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Birmingham, former MLB players heartbroken over death of native son Willie Mays
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoHe was just very human. He loved kids. You saw him play stickball back in the old days. He was just...
Former Iowa Western pitcher Marcus Phillips enjoying learning, winning with Tennessee at CWS
Omaha World-Herald· 2 days agoMarcus Phillips considers himself a work in progress. Phillips is perhaps still best known as the star two-way player who led Sioux Falls (S.D.) to its first-ever berth in the Little League ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoWhen the first pitch is thrown in the 2022 World Series tomorrow, baseball’s championship will be missing some of its biggest draws. The New York Yankees, the team with Major League Baseball ...
Now 99, the oldest living Negro leaguer ‘never thought they would recognize me’
Washington Post· 23 hours agoGreason roomed with another rookie, a 17-year-old high school kid nearly seven years his junior. Willie Mays was bubbling with talent and knew how good he was but never bragged. Greason recalls ...
Willie Mays career timeline
Major League Baseball· 3 days agoDecades after his final game, Willie Mays stands among the greatest athletes and ambassadors baseball has ever seen. Few players, if any, have looked...
Dontrelle Willis on Working Negro League Tribute Game at Rickwood Field: 'It's a Cathedral'
Sports Illustrated· 2 days agoThe event will now take place two days after the passing of Willie Mays, who began his professional...
17 Alabama restaurants readers never get tired of
Birmingham News· 6 days agoFrom the Dew Drop Inn in Mobile to The Bright Star in Bessmer, Martin’s Restaurant in Montgomery, The Waysider in Tuscaloosa, and Big Bob Gibon’s Bar-B-Q...
Editorial Content for The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness
Book Reporter· 6 days agoMany baseball fans of a certain age rue what has befallen their favorite game. Nowadays pitchers get high marks if they can complete six innings and give up three runs or fewer, known as a “ ...
Column: Meeting Willie Mays when I was 13 became the memory of my lifetime
Winston-Salem Journal· 2 days agoAs the picture might suggest, I was dumbstruck. What do you say to one of the greatest baseball...
Goodman: Joyful spirit of Willie Mays returns to Birmingham
Birmingham News· 2 days agoWhile he’s not currently planning to attend the event at this time, his son, Michael Mays, is in...