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A KC legend dies
Kansas City Star ^
| October 07, 2006
| JOE POSNANSKI
Posted on 10/07/2006 5:43:13 PM PDT by MissouriConservative
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Heaven is getting a good one.
To: MissouriConservative
I want to see 94, but I will never do what he did. God bless him and all of his wonderful family. We were blessed.
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posted on
10/07/2006 5:52:26 PM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(Labs Rules! Brilliant!)
To: MissouriConservative
I had the privilege of spending some time with Buck O'Neil a few years back. He was a true gentlemen in every sense of the word and a treasure for the Nation and Kansas City. He will be missed.
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posted on
10/07/2006 5:53:29 PM PDT
by
centurion316
(Democrats - Supporting Al Qaida WorldwideA)
To: Thebaddog
The man had more class than anyone I know. When he didn't make the Hall of Fame, he wasn't bitter about it in public. He took it in stride like the gentleman he always was.
He will be missed.
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posted on
10/07/2006 5:54:15 PM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid - Kierkegaard)
To: centurion316
Yes he was. He lived a full life and loved every minute of it. He didn't cry about how people around him were holding him down and how racist the country was, although in his time there was a lot. Instead he made the best of his life.
How I wish people were like him today.
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posted on
10/07/2006 5:55:46 PM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid - Kierkegaard)
To: MissouriConservative
To: MissouriConservative
I think Cool Papa Bell was described by Paige as "so fast he can turn off the light switch by the door and be tucked in before the room gets dark."
To: MissouriConservative
Buck is in the Big League now. And there is no color line.
R,I.P. good old soul.
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posted on
10/07/2006 6:00:32 PM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(Those that do not heed the warnings of history....)
To: osideplanner
Paige was fantastic with his phrases. Someone needs to make a book of them.
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posted on
10/07/2006 6:00:48 PM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid - Kierkegaard)
To: MissouriConservative
I have got to believe that there is the big accountant in the sky that receives the report for Mr O'Neill and the bottom line is that he was always in the black. And he turned a nifty profit in his life.
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posted on
10/07/2006 6:02:33 PM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(Labs Rules! Brilliant!)
To: MissouriConservative
I read a bio of him about 25 years ago and there was a lot of great stuff. I'd like to see a first-class movie of his life.
To: MissouriConservative
I've never even heard of the guy but when I read of their deaths, I think that another brick in the great wall of the game I used to love crumbles away.........
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posted on
10/07/2006 6:15:16 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Cure for liberal stupidity: Louisville Slugger, apply directly to the forehead!)
To: MissouriConservative
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posted on
10/07/2006 6:34:47 PM PDT
by
labette
(I’m not an expert, but I play one on Free Republic.)
To: MissouriConservative
“And,” he always reminded people, “I hugged Hillary.” ... and lived to tell about it. I also tongue-wrestled a cobra. I found the cobra far more courteous."
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posted on
10/07/2006 6:42:54 PM PDT
by
IronJack
To: MissouriConservative
Buck O'Neal and his greatest gift to major league baseball.
To: Hot Tabasco
He was one of the greatest players you'll never know. He will be sorely missed by the game he loved and devoted his entire life to....baseball may never be the same.
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posted on
10/07/2006 7:19:25 PM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid - Kierkegaard)
To: MissouriConservative
Great article. Thanks for posting. Condolences to Buck O'Neils family and friends.
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posted on
10/07/2006 7:45:28 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: MissouriConservative
Buck O'Neil was a great ambassador for the game of baseball. RIP Buck, playing now in the Field of Dreams.
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posted on
10/07/2006 7:53:22 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
I read down til I found out what killed him.
“I hugged Hillary.”
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posted on
10/07/2006 7:58:33 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(What man doesn't know about God's creation is still enough to fill a universe...)
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
10/07/2006 8:01:09 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(What man doesn't know about God's creation is still enough to fill a universe...)
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