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Birmingham, former MLB players heartbroken over death of native son Willie Mays
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 8 hours agoHe loved kids. You saw him play stickball back in the old days. He was just a fun person to be...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 1 day 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 ...
660 home runs, 12 Gold Gloves and ... eight MVPs?! How modern analytics would have added to Willie...
ESPN· 16 hours agoMaybe the greatest baseball player of all time is Babe Ruth. Proponents of a more antiquated version...
Remembering Willie Mays, the last of the Black golden-age legends
NBC Sports BayArea via Yahoo Sports· 23 hours agoWhen Frank Robinson, Hall of Fame slugger and Major League Baseball’s first Black manager, died in...
Willie Mays career timeline
Major League Baseball· 2 days agoDecades after his final game, Willie Mays stands among the greatest athletes and ambassadors baseball has ever seen. Few players, if any, have looked...
Recalling the epic Luis Tiant-Nolan Ryan pitchers’ duel in 1974 — something it’s safe to say we’ll...
The Boston Globe· 6 days ago“I’m kind of envious,” said Red Sox starter Lucas Giolito. “I wish I could get in a time machine...
Dontrelle Willis on Working Negro League Tribute Game at Rickwood Field: 'It's a Cathedral'
Sports Illustrated· 13 hours agoThe event will now take place two days after the passing of Willie Mays, who began his professional...
'Say hey,' RVA. The day Willie Mays played in Richmond.
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 12 hours agoWillie Mays obviously didn’t allow an unproductive afternoon in Richmond to carry over into the 1955...
Column: Meeting Willie Mays when I was 13 remains the memory of my lifetime
Greensboro News & Record· 12 hours agoAs the picture might suggest, I was dumbstruck. What do you say to one of the greatest baseball...
Under the dome and on the diamond
Fox News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSimilarly to daily life on Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats recently faced off in the Congressional Baseball Game, an annual charity event that...