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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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  Fats #4

  Sports

  Famed pool player Rudolf “Minnesota Fats” Wanderone is interviewed, telling about the most recent tribulations in his life, including his recent divorce and move to Nashville. Fats shares his feelings on his divorce trial, which he believes was unfair to him, as well as the people he’s helped that he feels have been ungrateful. This is followed by two clips of Fats playing his rival Willie Mosconi in a televised pool match.

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  [Inside Spring Training raw #25]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports, White Sox

  Raw footage of Bill Veeck and colleagues in a hotel room during White Sox spring training in Sarasota, Florida. Raw footage for “Inside Spring Training.” Sunday night #1. Motel fever, Cuba talk.

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  Bill Veeck on Good Morning America

  Bill Veeck

  Bill Veeck being interviewed by David Hartman on Good Morning America, February 2, 1981. It is a short interview, and they touch on the importance of promotion in the game, the changes in the game in light of its new corporate structure, and what Veeck will do after he’s retired.

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  Veeck: a man for any season rough edit

  Bill Veeck, Harold Washington

  An early edit of a documentary about Bill Veeck, the former owner of several baseball teams including the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians. It follows his career highlights, his life, and his thoughts. Veeck was a unique showman and entrepreneur responsible for many baseball innovations, including fan appreciation days and “give aways.” 

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  [Once A Star raw: Bobby and Dennis Hull #7]

  Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  This tape is comprised of a short interview segment with hockey legend Bobby Hull, as well as some b-roll of Bobby and brother Dennis Hull skating and shooting around an ice rink. In the interview, Hull gives insight into the fleeting nature of playing on a hockey team, his relationship with his brother Dennis, and his current career in the cattle business. It was shot for the documentary Once A Star.