Baseball Great Buck O'Neil & Author Joy Krause (Tom Snyder)

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Baseball great, Buck O'Neill inspiring rags to riches author, Joy Krause are guests on 'The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder' during this full, entire episode that aired on November, 9, 1998.

BUCK O'NEIL (1911 – 2006) was a first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he worked as a scout, and became the first African American coach in Major League Baseball. In his later years he became a popular and renowned speaker and interview subject, helping to renew widespread interest in the Negro leagues, and played a major role in establishing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. O'Neil's life was documented in Joe Posnanski's award-winning 2007 book The Soul of Baseball. (Wikipedia)
Buck O'Neil lived a life devoted to baseball and the enduring memory of the Negro Leagues.
O'Neil, a slick-fielding first baseman, had a .283 career batting average in his 11 years in the Negro Leagues, including 10 with his beloved Kansas City Monarchs. Additionally, he was a two-time Negro American League batting champion, hitting .345 in 1940 and .350 in 1946. O'Neil also managed the Monarchs from 1948-1955, leading the team to four Negro American League titles.
"Buck was similar to Jackie Robinson," the late Joe Morgan said. "There was more to him than just baseball." Although O'Neil never reached Major League Baseball as a player, he made history with the Chicago Cubs in 1962, becoming the first Black coach in MLB history. Prior to coaching, O'Neil worked as a scout for the Cubs. Two years later, O'Neil returned to return to scouting with the Cubs until 1988 when he joined the scouting staff of the Kansas City Royals. Prominent players scouted by O'Neil include Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Lou Brock, Lee Smith, Joe Carter and Oscar Gamble.
In addition to his many on-field accomplishments, O'Neil also was founder and board chairman of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Born John Jordan O'Neil Jr., he died in 2006 at the age of 94. Always a treasure of knowledge and insight about the Negro Leagues, O'Neil quipped that he became an "overnight sensation at 82," when he was featured prominently in filmmaker Ken Burns' 1994 documentary series Baseball. "Buck touched every facet of baseball, and his impact was among the greatest the game has ever known," said Jane Forbes Clark, chairperson of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. "His contributions to the game go well beyond the playing field. This award will recognize future recipients who display the spirit Buck showed every day of his life."
(MLB.com)

JOY KRAUSE - Authored the acclaimed inspirational book, Spring Cleaning for The Soul, and is also a Keynote Speaker, Baby Boomer Expert, Bridging the Generation Gap in the Workplace and Founder at Boomers Together. "When I first became a cleaning lady, I thought it was the worst job on earth. However as time went on, I learned that happiness and abundance can be found right where we are at that moment. During my 20-year career, I've cleaned for priests, war heroes, taxidermists, rich people who went broke and broke people who became rich. I've cleaned funeral homes, lighthouses, haunted houses and everything in between and under a roof. I've been a psychologist, spy, scapegoat and confidante. Because dirt never goes away for long, my business grew until it became one of the largest of its kind in the Northeast." - Joy Krause, 1998.

Tom Snyder (1936-2007) was an American television personality, news anchor, and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows Tomorrow, on the NBC television network in the 1970s and 1980s, and The Late Late Show, on the CBS Television Network in the 1990s. 'Tom Snyder was a pioneering figure in broadcast journalism who brought a no non-sense attitude to broadcast television news. Loved by millions, respected by peers, and resisted by the executives for speaking his mind.'
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