Thirty Tons a Day: The Rough-Riding Education of a Neophyte Racetrack Operator (Bill Veeck and Ed Linn)
Chapter 1: Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume
Veeck and Linn open the book with the backstory behind Veeck's sale of the Chicago White Sox in 1961 due to health issues, his failed attempt to buy the Washington Senators in the late 1960s, and his purchase of the racetrack Suffolk Downs in 1968.
Key allies mentioned in the chapter are Nate Dolin and Louie Jacobs, a former owner of the Cleveland Indians and a serial sports entrepreneur respectively.
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