Buck O'Neil

You know, as I read the paper, what really pissed me off in my already cranky mood this morning was not the reminder of last night's miserable game, but this.

Buck O'Neil, a batting champion in the Negro Leagues before becoming the first black to serve as a major league coach, has died. He was 94.

The beloved national figure as the unofficial goodwill spokesman for the Negro Leagues died Friday night in a Kansas City hospital, eight months after he fell one vote short of the Hall of Fame.

These bastards had a chance to admit the last* living legend of the Negro Leagues before he died, and they didn't.

UPDATED: *Apologies to Minnie Monoso, also considered, also living, also denied entry earlier this year.