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———. “N.L. Has ‘In' on West Coast Now: California May Make It by 1956.”
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Durso, Joseph. “Bill Veeck, Baseball Innovator Dies.”
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Casey and Mr. McGraw.
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Casey: The Life and Legend of Charles Dillon Stengel
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———.
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———. “Fans Recall Bill Veeck Fondly at Service.”
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———. “The Veeck-Yankee Feud Is for Real.”
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———. “Unforgettable Bill Veeck.”
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Grizzard, Lewis. “How Veeck Got Sox.”
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———.
A Season in the Sun
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Kurkjian, Tim. “Chip off the Ol' Block.”
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———. “Wild Bill.”
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———.
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Leo, John. “Baseball's Happy Hustler: Bill Veeck, 1914–1986.”
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———.
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