Night Train Veeck

Born on Opening Day | Man of the Fan | Can't Sharpen a Cutter Cuttin' Through Butter.

[Night Train Veeck @VeeckAsInWreck]

“What’s your name?”

“Night Train.”

“What was that? Mike? Trey?”

“No, Night Train, like choo-choo.”

“Oh...OK, so your parents were hippies...”

[Field Yates @FieldYates]

"What's your name?"

"Field."

"Phil?"

"Field, like a football field."

"Got it. So your parents were hippies?"

[Jason Benetti @jasonbenetti]

https://t.co/M0q6DYCCGr

[Night Train Veeck @VeeckAsInWreck]

Tryna stop those speed runners

[Chi Urbanist @chi_urbanist]

The Chicago Scientology office has removed their door handles

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

It took 70 years but it finally happened

[Night Train Veeck @VeeckAsInWreck]

Hello old friend

[Michael Clair @michaelsclair]

Late to this super fun one from @bensbiz trip to the Joliet Slammers' prison game. Best part: Probably first Mlb dot com mention of SNL's Jim Downey

https://t.co/9Pitdd8jkc

[FX_Archer-Stock Trading Analyst【Nasdaq S&P500】 @MikePinto3]

It was an epic experience for all of us involved

[Matt Nelson @MattKNelson]

Spent some time inside the walls and behind bars for pro ballpark #158. The Big House Ballgame between the Joliet Slammers and the Gateway Grizzlies inside the Joliet Correctional Center. Baseball was played here starting in 1914. Slammers did a really nice job with this event.

[Joliet Slammers @JolietSlammers]

From the road to the yard, The Big House Ballgame a day we will never forget🚨🎥

#GetLockedIn🔒 #TheBigHouseBallgame #Route66

[Jake Bedell @JakeBedellTV]

I interned with this team as a sophomore back in college.

The Slammers got their name from the Joliet Prison using baseball as a rec activity for inmates, including John Wayne Gacy.

Really cool to see them dive back into their history!

[Night Train Veeck @VeeckAsInWreck]

Got a good one in a prison if you’re interested Bears.

[Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune]

Ghosts of stadiums past haunt Chicago Bears quest for a new stadium deal https://t.co/AGl2DVNOL2

[Night Train Veeck @VeeckAsInWreck]

@MancowMuller Super cool comment.

Their hot dogs are great.

[Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune]

Photos: The Big House Ballgame at the Old Joliet Prison https://t.co/E1ABvp5vbi

[Henry Akanno ⚽️🏀 @akannohenry]

POV: You crush one in the Big House Ballgame… it clears the entire prison wall… and the ump calls it a double anyway 😂⚾

Bill Murray in the stands, inmate throwbacks, 230ft porches, and Night Train Veeck actually pulling this off?

This wasn’t just a game — it was straight-up cinema. Independent ball eating the big leagues alive again.

More prison yard baseball IMMEDIATELY. Who’s with me? 👀🔥 #BigHouseBallgame

[Night Train Veeck @VeeckAsInWreck]

@TheNotoriousLEX Beautiful sheet

[Night Train Veeck @VeeckAsInWreck]

@indyballpod @craig_craig488 @IndyBallNation I would like one please and do not accept checks from this man

[Night Train Veeck @VeeckAsInWreck]

@BenVerlander Does this work?

[Night Train Veeck @VeeckAsInWreck]

@indyballpod @craig_craig488 @IndyBallNation Bout the funniest tweet I’ve seen.

[Frontier League @FLProBaseball]

Joliet Slammers are making waves with yesterday’s Big House Ballgame!

https://t.co/Ly5BUsJ0es

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Would you go to a prison to watch a baseball game? 👀

The @JolietSlammers, a pro baseball team in Illinois, turned an old prison into a ballpark for their exhibition game against the Gateway Grizzlies.

[Lonnie Wilkins @JolietLonnie]

They finally locked us up in the Big House!

What a special day for baseball and the Joliet community at Old Joliet Prison.

If you’re not having fun in this business. It’s never too late to mend. 🎙️