Induct Buck O'Neil into Baseball's Hall of Fame
On July 30th, 2006, seventeen Negro League legends, all deceased, will be inducted to the Hall of Fame. The eighteenth should be the man who made their names known to us, and for 70 years, has been ba... continue reading »
"fix it"
"I met him 3 or 4 times, once at Chicago O hare after 3 buddies and I had taken a "baseball" trip in 1999. I went up and introduced myself as we were on the same flight back to KC. We had been to 3 cities in 4 days for baseball games, finishing in Detroit "
"Do it because it's the right thing to do."
"В"
"Do something right for a change"
"Without the Negro League, baseball wouldn't be where it is today!"
"I thought Buck was 94?"
"just met Buck at the high school where I work the week before the announcement of who would be inducted. The kids were more impressed with him than any other speaker that has been there since I have worked there. He inspired everyone who listened to him. "
"buck o'neil is why there is a hall of fame"
"It's time. 'nuf ced."
"Give him his place of honor"
"Minoso belongs in there too!"
"To honor the game and the man, this must be done!"
"If for no other reason than having been a great ambassador to the great game of baseball and for having kept the spirit of the Negro Leagues alive, Buck O'Neil belongs in baseball's Hall of Fame."
"I truly think that Mr. O'Neil should be in the Hall..he was a part of the game as much as everybody else."
