Veeck as in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck

While some of the stories should be taken with a grain of salt, there's no question that this is a marvelously entertaining book. A fair amount of it is score-settling, especially against Bill Weiss, Ford Frick, Del Webb and others that ran baseball in the 1950s and 1960s. However, Veeck also tells stories against himself, and is not immune to self-criticism for some of his failures.

An entertaining autobiography by the man who brought us two of the great American innovations, the exploding scoreboard and a midget ballplayer with a 1.5" strike zone.

Bill Veeck was an original thinker about American business. His business happened to be baseball and this is topnotch memoir. I can see why Veeck was a thorn in the side of his more staid colleagues, but he sure must have been interesting to have around.

An amazing, funny but a little sad, autobiography of the most beloved (by the fans) and most hated (by most of the other baseball team owners) owner who ever lived.

An amusing, sometimes hilarious account, by one of the more colorful characters in baseball management mid-Twentieth Century.

Oh, Bill Veeck, I don't care how much of your autobiography that my big brother says is hogwash, it still sounds like you had a heck of a life, in baseball and out of it. Your son Mike gave us the Saint Paul Saints and the "Death to Disco" promotion, too.

I found it a bit uneven. Some really interesting parts, followed by others that were very slow (prob like everyone's life). veeck seems like a good man. The book also feels a bit dated. Not sure why. I do like baseball and reading about the old timers.