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Chapter 10: Buck O’Neil

chapter 10
Buck O’Neil

“You can indeed get further in this life with love, [rather] than hate.”

A great baseball player and better man. Buck O’Neil personified grace, love and joy in every aspect of life.

Buck O'Neil, smiling, black and white

Chapter 01: Chicken Wire

Fighting through the mire of segregation, some of the game’s greatest players make-up the backdrop.

Jackie Robinson, in uniform, smiling in black and white

Chapter 02: Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson was the perfect man to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier.

Black and white vintage photo, showing a bird's eye view of a baseball field at night, with lights in the background

Chapter 03: Night Baseball

J.L. Wilkinson’s gamble paid off in a major way amongst the working class.

Diagonal slice of baseball field from overhead; some green grass on the right, and the reddish-brown dirt of the field on the left.

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