Baseball Limericks – Bill Veeck

By Bennett Oberfeld

Leave it to Bill Veeck to finally fidget
To get attendance to reach double digit
Fireworks, “Ladies’ Day”
An organist and half-price pay
And to bat he would send up a midget

Bennett Oberfeld has been a die-hard baseball fan for over 30 years, rooting for home town teams starting with the Orioles, to the Cubs, now for the Braves. He has been to 24 of the 30 existing ball parks, but refuses to see a game in Montreal Olympic Stadium or the Metrodome.

(originally published in Baseball Ink Vol. 2, No. 2 – September 2001)

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