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MLB at Rickwood Field: 10 things we learned at MLB's event honoring Negro Leagues
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 16 hours agoHe soon became their starting center fielder and led them to the Negro American League title in...
Pasadena’s Jackie Robinson Community Center celebrates its golden jubilee
Pasadena Star-News· 6 days agoThe city of Pasadena celebrated on Saturday the 50th anniversary of the Jackie Robinson Community...
How Willie Mays, and my first visit to the ballpark with my dad, changed my life | Opinion
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMays broke in with the New York Giants in 1951 and fewer than 20 Black men were in major league...
What channel is the New York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves game on today (6/21/24)? | FREE LIVE STREAM,...
NJ.com· 15 hours agoThe New York Yankees face the Atlanta Braves on Friday, June 21, 2024 (5/21/24) at Yankee Stadium in...
WNBA players are bringing the pain to Caitlin Clark. Good! They should
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoNo one in sports will ever endure what Jackie Robinson did when he broke the color barrier in professional baseball. There are no parallels. He was not ...
America's oldest ballpark: MLB game at Rickwood Field honors history of Black baseball
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoThe issue came to a head in the fall of 1953 when an all-star baseball team organized by Jackie ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoAfter that, we as a society kind of fast-forward past what other Black players endured in MLB to improve racial equality for baseball players in the future. Yes, we acknowledge some of the Black ...
Willie Mays, the greatest all-round player in baseball history, who helped to breach racial barriers...
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoWillie Mays, who has died aged 93, was one of the best baseball players in the history of his sport;...
Rickwood Field Was a Scene of Change for Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron
Sports Illustrated· 2 days agoThe small room will have to do. Rickwood Field was built in 1910, before electric traffic lights,...
Willie Mays Dies at 93 | KQED
KQED· 3 days agoWillie Howard Mays, Jr. was born in 1931 in Westfield, Alabama. When the Giants and Dodgers moved from New York to California in 1958, Mays was a face of...