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Buck O'Neil's induction into National Baseball Hall of Fame comes 16 years after snub
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Buck O'Neil, Negro Leagues Pioneer, Is Dead at 94 - The New York Times
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Yanks play KC, celebrate Negro Leagues Museum
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THE POWER OF LOVE: Buck O'Neil's 102nd Birthday Celebration, by MLB.com/blogs
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MLB may recognize stats of Black players from apartheid era - Los Angeles Times
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Bay Area podcasters focus on baseball's Negro Leagues history
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The Immortal' Martin Dihigo may have been the best baseball player ever
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MLB — Coley Harvey Blog — Coley Harvey
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JCHS E-Journal No. 4: Celebrating the Negro Leagues centennial
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SABR Convention History – Society for American Baseball Research
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Negro Leaguers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame
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Buck O'Neil and Bud Fowler, Negro League baseball players, earn spots in the National Baseball Hall of Fame