Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck, wearing his trademark white sport shirt. Veeck's dad was president of the Cubs in the 1930s, and it's said that 13-year-old Bill Veeck came up with the idea of adding ivy to the famous brick outfield walls at the Cubs' Wrigley Field.

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