Buck O'Neil honored at Induction Ceremony

[Brad Harris]

Don't know how many of you heard about this - it's a first for me - but apparently the Hall has responded to the widespread criticism over O'Neil's exclusion from the last round of negro league inductees by creating the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award (http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071025&content_id=5310&vkey=hof_pr). O'Neil will be honored this weekend as the first recipient.

It's nice to see the Hall do something right for a change.

[KCGHOST]

I suppose it should be considered as the HoF trying to make amends for the disaster that was the Negro Leagues Committee, but I don't know how you make it right. To tell us that Buck wasn't HoF material was acceptable, but to tell me 17 other people were is just beyond comprehension.

[jjpm74]

That is nice. It's just a shame that they waited until he passed away to honor him.