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Bill Veeck

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.

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Bill Veeck is saying that people who pay less for tickets at a baseball game often understand the game better than those who pay more for expensive seats. In other words, the cheaper the seat, the more likely the fan knows about baseball.

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