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I Was Right On Time

by Buck O'Neil, David Conrads · 1996

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Baseball legend Buck O'Neil tells about his life as a player in the Negro league, and discusses what it was like to break the color barrier in 1962 by becoming the first African American coach in the major leagues.

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adult
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medium · 239 pages

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