The following conversations were recorded in front of a live audience at the Thanks a Million Buck Hall of Fame Gala in Kansas City,

hosted by Negro League's Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick and author Joe Posnansky.

Thanks a Million Buck was the most apt way to celebrate and remember this legendary man as we embark on this next phase.

I call it a beginning.

And I know it's hard to be a beginning when you're 32 years old as the Negro League Baseball Museum is.

But folks, this is a beginning.

It is the beginning of a new phase of growth

for this organization. I hope you guys will come along with me for the ride because I know

who's driving this bus. Oh, Buck O'Neill. We're going to sit back with a few of Buck's

friend to reflect on the legacy of Buckle Neal,

Buckle Neil the man, Buckle Neil the baseball player, Buckle Neil the Grand Ambassador,

with one of the Black Aces, the great Dave Stewart, former Major League manager, Bo Porter,

and a guy that Buck O'Neill said could have played in the Negro Leagues, the exciting All-Star Kenny Lock.

You know, you know something I really liked that Tony was talking about was having a style of play that really engages not just young African Americans, all young people, right?

That's so much a part of the Negro League's baseball museum.

I mean, that's, when you walk through this museum, one of the things, it's, you know,

people think, I'm going to go and I'm going to see,

it's going to be sad, and it's the opposite of that. And all you really feel is the joy

that these guys had playing baseball and the style that they played, the exciting style that they played.

And that's why I think it was such a fan favorite, as Buck O'Neill would say, Tony, you couldn't

go to the concession stand because you might miss something that you ain't never seen before.

That's what they brought to the game.

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