Saturday, October 07, 2006

Moment of Silence

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Happy trails, Buck O'Neil. He was a solid Negro league baseball player, the first black coach in the majors, and a phenomenal ambassador of the game. It's a little sad that he hasn't been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, for what he's done for the history of the game, though not as a player.

I didn't have the chance to visit him and the Negro Leagues museum out in Kansas City before he passed away. I plan on rectifying that mistake soon (as well as getting to the bottom of the Gates vs. KC Masterpiece vs. Arthur Bryant's barbecue debate).

-Chairman

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