2007 UD Premier Cut Signature BILL VEECK Cut Auto #1/1!

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2007 UD Premier Cut Signature BILL VEECK Cut Auto #1/1! HOF!This beautiful card is protected in a top loader and ready to ship quickly. Christmas is coming so treat yourself or someone you love to a wonderful card. To read a little about Veeck and his impact on baseball look below.Payment: Paypal or cashier check/postal moneyorder only! Personal checks willnot be accepted. Payment is expected within 10 days of the end of the auction. The faster you pay the faster the card comes! Christmas won't wait for slow payers!Shipping: USA-$3.00 usps first class/delivery confirmation; worldwide $8.00; if you want something faster don't email me with a price request do the research yourself and add the appropriate amount of money and add a note of how you want me to ship it when you pay for the card. Sorry, but I end up spending more time trying to figure out how much shipping will be for special requests than I really want. Package weighs approx. 3 oz. and my zip is 99835. Feedback: I believe strongly in feedback. I have worked very hard to keep my feedback rating at 99.9% and I would like to keep it that way. If t are any problems with your order please, please contact me before leaving negative or neutral feedback. I will work with you to make sure everyone can be happy with the transaction. T is no way that I could have gotten to 670 feedbacks with a 99.9% rating by screwing people, so, please bid with confidence!About Bill Veeck from : William Louis Veeck, Jr. ( IPA : [vÉ>k] , rhymes with "wreck"; February 9 , 1914 Â- January 2 , 1986 ), also known as " Sport Shirt Bill ", was a native of Chicago, Illinois , and franchise owner and promoter in Major League Baseball . He was best known for his flamboyant publicity stunts , and the innovations he brought to the league during his ownership of the Cleveland Indians , St. Louis Browns , and Chicago White Sox . Veeck was the last owner to purchase a baseball franchise without an independent fortune, and is responsible for many significant innovations and contributions to baseball.While Veeck was growing up in Hinsdale, Illinois , his father, William Veeck Sr. , became president of the Chicago Cubs . Growing up in the business, Bill Veeck worked as a vendor, ticket seller and junior groundskeeper. Veeck attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. In 1933 , when his father died, Veeck left Kenyon College , and eventually became club treasurer for the Cubs. In 1937, Veeck planted the ivy that is on the outfield wall at Wrigley Field and was responsible for the construction of the hand-operated center field scoreboard still used. He married Eleanor Raymond in 1935 . Milwaukee Brewers In 1941 , Veeck left Chicago and purchased the American Association Milwaukee Brewers , in a partnership with former Cubs star and manager Charlie Grimm . After winning three pennants in five years, Veeck sold his Milwaukee franchise in 1945 for a $275,000 profit. While a half-owner of the Brewers, Veeck served for nearly three years in the Marines during World War II in an artillery unit. During this time, a recoiling artillery piece crushed his leg, requiring amputation first of the foot, and later of the entire leg. According to his own autobiography, Veeck - As in Wreck, he claimed to have installed a screen to make the right field target a little more difficult for left-handed pull hitters of the opposing team. The screen was on wheels, so any given day it might be in place or not, depending on the batting strength of the opposing team. T was no rule against that activity as such, so he got away with it... until one day when he took it to an extreme, rolling it out when the opponents batted, and pulling it back when the Brewers batted. Veeck reported that the league passed a rule against it the very next day. However, in all likelihood, this story was made up by Veeck. Extensive research by two members of the Society for American Baseball Research has revealed no reference to a moveable fence or any ... read more

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