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Willie Mays, one of baseball’s all-time greats, dies aged 93
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoHe was also the first ballplayer to hit 300 homers and steal 300 bases. Mays was elected to the...
Birmingham, former MLB players heartbroken over death of native son Willie Mays
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoTorre never got the chance to say goodbye, but the memories will last forever, knowing he was one of...
Willie Mays: A Grateful Nation Says Goodbye | RealClearPolitics
RealClearPolitics· 1 day agoOn an October night in 1918, one month after Babe Ruth led the Boston Red Sox to a World Series...
Why Reggie Jackson's powerful remarks on racism still resonate today
USA Today· 18 hours agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. − The feelings have been burnt into his soul for more than a half-century, and now...
MLB is honoring the Negro Leagues with game at historic Alabama ballpark. What to know
TODAY via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoMajor League Baseball is staging a regular-season game at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham,...
Willie Mays once did something extremely rare against the Braves at County Stadium
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoMays went on to hit 40 homers that season. All told, San Francisco hit eight home runs in the game,...
Rickwood Field Road Trip Part 3
Major League Baseball· 2 days agoBirmingham’s Rickwood Field – the oldest professional baseball stadium in America, standing since 1910, and the former home of the Negro American...
Willie Mays was baseball's greatest living Hall of Famer — and the heir isn't obvious
Associated Press via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoAs for who deserves that title now — well, it's a much tougher question, especially since Mays was...
The greatest players to play at Rickwood Field, including the Say Hey Kid, Hammer, Mr. Cub
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoPaige played until he was 59, making him the oldest player in MLB history by nearly a decade. Hank ...
Willie Mays is an icon whose legacy is ingrained in the fiber of baseball
Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoNo. 24’s total of 24 All-Star nods is surpassed only by the 25 of his longtime friend, Hank Aaron....