Buck O'Neil and the HOF
 

Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>This is from the SABR-l list:<br /><br />Here's a reply I got from Bill Deane regarding this question:<br /><br />Since Buck was ON the old Veterans' Committee from 1981-2001, he<br />wasn't eligible for the Hall in those years(Rule 6D: No member of<br />the Baseball Hall of Fame Committee on Baseball Veterans can be<br />elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame while a member of the<br />Committee). The new Veterans Committee has not considered Negro<br />Leaguers, as the Hall was awaiting the results of the Negro baseball<br />research study. So, before this year's special committee election,<br />Buck O'Neil hadn't been even theoretically eligible for the Hall of<br />Fame since 1980.<br /><br><br>I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

Buck O'Neil and the HOF
 

Posted By: <b>Ryan Christoff</b><p>Jay,<br /><br />Regarding what question?<br /><br />-Ryan<br /><br />

Buck O'Neil and the HOF
 

Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>I believe the original question asked was why didn't the old VC elect him.<br /><br />Jay<br><br>I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.