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America's oldest ballpark: MLB game at Rickwood Field honors history of Black baseball
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 8 hours agoIt’s a staggering number: 182. When you consider the opposing teams in the minors, the barnstorming...
Steven Kwan flirting with .400 season, chasing history and Ted Williams
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo Sports· 8 hours agoThat's a long, long way to go. But a .400 batting average is one of the most illustrious numbers in...
One catch, one stat: Why Willie Mays' greatness is so easy to analyze
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 8 hours agoNor are we here to steal anyone’s joy. You can have your Babe Ruth, dominating the pre-integration...
Aaron Judge Fixing to Join Babe Ruth and Ted Williams in Baseball History
Sports Illustrated· 1 day agoAaron Judge of the @Yankees leads the majors in both RBI (64) and walks (57) this season. Since RBI...
Rickwood Field's legendary history: How Willie Mays and the Negro Leagues made the iconic stadium...
CBS Sports· 2 hours ago...list includes true pantheon dwellers of the sport: Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, Hank Aaron, Babe...
Willie Mays, Major League Baseball’s ‘Say Hey Kid,’ Dies at Age 93
The Wall Street Journal· 16 hours agoJackie Robinson had broken MLB’s color line just a year earlier, and though Mays was still attending...
Baseball legend Willie Mays, the 'Say Hey Kid,' dies at 93
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo Sports· 17 hours agoBut Monday, he indicated he would not be able to make it and would enjoy the game from home. ...They...
Willie Mays is an icon whose legacy is ingrained in the fiber of baseball
Yahoo Sports via AOL· 12 hours agoDefensively, Mays had no equal. He was unquestionably baseball’s greatest center fielder. Before Ken...
The murky origin of Willie Mays’ ‘Say Hey Kid’ nickname
San Jose Mercury News· 17 hours agoWillie Mays was well known as “The Say Hey Kid,” but other than on a 1954 record that served to...
Willie Mays, baseball star of prodigious power and grace, dies at 93
Washington Post· 17 hours agoThe San Francisco Giants announced his death on social...Hall of Fame. “If there was a guy born to...