownership of the Cleveland Indians, the St. He also wrote Veeck as in Wreck and The Hustler's Handbook. . Louis Browns, and the Chicago White Sox. He is best remembered for the innovations he brought to the game and for his publicity stunts that brought fans to the ball park
In between his romances with baseball, in early 1969 Bill Veeck took up the challenge of managing Boston's semi–moribund Suffolk Downs racetrack. But that was the least of his problems. In the tough–minded and Tabasco–tongued prose that is his trademark, Veeck recalls the battles he won and lost, the fun he had, and what he discovered about horse racing at "Sufferin' Downs." It's a zesty, complicated story but a relentlessly fascinating one about the inside workings of one of the most popular sports in America.. "Being of sound mind and in reasonable possession of my faculties," Veeck wrote, "I marshaled my forces, at the tender age of fifty–four, and marched upon the city of Boston, Massachusetts, like a latter–day Ben Franklin, to seek my fame and fortune as the operator of a racetrack. Two years later, fortune having taken one look at my weathered features and shaken its hoary locks, I retreated, smiling gamely." When he took over the track, Veeck had yet to learn that the normal daily output of some sixteen hundred horses (including straw) would amount to so much, or be so hard to dispose of
ealovitt said Two wild years at Suffolk Downs. In spite of this book's title, there are no horses to speak of in "Thirty Tons a Day." Self-proclaimed "hustler," Bill Veeck, Jr., who has been called the greatest public relations man and promotional genius the game of baseball has ever seen, decided to take a detour into the Thoroughbred business by purchasing Suffolk Downs, a run-down racetrack near Boston. This book is his story of how he renovated the racetrack, starting in 1969, then took on the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the Massachusetts gover. "Amazing Book by an Amazing Guy" according to Peter T. Bepler, II. Too few people today remember who Bill Veeck was, and what an entertaining and insightful writer (with Ed Linn's help, to be sure) he was, both about baseball and, in this book, horseracing. The book details his brief stint as manager of Suffolk Downs, a dilapidated Boston race track he was charged with reviving. The book is a hilarious (and fascinating) read, primarily about Boston politics in general, and about the politics of Massachusetts horseracing specifically. It is also fascinating about the day-to-day minutiae of. Best Of All said Into The Muck Of Operating A Racetrack. Bill Veeck became a legend in professional baseball by operating teams with the fans in mind - a novel concept then, as now - and tweaking the noses of the "Lords of the Realm" as he went along.In the late-1960s, it appeared that his trek in baseball was over, so Veeck played a longshot, becoming president of Suffolk Downs, a Thoroughbred track near Boston, Massachusetts.With comedic interludes - but oftentimes very biting commentary - Veeck and co-author Ed Linn chronicle the small victories and grand frustrations while o