THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME HAS COMMISSIONED ARTIST WILL BEHRENS TO MAKE A LIFE-SIZE STATUE OF BUCK O'NEIL TO BE DISPLAYED IN ITS MAIN LOBBY. IN 2006 THE HALL VOTED 17 NEGRO LEAGUES PLAYERS INTO THE HALL AND EXCLUDED BUCK. THIS GUY WAS AN AMBASSADOR FOR BASEBALL FOR MANY YEARS AND NEVER SAID A BAD WORD OF THE INJUSTICES HE INCURRED. I SAW HIM AT A YANKEE GAME ONE TIME AND HE WAS A LARGER THEN LIFE FIGURE, WELL DRESSED CLASSY MAN. AT THE TIME I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS BUT HE WAS SITTING CLOSE TO FIELD AND WAS WEARING A WORLD SERIES RING. THIS IS AN HONOR LONG OVERDUE AND WELL DESERVED. INSTEAD OF A REGULAR PLAQUE HE WILL HAVE A LIFE-SIZED STATUE. FINALLY BUCK IS WHERE HE BELONGS.
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