197 - Bill Veeck, The Second Act w/ Dan Helpingstine
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Author Dan Helpingstine has written several books about baseball in Chicago, including, "South Side Hitmen: The Story of the 1977 Chicago White Sox," and "The Cubs and the White Sox: A Baseball Rivalry, 1900 to the Present." Helpingstine is a life-long White Sox fan - his 2023 essay about Bill Veeck's second tenure as the White Sox owner is the subject for this show.Check out our bookshop.org affiliate link below for links to Helpingstine's booksIn Part 2, Rex and Craig consider the Astros' p...
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