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Why is MLB Staging a Baseball Game in Birmingham, Alabama?
Newsweek· 7 hours agoFour years ago, Major League Baseball made the decision to recognize Negro Leagues as major leagues,...
Rickwood Field Road Trip Part 1
Major League Baseball· 5 hours agoBirmingham’s Rickwood Field – the oldest professional baseball stadium in America, standing since 1910, and the former home of the Negro American ...
How Willie Mays, and my first visit to the ballpark with my dad, changed my life | Opinion
Merced Sun-Star via Yahoo Sports· 12 hours agoOBP was not an important statistic in Mays’ day, but it is now. A .425 OBP today would be the...
Mariners week: Gilbert’s brilliance lifts Seattle to sweep | HeraldNet.com
Everett Herald· 3 days agoThe Mariners have the best home ERA (2.60) and WHIP (0.940) in baseball, walk the fewest hitters...
The greatest players to play at Rickwood Field included the Say Hey Kid, Hammer, Mr. Cub
USA Today· 1 day agoMajor League Baseball will host a special regular season game in Birmingham, Alabama between the St....
Willie Mays: Remembering How He Inspired
Time via AOL· 7 hours ago“A few years ago, Willie...that he couldn’t make the game, which was set to honor him and the Negro League. On Tuesday, Mays’ passing was announced on...
America's oldest ballpark: MLB game at Rickwood Field honors history of Black baseball
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoBy the end of that season, he was the starting center fielder for a club that won the Negro American...
Why are Giants, Cardinals playing at Rickwood Field today? Commemorative MLB game to honor Negro ...
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo Sports· 13 hours ago(MLB x @TMobile) pic.twitter.com/f5zoOtbKR3 — ...played at Rickwood Field until 1960, shortly before the Negro Leagues folded as a whole. The Black Barons were quite successful ...
Who were the St. Louis Stars? Remembering STL’s Negro League baseball team
KTVI via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoThe St. Louis Cardinals will host the San Francisco Giants on Thursday evening at Birmingham,...
Historic Rickwood Field welcomes Major League Baseball to Birmingham
Tulsa World· 24 hours agoWatkins thought about Rickwood Field, the 114-year-old ballpark in his hometown Birmingham, Alabama,...
