Rating: 
Summary: Right on time, indeed!
Review: John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil was introduced to mainstream America via Ken Burns' outstanding documentary "Baseball". His warmth, downright humanity, and ability to tell the story of himself and his contemporaries was the highlight of the series (which is really saying something!).O'Neil was the first Negro Leaguer to coach in the so-called "Majors". He was a star in his own right' playing and coaching the Kansas City Monarchs. He saw the game and the Nation change more than it ever has before or since: from Babe Ruth, Satchel Paige and the giants of Baseball's Golden Age in both the White and the Negro Leagues to contemporary greats to be. The stories about the barnstorming days of the Negro Leagues are told without rancor and bitterness. He saw, played with, and shares with the readers the unrecognized potential of those men like Josh Gibson, Rube Foster who never made the big show, and those he saw integrate the game, like Robinson, Mays, Aaron and Bo Jackson. An uplifting read, and a triumph of the American spirit.
Rating:
Summary: Right on time, indeed!
Review: John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil was introduced to mainstream America via Ken Burns' outstanding documentary "Baseball". His warmth, downright humanity, and ability to tell the story of himself and his contemporaries was the highlight of the series (which is really saying something!). O'Neil was the first Negro Leaguer to coach in the so-called "Majors". He was a star in his own right' playing and coaching the Kansas City Monarchs. He saw the game and the Nation change more than it ever has before or since: from Babe Ruth, Satchel Paige and the giants of Baseball's Golden Age in both the White and the Negro Leagues to contemporary greats to be. The stories about the barnstorming days of the Negro Leagues are told without rancor and bitterness. He saw, played with, and shares with the readers the unrecognized potential of those men like Josh Gibson, Rube Foster who never made the big show, and those he saw integrate the game, like Robinson, Mays, Aaron and Bo Jackson. An uplifting read, and a triumph of the American spirit.
Rating:
Summary: Must Have
Review: this Book reflects so much to me overall.Buck O'Neil is a special figure in any sport too me.He is somebody that whenever He is on tv I have too stop what I'm doing&listen.this Book is the same way for me.so many great stories&reflections of what He went through&all of the Great Players He played with&against is mentioned here.listening too Him is like having a Family Member telling you stories that you could listen too for a whole day non-stop he moves me.
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