He got in
I consider myself fortunate to have met Buck O’Neil on a visit to the Negro League Baseball Museum. He made you feel so welcome and as if he had known you all his life.
Buck may not be enshrined in Cooperstown, but he has made it to the true Hall of Fame in heaven.
MIKE MAYER
Los Angeles
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