Goodbye Buck

John "Buck" O'Neil

1911 - 2006

Here's what some local bloggers had to say about it, I find this stuff a lot more poignant than the bevy of pre written MSM obituaries:

Happy in Bag: "I took this photograph on January 8, and I wrote about the message he delivered that day here."

Thanks for everything Buck

Buck O'Neil a loved KC Icon who faced racism.

Buck O'Neil. Honorary Irishman of the Year for the 2006 KC St Patrick's Day Parade. O'Neil. An Irish name. From an Irish slave-owner.

Hopefully now, at least, the powers that be with the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame can do what they couldn't be bothered to do during his life: put Buck O'Neil in the Hall of Fame.