Zwischen seinen Romanzen mit Baseball nahm Bill Veeck Anfang 1969 die Herausforderung an, Bostons halbmoribund Suffolk Downs Rennstrecke zu verwalten. Als er die Strecke übernahm, musste Veeck noch lernen, dass die normale tägliche Leistung von einigen sechzehnhundert Pferden (einschließlich Stroh) so viel betragen oder so schwer zu entsorgen sein würde. Aber das war das geringste seiner Probleme.
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