A Hurricane of Love. A Book You can't Put Down.

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	• The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America Joe Posnanski William Morrow, 2007 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 38 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Would give it 6 stars if I could

This is a must-read for any true baseball fan or historian. Buck O'Neil is one of my heroes, and Mr. Posnanski does a wonderful job of capturing his beautiful spirit. Great interviews with other former players, stories of how the Negro Leagues really operated, all-around a great and tremendously moving book.

Inspirational!

As someone who makes their living writing about baseball, Joe Posnanski is an inspiration. This is his first full-length book and he doesn't disappoint. He's made the story and humanity of Buck O'Neill something precious and poignant. He captured the side of Buck that we didn't often get to see. He was more than a symbol or a legend, he was a man. By capturing that spirit, we all get to hold onto the gift that O'Neill left for us - a joy for life, for a game, and for friendship. If Posnanski inspires me to write, O'Neill's story inspires me to live. If there's a better combination out there, I haven't found it.

- Will Carroll, Baseball Prospectus

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A Hurricane of Love. A Book You can't Put Down.

"The Soul of Baseball" is the most entertaining and engaging book on sports I've read, since I discovered W.P. Kinsella's "Shoeless Joe Jackson" (which would later become "Field of Dreams") in 7th grade, 20 years ago.

The great sportswriters can interpret the events from the field and the locker room, and craft them into stories that Joe & Jill Everyman can relate to. Nobody in the country is better at this than Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star scribe, and two-time AP Sports Columnist of the Year.

With "The Soul of Baseball," Posnanski unveils the amazing id, ego, and super-ego of Buck O'Neil, a baseball icon and civil rights pioneer, on par with Jackie Robinson and Branch Ricky. O'Neil is more than a charismatic man, who tells great stories; he is a force of nature, a hurricane of love, affecting anyone who crosses in his path.

Posnanski follows the former player, coach, and scout as O'Neil educates the world about Negro League baseball. At 93-years-old, O'Neil's adventures in a 21st century America bring him into contact with cynical New York shock jocks, Negro League pretenders, and the occasional woman in a red dress. He embraces each one with the same amount of love and joie de vivre.

"The Soul of Baseball" is a great book for baseball fans, fathers and sons, and anyone who interested in one of the most remarkable individuals to live in the past century.

You'll want to re-read "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America" again and again, and gift it to as many friends and family members as possible.

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The Great Player-Humanitarian

Learn about the Negro leagues and get an inside look at Buck O'Neil. Interviews with other players who know O'Neil are included.

Fantastic Book

Joe Posnanski is a Great Writer. Buck O'Neil was a Great Baseball Player&Humanitarian. the storys in this book will truly touch your Soul. O'Neil taught so many people about the Great Players that played in the Negro League. O'Neil also took us on a Journey and the messages were very up-lifting from start to finish. this Book captures so many emotions from start to finish. RIP{ to Buck O'Neil a true Trail-Blazer.

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