Every white baseball fan may celebrate the fact that their conscience has been cleared by a token trophy to Buck O'Neil which will now stand at Cooperstown BUT the gesture is essentially meaningless.
My Grandma (who may or may not be an illegal alien - I don't ask) always reminds her loved ones that tears for her don't do any good after she's dead (or deported). She says that when she kicks the bucket, it'll be too late for those who wished they would have visited her more often or should have been nicer. It's important to understand that nobody lives forever and that's why we should honor (or berate) folks while they're above ground.
MLB had their chance and they missed it . . . Now they're only honoring history. It's so hard for folks to understand that we don't have funerals or other honors for the sake of the dead - We have them to help the living cope with the loss. It's useless to honor a corpse . . . They never say thank you, they don't enjoy the food that people bring and they're really boring.
The chance to honor O'Neil was gone the second he took off for the big baseball diamond in the sky or whatever euphemism you'd like to distract you from the finality of death. Baseball belongs to the living and if folks were really concerned about "honoring" his memory they might take a visit to the empty, tomb-like Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, make a donation or maybe lobby for Frank White to make it into the Hall considering that it was one of O'Neil's last wishes and White is very much alive and a proponent of the NLBM.
Was wondering when you were going to get around to crying racism on this one. If there's one thing that's always been true, it's that the sports world has never acknowledged it's black athletes. Are you fucking kidding me? You're a douche.
ReplyDeletethe negro leagues baseball museum is only a 1 time visit.
ReplyDeleteWrong again Tony. This honor helps people who loved Buck and it will boost Kansas City's prestige.
ReplyDeleteYou really don't know anything do you?
Screw the Negro League it's nothing but a drain on the City and most young Blacks don't even care. It's not like they're going to visit. They would rather shoot up one of their own or sell crack to each other.
ReplyDeleteThe whole operation is nothing but a handout to Cleaver's friends and I'll be happy when they are forced to close shop.
I wonder if you ever have anything positive to say Tbag. Like it or not you are no better than the racist redneck in the post above mine. Congrats to Buck, even if it does upset TKC to see a black man honered.
ReplyDeleteI think that most people are sick to death about this constant barrage of how wonderful Buck Oneil was. Good Lord, the man's dead, leave him be. On top of this, it's like the prior post alludes to. Who cares about that stupid museum? Not even the black people support it and that's who it's for. Just another case of white guilt being exploited to the max by politically correct cowards and sycophants.
ReplyDeleteThe museum is not just for black people ... what a stoopid comment. In fact, nearly all these comments are from racist jerks, wow you people really represent KC well. I too think the honor is a day late and a dollar short, but it is something great for the city and we should celebrate. Congrats Buck and long live the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a true gem of KC.
ReplyDeleteOh, I see. If it's black, it's great and if not, it's racist? Kinda like the Black Chamber of Commerce meeting this evening at Arrowhead. What on earth would happen if there was a White Chamber of Commerce?? Hell, it would be the end of the world because of course, that would be racist. Oh yeah, it's spelled s-t-u-p-i-d...So is D-A-N!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is seeing the guilt and shame written on the faces of the white audience exiting the theater after watching the little movie they show.
ReplyDeleteAll in all it's a darned good museum and next month I'll send them the money I was going to send to Ron Paul!
It's nice to see you can find a way to disparage one of Kansas City's finest by overshadowing this honor bestowed on him with your embarrassing racial arrows. You truly are a piece of work Tony. Most people don't get lifetime achievement awards , let alone are the namesake of one.
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing when I saw the big announcement about the award: "day late and a dollar short". I'm not the biggest baseball fan out there, but I thought this award is almost an posthumous insult. Too bad they couldn't have set this into play before Buck died.
ReplyDeleteI think the Hall of Fame got it right. Buck's exploits on the field were probably not as deserving as some, it will always be hard to tell because of segregation. There are others in the Hall like managers or broadcasters but Buck's career was a lifetime in several capacities and I think it merits recognition. Also I think we should separate the NLBM from the 18th and Vine mess. I support the NLBM because I am a baseball fan and it is a part of our history. If young black's are not supportive we can only hope that changes someday.
ReplyDelete"young blacks" are not supportive of anything, beyond robbing, raping and murdering....
ReplyDelete3:48 has it about right. hang out in midtown late night on the weekend and see what "young blacks" are about.
ReplyDeleteIf you ain't gangsta you ain't shit.
I really can't stand it when someone says "to a man". Am I the only one that this drives crazy? Oh yeah, I really hate it when people say "Irregardless" too. Thats terrible.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, Buck O'Neil is faced with Separate but equal, which is inherently unequal
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