drawn from his uproarious autobiography

"Veeck as in Wreck" is in my top five baseball books. Is this just a selection of stories from that?

It is. Everyone should totally own the book, but hey, if you don't yet and want a taste, here you go.

"Veeck as in Wreck" is in my top five baseball books. Is this just a selection of stories from that?

This is two small sections from the book, 33 pages in the epub version. The first is Veeck working for the Cubs working on fixing up Wrigley, the second is on his first purchase of the White Sox. I think this is being released as a mini-print book as well.

I think the free ebook offer is only good for a couple of days at the beginning of the month. The University of Chicago Press (the world's largest academic press) has been giving out a free ebook at the beginning of the month for about 3.5 years and every third book is one that I've been interested in maybe reading. The titles have been drawn from the somewhat less academic end of the press -- examples of some titles are Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity, Madison's Nightmare: How Executive Power Threatens American Democracy, a book about Lisbon called The Moon, Come to Earth, and the first book of the A Dance to the Music of Time series. It's worth it to get on the mailing list if you're interested in ebooks.

Pretty good assortment. The Veeck is of obvious interest, and I enjoyed The Moon, Come to Earth.

My bookstore is currently sponsoring an online group reading of Dance to the Music of Time, if anyone's inclined to join in. No baseball in the books that I know of, but we've found a passing reference to cricket.

Hear it's a good read.

1/12th of the way through, I'd say it is.

The University of Chicago Press (the world's largest academic press) has been giving out a free ebook at the beginning of the month for about 3.5 years and every third book is one that I've been interested in maybe reading. The titles have been drawn from the somewhat less academic end of the press -- examples of some titles are Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity, Madison's Nightmare: How Executive Power Threatens American Democracy, a book about Lisbon called The Moon, Come to Earth, and the first book of the A Dance to the Music of Time series. It's worth it to get on the mailing list if you're interested in ebooks.

One of the first books they gave out was Leo Durocher's Nice Guys Finish Last (the complete book). I've been on the mailing list since then.