Bill Veeck, the late baseball visionary known for his promotional stunts, will be honored by the White Sox this season with a ...

After the first game, a procession of vintage 1901 automobiles rolled out, and the baseball clown Max Patkin performed a one-man skit. Then Eddie Gaedel, standing 3-foot-7 and wearing a miniature ...

Veeck is the one-time owner of the Chicago White Sox, a Hall-of-Fame inductee and late baseball visionary who ... Browns included sending 3-foot-7 Eddie Gaedel to the plate in 1951.

Players’ and managers’ efforts to work the umpires to contract or expand the strike zone have long been a part of the game.

Eddie Gaedel, the shortest player in major league baseball history, had a much smaller strike zone than his peers. He drew a walk in his only at-bat. Bettmann/Getty Images But what if a player changes ...

We love baseball and we still actively remember ... While he was the man whom 3 foot 7 inch Eddie Gaedel pinch-hit for, he was one of the game’s best hitters who traded his career to serve ...