BIO

Veeck, a third-generation baseball executive, is a minority owner in five minor-league teams and a consultant to five others. His grandfather, William Veeck Sr., was a sportswriter who became president of the Chicago Cubs. His father, Bill Veeck, was a legendary maverick who owned, at various times, the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago White Sox. Mike Veeck held major-league marketing positions for the Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Florida Marlins, and Detroit Tigers. Founder of the Veeck Promotional Seminar, he released a corporate training video based on his “Fun is Good” philosophy as well as a Fun Is Good book. For more information, visit www.funisgood.net.

STORY EXCERPT

I am blown away by her courage. It’s awe-inspiring. You find yourself thinking, Could I do that? And the answer is always no. I look at it and think that it skipped a generation. She just has this indefatigable spirit, this tremendous bravery, and she absolutely refuses to be brought low by it. Just recently, Rebecca told us that she had had a dream years ago, before the doctor told her that she was going to go blind, in which a little girl, who looked like her but wasn’t, came up to her, touched her eyes, and said, “I’m sorry, but you have a path to take.”