Buck O'neil, David Conrads

I Was Right On Time (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An eye-opening biography of baseball legend Buck O'Neil, first baseman and then manager of the Kansas City Monarchs, who witnessed the heyday of the Negro leagues and their ultimate demise. From Babe Ruth to Bo Jackson, from Cool Papa Bell to Lou Brock, Buck O'Neil had seen it all. In I Was Right on Time, he charmingly recalled his days as a ballplayer and as a Black American in a racially divided country. From his barnstorming days with the likes of Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson or to the day in 1962 when he became the first Black American coach in the major leagues, I Was Right On Time takes us on a trip not only through baseball's past but through America's as well.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439127469
• Artikelnr.: 49187672

Autorenporträt

Buck O'Neil is currently the chairman of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. A former all-star player and manager for the Kansas City Monarchs, O'Neil has the distinction of being the first African-American to hold a coaching position in major-league baseball. A former scout for the Chicago Cubs and the Kansas City Royals, O'Neil now resides in Kansas City, Missouri.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Ken Burns
1. Why, Nancy, There You Are
2. Damn, There's Got to Be Something Better Than This
3. I Ate So Much My Mama Cried
4. People Tell Me I Look Good in a Dress
5. 18th and Vine
6. Seems Like I Been Here Before
7. Bring 'Em On
8. Now Hear This! Now Hear This!
9. Long Live the Monarchs
10. My Cub Scout Years
11. Love What You Do
12. Got to Give It Up
Index