Buck O'Neil's Lesson on Dealing With Defeat Like a Man

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 2021, former Negro Leauge Baseball player Buck O'Neil was finally made it into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, years after being rejected, to the surprise of his friends, by one vote. Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, tells the story of how Buck handled this loss, in Bob's words, "like a man". Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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