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Rickwood 101: Everything to Know Before MLB’s Negro League Tribute Game
Sports Illustrated· 3 hours agoIn the last hour of sweltering daylight and the promise of cooler evening air, in a place of...
America's oldest ballpark: MLB game at Rickwood Field honors history of Black baseball
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 11 hours agoIt’s a staggering number: 182. When you consider the opposing teams in the minors, the barnstorming...
The greatest players to play at Rickwood Field included the Say Hey Kid, Hammer, Mr. Cub
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 hours agoMany of the players on that team became key parts of the A's 1972-74 World Series threepeat,...
660 home runs, 12 Gold Gloves and ... eight MVPs?! How modern analytics would have added to Willie...
ESPN· 8 hours agoMaybe the greatest baseball player of all time is Babe Ruth. Proponents of a more antiquated version...
MLB’s tribute to Negro leagues with game at Rickwood Field will have a somber undertone in wake of...
The Boston Globe· 3 hours agoNow, the big leagues are coming to Birmingham. Rickwood Field, the oldest professional ballpark in...
Boston Red Sox' All-Star Hopeful Joins Ty Cobb and Shoeless Joe Jackson in Rare History
Sports Illustrated· 4 days agoThe loss dropped the Red Sox to 35-35 on the year through 70 games. The Yankees became the first...
Rickwood Field's legendary history: How Willie Mays and the Negro Leagues made the iconic stadium...
CBS Sports· 1 hour agoIt is older than both Wrigley Field and Fenway Park – indeed it is the oldest venue for professional...
Willie Mays: An incomparable career by the numbers
Fox Sports· 12 hours agoThe story of baseball cannot be told without the incredible career of Willie Mays, who compiled numbers never seen before and some that will never be...
Willie Mays is the greatest baseball player who ever lived
Birmingham News· 18 hours agoThere was little argument before Tuesday that Willie Mays was the greatest living player in baseball...
Legacies of Josh Gibson, Negro Leagues players go beyond statistical recognition
AOL· 4 hours agoAlthough the Negro Leagues star and his family received a ton of attention following Major League...