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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #74]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.” This tape features footage of Veeck in his garden, followed by some stills of Veeck. Onscreen timecode.

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  [John Mengelt, Dave Nightingale, and Bill Veeck]

  Bill Veeck, Sports

  Two cuts of an informal chat between Dave Nightingale, John Mengelt, and Bill Veeck about baseball and other sports.

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  [1972 and 1945 World Series highlights]

  Cubs, Sports

  This tape features some highlight footage from the 1972 World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and the Oakland A’s, followed by highlights from all seven games of the 1945 World Series.

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  [Bill Veeck’s Saloon b-roll]

  Bill Veeck, Sports

  Footage of the exterior of a bar for Bill Veeck’s Saloon.

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  Commentaries: Baseball According to Bill Veeck

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  A series of commentaries on baseball and sports by Bill Veeck.

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  [ESPN coverage of Eddie Gaedel anniversary]

  Chicago, Sports

  ESPN news report celebrating the 35th anniversary of Eddie Gaedel’s entrance into the world of baseball. Bill Veeck put the little person to bat for the St. Louis Browns on August 19, 1951. There are interviews with people involved, including two of the players from that game between the Browns and the Tigers. The report concludes with a commemoration of Veeck’s life, as he had just passed away in January of that year. Included are clips from the documentary “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.”

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  Time Out, episode 105

  Chicago, Sports, Time Out, White Sox

  This tape features a 1984 episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that is hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are John Schulian of the Chicago Sun-Times, Kenny McReynolds, a WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, and former NBA star John Mengelt. On this episode, the show’s crew members visit the Golden Glove Amateur Boxing Tournament Semi-Finals. Chicago Cubs and White Sox Scouts Vedie Himsl and Jerry Krause are interviewed. Bill Veeck also makes a brief appearance.

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  Time Out, episode 125

  Chicago, Sports, Time Out

  This tape features a 1984 episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that is hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are award winning sports columnist John Schulian, Kenny McReynolds, a WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team, Phil Hersh of the Chicago Tribune, and former NBA star John Mengelt.