Posted on Jul 25, 2022
Bud Fowler and "Buck" O'Neil, two baseball greats finally welcomed to Cooperstown
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For the true fan, entering the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, is like being admitted to a shrine.
Hall of Fame president Josh Rawitch showed correspondent Mark Whitaker the plaques honoring the patron saints of the game, five gentlemen who were the first class of inductees in 1936: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson.
Cobb, Rawitch said, "got the most votes. That's why he's there in the middle."
Hall of Fame president Josh Rawitch showed correspondent Mark Whitaker the plaques honoring the patron saints of the game, five gentlemen who were the first class of inductees in 1936: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson.
Cobb, Rawitch said, "got the most votes. That's why he's there in the middle."
Bud Fowler and "Buck" O'Neil, two baseball greats finally welcomed to Cooperstown
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Kendrick was with O'Neil when the Hall of Fame class of 2006 was announced – and somehow O'Neil didn't make the cut: "And I say, 'Well, Buck, we didn't get enough votes.' And he looks at me and he smiles. He said, 'That's how the cookie crumbles.' And he asked me how many had gotten in. I said 17. He hits the table in utter jubilation. He was ecstatic that 17 of his colleagues had gotten their rightful place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Now I, on the other hand, was furious. I'm in disbelief that you could put 17 in and leave Buck out."
And then, at the age of 94, O'Neil was asked to speak at the induction ceremony for those 17 players.
"I've done a lot of things I liked doing," he said. "But I'd rather be right here, right now, representing these people that helped build a bridge across the chasm of prejudice. … And I'm proud to have been a Negro League ball player. Yeah!"...
..."Kendrick was with O'Neil when the Hall of Fame class of 2006 was announced – and somehow O'Neil didn't make the cut: "And I say, 'Well, Buck, we didn't get enough votes.' And he looks at me and he smiles. He said, 'That's how the cookie crumbles.' And he asked me how many had gotten in. I said 17. He hits the table in utter jubilation. He was ecstatic that 17 of his colleagues had gotten their rightful place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Now I, on the other hand, was furious. I'm in disbelief that you could put 17 in and leave Buck out."
And then, at the age of 94, O'Neil was asked to speak at the induction ceremony for those 17 players.
"I've done a lot of things I liked doing," he said. "But I'd rather be right here, right now, representing these people that helped build a bridge across the chasm of prejudice. … And I'm proud to have been a Negro League ball player. Yeah!"...
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