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  [Inside Spring Training raw #31]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Sports, Tom Weinberg, White Sox

  Raw footage shot for “Inside Spring Training.”

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  [Once a Star raw: Jim Rivera #2]

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, Once A Star, Sports, White Sox

  00:00 The continuation of a discussion with former Chicago White Sox outfielder Jim Rivera. They are at Jungle Jim’s Saloon. 00:50 They talk about Minnie Minoso. 02:29 Rivera tells an anecdote about John F. Kennedy. He got Kennedy’s and Lyndon Johnson’s autographs on a baseball on opening day when he was a player. He then tells a story about meeting Harry Truman and his wife, Bess. 05:18 Rivera talks about living in Angola, IN. He was from New York City, […]

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  [Inside Spring Training raw #11]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Communities, GDDF, Latinx, NHPRC-2, Sports, Tom Weinberg, White Sox

  Raw tape of Minnie Minoso playing shuffleboard in Florida with Tom Weinberg for “Inside Spring Training.”

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  [Inside Spring Training raw #33]

  Chicago, Sports, White Sox

  Raw footage from the documentary “Inside Spring Training,” a look at the 1978 Chicago White Sox Pre-season preparation. St Pete, Bosley #1. Hinton pitch.

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  [Once a Star raw: Jim Rivera #3]

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, Once A Star, Sports, White Sox

  Raw footage of an interview with Chicago White Sox player Jim Rivera, who played with the team throughout the 1950s. Rivera talks about his troubled upbringing, his run-ins with the law, his journey into the Major Leagues, and what his current life is like in Angola, IN. Shot for the 1986 TV special “Once A Star.”

• [Veeck commentaries 2, reels 3 & 4]

  Bill Veeck, Sports, White Sox

  Raw footage of Bill Veeck commentary (with some clips from Time Out!). Veeck speaks on various issues, including: money in baseball; baseball contracts; officiating in sports (particularly baseball umpires) and the changing strike zones; and drugs in sports. The tape also include footage from several White Sox games and some archival footage of Veeck. A large portion of the second half of the tape is wild sound takes for narration, voice overs, etc.

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  [Inside Spring Training raw #34]

  Chicago, Sports, White Sox

  Raw footage from the documentary, “Inside Spring Training,” a look at the 1978 Chicago White Sox pre-season preparation. Hinton pitching #2, Batting #1. St. Pete. Bosley.