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How Rickwood Field was renovated for historic MLB game: 'We maintained the magic'
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoWith the aging park falling apart, Watkins feels this was the darkest point in Rickwood’s history....
Family: Detroit Stars player was greatest hitter you’ve never heard of
ClickOnDetroit· 2 hours agoNorman “Turkey” Stearnes played for the Detroit Stars in 11 of his 18 professional seasons in the...
With Willie Mays dead, is his godson, Barry Bonds, the greatest living baseball player?
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 23 hours agoChoosing the greatest living baseball player now demands parameters. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and...
660 home runs, 12 Gold Gloves and ... eight MVPs?! How modern analytics would have added to Willie...
ESPN· 2 days agoMaybe the greatest baseball player of all time is Babe Ruth. Proponents of a more antiquated version...
Rickwood Field's legendary history: How Willie Mays and the Negro Leagues made the iconic stadium...
CBS Sports· 18 hours agoIt is older than both Wrigley Field and Fenway Park – indeed it is the oldest venue for professional...
Giants' history has more than its share of Alabamians
Birmingham News· 1 day agoAs part of Major League Baseball’s upcoming event at Rickwood Field, AL.com and The Birmingham News...
What the great Willie Mays lived to see
Chicago Sun-Times· 9 hours agoWidely recognized as a spectacular five-tool ballplayer who could do it all, Mays may have been the greatest of all time. Mays passed away at age 93 on...
The greatest players to play at Rickwood Field included the Say Hey Kid, Hammer, Mr. Cub
USA Today· 2 days agoMajor League Baseball will host a special regular season game in Birmingham, Alabama between the St....
Negro Leagues Museum plans watch party for historic Rickwood Field game
KCTV 5 Kansas City· 1 day agoThe oldest ballpark in America, which I still in use, is set to make history again with an MLB game...
America's oldest ballpark: MLB game at Rickwood Field honors history of Black baseball
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoIt’s a staggering number: 182. When you consider the opposing teams in the minors, the barnstorming...