Ninety-three-year-old Negro Leagues legend Buck O'Neil led
Posnanski on a cross-country journey to discove
r the soul of baseball—and a
few secrets of life along the way.
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BOOK
Need a signed bookplate?
Send request (name and inscription)
along with self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Joe Posnanski
1729 Grand
Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64108
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Events
for summer events.
There are road trips to Topeka and
New York.
What's a road trip
without some good tunes? If you have iTunes, click above to hear a
sample of a musical road map for the book. There are songs about
Buck's beloved Kansas City and his other favorite town, New York, New York.
There are a few traveling songs, and there are songs from a few
performers who Joe and Buck heard along the way.
Buck signed autographs
and tapped his toes to Billy Joel's "My Life," which played through static over
a speaker nearby.
"I like this," he said.
"Billy Joel isn't
exactly Jazz," I told him.
"It's all jazz," he
said.
BUCK'S
LEGACY:
Click logo
to find out how
you can
help keep Buck's name alive.
The Royals are honoring Buck O'Neil with the
legacy seat program. Click to learn
more.