Buck O’Neil deserved to go into the Baseball Hall of Fame before he died. Now it will be up to baseball — meaning the full establishment — to make sure he is enshrined posthumously.
(Read this interview with him from Ken Burns’ famous special.)
Rest in peace, Mr. O’Neil.
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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Buck O’Neil deserved to go into the Baseball Hall of Fame before he died. Now it will be up to baseball — meaning the full establishment — to make sure he is enshrined posthumously.
Hank Kalet 