Thank you, White Sox, thanks Bill! (Provided photo.)
Baseball Hall of Famer Bill Veeck loved incongruity, so he would have enjoyed Saturday’s “Bill Veeck Night” at Rate Field. The White Sox did a fine job with Veeckish stunts such as a pre-game petting zoo featuring Stella the Sloth, a 60-second marriage in center field officiated by former White Sox great Ron Kittle, a puffy Andrew the Clown, and a cool Veeck bobblehead.
But incongruity rounded the bases at the end of the game.
Jesse Cole, the effervescent founder of the Savannah Bananas barnstorming baseball team, appeared with a video message [...]
