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Major League Baseball Came to Birmingham. Then Willie Mays Died.
New York Times· 6 hours agoBaseball hopes a celebration of its past in the home of one of its legends will attract more African...
Willie Mays, Major League Baseball’s ‘Say Hey Kid,’ Dies at Age 93
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoMays entered the major leagues the same year as Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees...for much of...
Rickwood Field game features first all-Black umpire crew in MLB history
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 4 hours agoI just saw a young Black kid, a baseball player who came from the same kind of neighborhood I came...
Baseball's Awkward Attempt at Making Amends for Its History of Segregation
Reason.com via Yahoo Sports· 7 hours agoIt's a decision that should be understood as an attempt...some measure of justice to the sins of...
Birmingham Goes Big to Honor Mays and Enshrine Baseball History
Sportico via Yahoo Sports· 1 hour agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The refurbishment of historic Rickwood Field for Thursday night’s regular season ...
Where is Rickwood Field located? City, capacity, and how MLB renovated Negro Leagues ballpark |...
Sporting News· 2 days agoRickwood Field hosted some of baseball's greatest stars in the early-to-mid 1900s, and MLB is bringing the sport back to the historic park in 2024. Willie ...
Willie Mays anecdotes, Negro Leagues' legacy: Rickwood Field roundtable
Fox Sports· 8 hours agoMajor League Baseball is technically making its debut at Alabama's Rickwood Field this week....
St. Louis Cardinals have deep connections to Alabama
Birmingham News· 14 hours agoAs part of Major League Baseball’s upcoming event at Rickwood Field, AL.com and The Birmingham News will be producing ...
Michigan to recognize May 2 as ‘Negro Leagues Day’ to honor Black baseball players
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoThe Detroit Stars was one of the original eight teams represented at the birth of the league in...
Rickwood Field Road Trip Part 1
Major League Baseball· 6 hours ago...Birmingham’s Rickwood Field – the oldest professional baseball stadium in America, standing since 1910, and the former home of the Negro American ...