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Willie Mays dies at 93: Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Derek Jeter, Keith Hernandez, more honor MLB...
CBS Sports· 43 minutes agoMays is considered one of the best to play the game and held countless records that have since been...
Rickwood Field Crowd Paid Tribute to Willie Mays During Minor League Game
Sports Illustrated· 56 minutes agoThe tributes have poured in for the Hall of Famer since the news of his passing, but perhaps none...
America's oldest ballpark: MLB game at Rickwood Field honors history of Black baseball
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 7 hours agoIn those days, Black fans were allowed to attend “white” baseball games, but they were restricted to...
Rickwood Field, a time capsule of opportunity and oppression, welcomes MLB for Negro Leagues tribute
theGrio via AOL· 3 hours ago“The Field of Dreams is really cool,” Watkins, 68, said, “but...Field of Dreams here. This is a...
How baseball legend Willie Mays earned the nickname 'The Say Hey Kid'
USA Today· 14 hours agoMajor League Baseball Hall of Fame player and baseball icon Willie Mays died at age 93 Tuesday. The...
Legacy of the Negro Leagues to live on during MLB game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham
USA Today· 7 hours agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. − This is where Willie Mays was born, raised and launched his Hall of Fame baseball...
Paterson watches as Birmingham’s Negro League field, Rickwood, hosts MLB game
The Bergen Record via Yahoo Sports· 8 hours agoBirmingham’s Rickwood Field — which, along with Hinchliffe, is one of two ballparks still standing...
Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Hank Thompson appear in El Paso in 1955
Gannett via AOL· 2 hours agoBig hits by the batters and some fine hurling by Connie Johnson gained the touring major league...
One catch, one stat: Why Willie Mays' greatness is so easy to analyze
USA Today· 7 hours agoIt’s a blessing and something of a curse that in the nearly 150 years of Major League Baseball,...
Willie Mays, in Life and in Death, Bridged the Gaps in MLB History
Sportico via Yahoo Sports· 1 hour agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The news sped through the stands at Rickwood Field Tuesday night midway through a...