The summer of 1938 was a pivotal year for baseball and American history. In that same year, John Jordon Buck O'Neil, was a rookie first baseman playing his first season in the Negro American League. Born in Carrabelle, Florida, raised in Sarasota and nicknamed Buck, it had taken five years and five different teams before the Kansas City, Monarchs finally signed O'Neil to a contract.
The summer of 1938 was a pivotal year for baseball and American history. In that same year, John Jordon Buck O'Neil, was a rookie first baseman
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