Hall of Shame

[merkins]

this just blew me away.. (via http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/49694)


Buck O'Neil, 94, was a star player for the Kansas City Monarchs, of the The Negro Leagues, the first black coach hired by Major League Baseball, one of the founders and current Board Chairman of The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a scout, who signed such stars as Ernie Banks, and Lou Brock, was denied his last chance to enter baseball's Hall of Fame this week. Considered by many to be the unofficial " Ambassador of Baseball", Buck was most diplomatic in his response, saying: "Shed no tears for Buck," he says. "No, no. Ol' God's been good to me. You can see that, don't you? If I'm a Hall of Famer for you, that's all I need. Just keep loving ol' Buck." ", and " You think about this,' he said. "Here I am, the grandson of a slave. And here the whole world was excited about whether I was going into the Hall of Fame or not. We've come a long ways. Before, we never even thought about anything like that. America, you've really grown and you're still growing."

Keith Olbermann is outraged http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11478921

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_O%27Neil

man oh man... saddens me to the core...

[scratchtasia]

1. It's absolutely shameful

I've seen an online petition, for what it's worth:

http://www.petitiononline.com/BuckHOF/petition.html

[TomInTib]

2. Buck and Minnie Minoso....

Two fine men and great players got the shaft.

I cannot wait for July 30th at Cooperstown.

And none of the voters have owned up to their part in this outrage.