Currently, Mike is the part owner of five baseball teams and a consultant for one other.  He has served to put fun back into baseball while proving his ideas are not specific to sport.  An advertising professional, coveted public speaker, founder of the Veeck Promotional Seminar, and all around idea man, Mike recently released a corporate training video based on his “Fun is Good” philosophy.  He also authored Fun Is Good How to Create Joy and Passion in Your Workplace based on the same fundamental principle.

 It is with this simple philosophy that his teams routinely set attendance records.  He and partner, Marv Goldklang, operate the Goldklang Group, overseeing franchises in Brockton, MA, Charleston, SC, Fort Myers, FL, St. Paul, MN and Sioux Falls, SD.  In 2003, the St. Paul Saints welcomed their three millionth fan through the gates while the Charleston RiverDogs set a single-season attendance mark for the sixth time in seven years and Hudson Valley Renegades.

Mike has appeared on 60 Minutes, HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, ESPN Sportscenter, CBS Sunday Morning, ABC’s Nightline, National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition and Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

In addition to his baseball duties, Mike has spoken and entertained groups at companies such as 3M, the NBA, General Mills, and NASCAR.  He has been the featured speaker for the American Bar Association, Newspaper Association of America and students at numerous colleges and universities.

Mike is married to Libby and has two children, William “Night Train” and Rebecca.  They reside in Mt. Pleasant, SC.