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“When I was barnstorming with the Kansas City Monarchs we got around any way we could. I’ve ridden between towns on farm wagons, and when we could afford em, on trains. Any kind of transportation. I’ve ridden on the back of a wagon fifteen or twenty miles and then slept all night in a railroad station just to catch a train to get to the next game. And no matter how tired we were, when we saw those people in the stands who’d come to see us play, it woke us right up. They’d come to see a baseball game.
And we could play.”
Buck O’Neil
Kansas City Monarchs

He played 9 years for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues.
He won two batting titles.
He became the first black coach in Major League Baseball.
As a scout he signed two future Hall of Famers. And he barnstormed throughout the country destroying the racial stereotypes that permeated our society.
He’s been called a national treasure.
And he’s been told he doesn’t belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
We disagree.

Thanks A Million Buck is an opportunity for all of us to thank an American icon for his contributions not only to baseball, but to society as well.
The project will research and document Negro League player movements in the western United States, focusing on the career of John “Buck” O’Neil. But it is also designed to celebrate the career and accomplishments of this great humanitarian and to make one final pitch to get Buck into the Hall of Fame.

News

A Day of Rest.

Written by Paul
Thursday, 20 July 2006
Today has been a day of rest for everyone, Amanda and I in particular. Both of us have been battling sickness almost since the trip has started. Good news is this day off has helped our health greatly and we will be back on the road tomorrow morning. A lot has happened in the past couple of days. A forest fire outside of Susanville, CA. Spencer has gone home because of illness that was caused by the bicycle crash. Our best wishes go out to Spencer. Now we are headed to Phoenix AZ where there will be a similar event as to the one at Safeco Field in Seattle.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 20 July 2006 )

Grants Pass

Written by Paul
Friday, 14 July 2006
Today has been long and interesting. Spencer crashed his bike, the hospital signed our bat and the book, to top it off it was a hot day. The Thanks A Million Buck group would like to thank everyone at the hospital in Eugene Oregon for taking care of Spencer and supporting our project.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 15 July 2006 )

Centralia

Written by Paul
Thursday, 13 July 2006
We made it to Centralia, Washington tomorrow we will stop in Corvallis, Oregon. Trip logs for July 11th and 12th have been added for the riders. I will soon be adding Amandas and my entries. We are working with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to setup a way to donate toward the Buck O'Neil Research Center and to our trip. Added to the site: Seattle PI: Art Theil's article More photos to the photo gallery

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Current Location: Kansas City, MO	Day of trip: 24
Destination:	Miles of next leg: 0
Miles Traveled: 3,090	Miles left to travel: 0

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