Baseball's Best Kept Secret
"BASEBALL'S BEST KEPT SECRET is a thought-provoking work.  Was Oliver the victim                                                        of racial prejudice as often as he claims or is he simply a whiner who was never able to come                    to terms with his own inadequacies and limitations on the ballfield and in the clubhouse?                   You buy the book and be the judge." --Dan Albaugh, World-Wide Collector's Digest 12/97"BASEBALL'S BEST KEPT SECRET tells Oliver's story and how he feels he was                    discriminated against both because he was black and because he was outspoken." --Lois Thomson, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 10/12/97"In his book on the Hall of Fame election process, THE POLITICS OF GLORY, Bill James                   points out that Oliver is the only player with 2,500 hits, 200 homeruns and a career .300                   average that is not in the Hall of Fame.  Thirteen players without those stats are in the Hall.                   He(Oliver) would insist, and readers may agree, that he is not a whiner, simply telling it like it                    was." --Richard Miller, Sports Collector's Digest 11/7/97