Chicago White Sox


Ball Club of the New Economy

By Jerry Useem |  May 15, 1998

A look at how the Florida Marlins, the 1997 World Series winners, have worked much like a high-tech start-up; they hired the best talent, beat the competitio...  Read story

Quick Picks

By Rowan West; Michael Dirda; Craig Offman; Larry Smith |  Apr 1, 2004

Out this month: a new release from rocker Lou Reed, a hefty biography of Alexander Hamilton, and a DVD boxed set on America's favorite pastime.  Read story

How I Did It: Mike Veeck

By Mike Veeck |  Apr 1, 2005

Midgets? Nuns who give massages? Disco Demolition Night? Free vasectomies on Father's Day? If there's one thing Mike Veeck learned from his father and from b...  Read story

Satchel Paige: Another Man For All Seasons

By Milton D. Stewart |  Dec 1, 1982

More than just a great ball player, he was an entrepreneur of his own talents who believed nothing was inevitable.  Read story

Get Your Program Here

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Sep 1, 1984

Like many good businessmen, Mets manager Davey Johnson relies on experience, instincts, and a personal computer.  Read story

A Niche In Time

By Sara Delano |  Apr 1, 1984

Faced with changing technology and an overcrowded market, Sky Courier Network realized that it had to fly off in different directions.  Read story

Tragedy Tomorrow, Dot-Comedy Tonight

By Andrew Raskin |  Jun 1, 2001

Lights! Camera! Options! A new film dissects the sad but all too familiar tale of an Internet start-up.  Read story

Roll Your Own

By Edward O. Welles |  Feb 1, 2001

How one hypergrowth company is perfecting the art of acquisition -- and maybe even giving roll-ups a good name.  Read story

Managing the Impossible

By John Anderson |  Apr 1, 2003

Starting with nothing but the force of his entrepreneurial leadership, Omar Minaya took the orphans of baseball and made them winners -- a lesson in grit.  Read story

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