The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America Hardcover - 2007
by Posnanski, Joe
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- Title The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
- Author Posnanski, Joe
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1St Edition
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow, New York
- Date 2007
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0060854030I5N00
- ISBN 9780060854034 / 0060854030
- Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 8.25 x 5.5 x 0.97 in (20.96 x 13.97 x 2.46 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Description and travel, Baseball - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007296667
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.357
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Summary
When legendary Negro League player Buck O'Neil asked Joe Posnanski how he fell in love with baseball, the renowned sports columnist was inspired by the question. He decided to spend the 2005 baseball season touring the country with the ninety-four-year-old O'Neil in hopes of rediscovering the love that first drew them to the game.The Soul of Baseball is as much the story of Buck O'Neil as it is the story of baseball. Driven by a relentless optimism and his two great passions—for America's pastime and for jazz, America's music—O'Neil played solely for love. In an era when greedy, steroid-enhanced athletes have come to characterize professional ball, Posnanski offers a salve for the damaged spirit: the uplifting life lessons of a truly extraordinary man who never missed an opportunity to enjoy and love life.