Family First: O’Neil book recognized the Hairston family
One common theme throughout Joe Posnanski’s The Soul of Baseball is the value Buck O’Neil placed on the relationship between fathers and […]
Category: Negro Leagues
Fear of Forgetting: Like all of us, Buck O’Neil feared the loss of his precious memories
Sadly, I don’t have a lot of memories from my childhood, nor from high school. I have vague general impressions of what […]
African-American scouts and coaches were inspired by Buck O’Neil
In The Soul of Baseball, Joe Posnanski retells the romantic tale of how Buck O’Neil discovered and scouted Oscar Gamble in the […]
The sadness of aging and the Soul of Baseball
As I read The Soul of Baseball by Joe Posnanski, I realize it’s not really a book about baseball. It’s a book […]
The Soul of Baseball conjures images of the Kansas City Jazz District
One of the interesting unexpected benefits of my study of Negro League baseball the past several years has been my introduction to […]
Topeka library sponsors community read – join me in the discussion of The Soul of Baseball
The Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library plans for a group read/discussion of The Soul of Baseball, by Joe Posnanski. The library […]
Legacy: World Series hero David Price on practice of comparing Negro Leaguers to white counterparts
David Price out-pitched the great Clayton Kershaw in Game 5 of the World Series. A few years ago, I asked him about […]
Legacy: David Price to pitch fifth game of WS, looks back on Negro Leagues
David Price, who will pitch Game 5 of the 2018 World Series tonight, provided me some great insight into how players today […]
Royals salute the Negro Leagues
Perhaps no city in the United States is more closely connected to Negro League baseball than Kansas City. Fittingly, the Kansas City […]