Longtime Pirates broadcaster Bob Prince had a nickname for Bob Veale’s fastball: a “radio ball.” Why did it get that moniker? Well, you could hear it, but you couldn’t see it. Veale and that radio ...
Bob Veale, the towering, hard-throwing left-hander from Birmingham who was an All-Star pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1960s, has died. He was 89. Veale’s death was confirmed to AL.com by ...
Growing up in Birmingham, Veale was a batboy and concession worker for the Black Barons ... and a New York Yankees minor ...
Longtime Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Veale, who helped lead the team to their win in the 1971 World Series, died this past ...
A former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who had great success with the franchise recently died. Bob Veale, a left-handed pitcher, who pitched for the ...
One of the most intimidating pitchers of the 1960s, credited with inventing a popular baseball saying, has reportedly passed ...
Former left-handed pitcher Bob Veale, who played parts of 11 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and was a member of its 1971 ...