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THE VEECKIES!

By Morty Ain, Amanda Angel, Andy Kamenetzky and Brian Kamenetzky

Friday, September 12, 2008

In the latest issue of ESPN The Magazine, we pay tribute to the spirit of the late, great MLB owner and showman Bill Veeck with our annual Veeckie Awards. We honored six minor-league promotions in the pages of The Mag, but there were plenty of others that deserved honorable mention: BEST USE OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES Winner: Auburn (N.Y.) Doubledays (Class-A, Blue Jays) Promo: Abner's Plan The mascot of the Doubledays presented fans with his plan to combat global warming by harnessing reusable ...

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