The Negro Baseball Leagues

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
After spending a few years trying to write a baseball book, sports columnist for the Kansas City Star, Joe Posnanski lucked into a story that had to be told. Buck O’Neil is the iconic Negro Leagues player and manager. During the last year of his life, O’Neil joined Posnanski on a road trip from Kansas City to New York to Minneapolis. The Soul of Baseball recounts O’Neil’s memories of a time when baseball was more like a game and less like a business.

The Soul of Baseball is available for purchase at amazon.com

Joe Posnanski will be speaking and signing books
Wednesday, August 1 at 8pm
Happy Ending Bar & Lounge
302 Broome Street

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