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NLBM’s Bob Kendrick provides outstanding commentary during Rickwood game
WDAF via Yahoo Sports· 10 hours ago“Plays like the bunt and run, hit and run, really created, perfected in the Negro Leagues later...
The 22 best MLB careers by players with Alabama baseball roots
Birmingham News· 5 days agoThe best Major League Baseball career for a player with Alabama roots belongs to Willie Mays. How...
What the great Willie Mays lived to see
Chicago Sun-Times· 22 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...
State of Alabama Stands Alone with Regards to Baseball History
Sports Illustrated· 2 days agoAs Major League Baseball gets set to play a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco...
Historic night at Rickwood Field: MLB pays tribute to Willie Mays, Negro Leagues
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 22 hours agoThis was also the first time in Major League Baseball history a game had an all-Black umpiring crew:...
Giants legend Willie Mays dies at 93
Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoYears after he retired, many baseball announcers of that era still considered him to be the best all-around player they ever watched. His first manager,...
Steven Kwan and MLB's top 10 pursuits of .400 since Ted Williams
Fox Sports· 22 hours agoFor about half an hour Thursday, Cleveland Guardians left fielder Steven Kwan was hitting .400....
Willie Mays was baseball's greatest living Hall of Famer — and the heir isn't obvious
The News-Times· 2 days agoHenderson is the leader among living Hall of Famers in Baseball Reference's version of wins above...
‘A good human being.’ Local baseball star remembered for exploits on, off the diamond
Tacoma News Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe South Sound recently lost the one-time major leaguer, longtime Northwesterner, and beloved...
Barry Bonds posts emotional message after Willie Mays' death
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoMays was to be honored on Thursday as Major League Baseball stages a game at Birmingham's Rickwood...
