Dreaming of the Majors--Living in the Bush: A Life's Journey Through the Negro League With His Guardian Angels - Softcover

Dick Lefty O'Neal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1414112432 ISBN 13: 9781414112435

Publisher: Pleasant Word, 2009

Synopsis

By all counts, Dick "Lefty" O'Neal didn't have a chance of playing professional baseball. However, today he holds the distinction of being the only white baseball player to pitch for two teams in the Negro Leagues that flourished throughout the twentieth century. Dreaming of the Majors is his account of the dream he nurtured from the age of five to play Major League baseball, the people God brought into his life who shaped the dream, and the amazing and unexpected twists and turns Dick experienced along the journey toward fulfilling the dream. "O'Neal will take you on an ironic tour of race relations on the diamond; as Lefty becomes the mirror image of Jackie Robinson, playing as the only white guy on a Negro League team." -Larry Dierker Houston Astros Hall of Famer "His writings are a pleasure and a joy to read." -Mike "The Hit Man" Easler Hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers "This book is a must read for anyone who has a dream." -Merv Johnson Past assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks and past assistant head coach for the Oklahoma Sooners

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

O'Neal wanted to become a major league baseball player. He got as far as still existing semipro Negro Leagues, pitching for two different teams in the 1970s, the only white baseball player to do so. His story, more folksy reminiscence than memoir, spans more than that period alone, however, as he begins at the beginning, with his Little League days. The author has a pleasant and affable narrative voice, but the lack of narrative focus undermines what is otherwise a potentially interesting yarn. His experience in the Negro League is genuinely historically fascinating and much underdeveloped. He does succeed in conveying a lifelong love of baseball, and his reliance on his faith is also front and center.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Pleasant Word
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1414112432
• ISBN 13: 9781414112435
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 111