The point was to publicize his Hall of Fame case. They put 17 people from the Negro Leagues into the Hall in May, and skipped Buck for some reason, or for no reason, probably.
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"This is special, very special," O'Neil said after his second at-bat. "I've been in baseball 70 years. This is how I made my living. And here I am at 94 with a bat in my hand."
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TussAgee, I respect you for defending the integrity of the Northern League All-Star Game, but I'll tell you what: If I had known it was going to happen, I'd have paid five hundred dollars for a seat and driven the three hundred miles to get there.