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  [Saint Paul Saints selects] – [Last day at old Comiskey Park] – [Prairie Moon book store]

  Chicago, Skip Blumberg, Sports, Tom Weinberg, White Sox

  0:00 June 19, 1993. Raw footage of opening night for the Saint Paul Saints baseball team, which was co-owned by Bill Murray and Mike Veeck.  Mary Francis Veeck throws a pitch before the game starts, Bill Murray coaches first base and jokes with fans, a baby pig carries balls to the players. 13:13 Tom and Jesse Weinberg travel to Comiskey Park for the last game before the old stadium is torn down in 1991. Weinberg shoots the El ride down […]

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  Time Out, episode 121

  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 Kenny McReynolds, a WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, Steve Daley of the Chicago Tribune, and Gary Fencik, All-Pro Safety for the Chicago Bears.

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  Time Out, episode 147

  Chicago, Sports, Time Out

  This tape features a half hour episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that was hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are Chicago Tribune Columnist Linda Kay, WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team Kenny McReynolds, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, and former NBA star John Mengelt.

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  [Once a Star raw: Bill Wade #2]

  Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Interview with former football player Bill Wade, the quarterback for the Bears’ 1963 Championship team. Wade, standing in a suit and tie across from his current place of work, comments on the 1985 Chicago Bears team and offers his thoughts on the philosophy of football, staying in shape, and his time on the Bears. Following the interview are clips from the Bears’ historic 1963 season. Shot for the documentary Once A Star.

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  [Inside Spring Training raw #14]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage of Bill Veeck and colleagues in a hotel room during spring training in Sarasota, Florida. Raw footage for “Inside Spring Training.” Motel Fever #1.

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  [Bill Veeck interviews Marvin Miller #1]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Marvin Miller, director of the Major League Baseball Player’s Association, is interviewed by Bill Veeck in the ballpark in Clearwater, Florida during Spring Training. Raw footage for A View From The Bleachers With Bill Veeck. Part 1 of 2.

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  [White Sox fireworks]

  Chicago, Sports, White Sox

  Fireworks at Comiskey Park when the Chicago White Sox played the Detroit Tigers on July 3, 1984. Greg Luzinski, Marck Hill, and Ron Kittle hit home runs.

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  Bulls stink, Portland catches fire

  Sports

  Off air recording of a 1978 loss by the Chicago Bulls against the Portland Blazers. Followed by a series of commercials featuring celebrity impersonators.