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Home » White Sox fans get married in a MINUTE and celebrate with 50-foot hot dog in ode to MLB’s most inventive owner
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White Sox fans get married in a MINUTE and celebrate with 50-foot hot dog in ode to MLB’s most inventive owner

By uk-times.com11 August 2025No Comments4 Mins Read
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It’s been an odd season for the Chicago White Sox, what with the team’s potential sale and confirmed South Sider and diehard fan Robert Prevost being named Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican.

Amidst it all, the 43-75 White Sox have once again struggled to draw fans and currently rank just 27th in attendance.

So it was rather fitting on Saturday night that the team celebrated its quirky late owner Bill Veeck with the kinds of stunts he popularized while struggling to draw fans to Comiskey Park.

There was a pregame petting zoo and a roving circus with — what else? — a clown to entertain fans entering Rate Field, which replaced Comiskey in 1991.

There was ice sculpting on the concourse in the outfield and a chance to get a photo taken with a 50-foot hot dog, along with an offer of free haircuts. The first 15,000 fans received a Veeck bobblehead, and postgame fireworks were planned.

Another highlight was what the team described as a ‘married in a minute’ event, with two White Sox fans tying the knot in a 60-second ceremony officiated by 1983 American League Rookie of the Year Ron Kittle.

Two lifelong Chicago White Sox fans exchange wedding vows during a 60-second wedding officiated by former White Sox player and 1983 rookie of the year Ron Kittle

White Sox fans kiss after exchanging wedding vows during a 60-second wedding

White Sox fans kiss after exchanging wedding vows during a 60-second wedding

A 50-foot- hot dog is paraded through Rate Field as the White Sox celebrated Veeck

A 50-foot- hot dog is paraded through Rate Field as the White Sox celebrated Veeck 

Mike Veeck, Bill’s son, threw out the ceremonial first pitch Saturday before the White Sox took on Cleveland, a team the elder Veeck owned from 1946-1949.

The fun wasn’t limited to fans in the stands. White Sox players turned back the clock by wearing pinstriped shorts during pregame warmups and batting practice. The team wore those unusual shorts — along with collared uniform tops — for some games during the 1976 season.

Bill Veeck was a two-time owner of the White Sox, first from 1959-61 and again from 1975-81. His tenure was marked by memorable and forgettable stunts to enhance the fans’ game-day experience through entertainment.

His stunts included an exploding scoreboard in 1960 and a disastrous disco demolition night in 1979, when a crate of disco records was blown up between games of a doubleheader. 

The playing surface at Comiskey Field was so damaged by the blast and fans who rushed the field after the stunt that Chicago was forced to forfeit the second game to Detroit.

Veeck wasn't known for wins, but rather his ticket sales: 'You can draw more people with a losing team plus bread and circuses than with a losing team and a long, still silence'

Veeck wasn’t known for wins, but rather his ticket sales: ‘You can draw more people with a losing team plus bread and circuses than with a losing team and a long, still silence’

Standing 3-foot-6, Eddie Gaedel was brought in to the St. Louis Browns by Veeck, who warned his 26-year-old rookie not to swing at a pitch or he'd be shot 'between the eyes'

Standing 3-foot-6, Eddie Gaedel was brought in to the St. Louis Browns by Veeck, who warned his 26-year-old rookie not to swing at a pitch or he’d be shot ‘between the eyes’

Veeck's infamous 'Disco Demolition Night' at Comiskey Park resulted in a headache for cops

Veeck’s infamous ‘Disco Demolition Night’ at Comiskey Park resulted in a headache for cops

Another of his famous acts was signing 3-foot-7 Eddie Gaedel to be a pinch hitter in 1951, when Veeck owned the St. Louis Browns. Gaedel, who had a miniscule strike zone, walked on four pitches.

Later Veeck shared the threat he made to Gaedel to ensure his 26-year-old rookie wouldn’t swing at a single pitch.

‘I was a marksman in the Marine Corps in the war, Eddie,’ Veeck said, as reported by Earl Gustkey in 1991. ‘I’m going to be up in the press Box with a high-powered rifle. If you even look like you’re going to swing at a pitch, so help me God I’ll shoot you right between the eyes.’

Veeck died in 1986 at 71 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. His autobiography, ‘Veeck as in Wreck’ remains one of the most celebrated books ever written on the business of baseball.

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