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Rickwood Field Was a Scene of Change for Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron
Sports Illustrated· 1 day agoThe small room will have to do. Rickwood Field was built in 1910, before electric traffic lights,...
Farewell to Willie Mays, the Dodgers’ greatest opponent
True Blue LA· 1 day agoNobody hit more home runs against the Dodgers than Mays’ 98 — Henry Aaron came close with 95 homers...
The 22 best MLB careers by players with Alabama baseball roots
Birmingham News· 4 days agoFor the Terrific 22 – the players with Alabama baseball roots who have had the best careers in Major...
Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 days agoWillie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and...
'Like a punch to the gut': Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president reacts to death of Willie Mays
KSHB-TV Kansas City· 2 days agoBob Kendrick, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president, was in a ballpark clubhouse Tuesday when he...
One catch, one stat: Why Willie Mays' greatness is so easy to analyze
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoYou can have your Babe Ruth, dominating the pre-integration diamond on both sides of the ball, or...
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 Road Trip Part 1
Major League Baseball· 1 day agoWhen the Negro Leagues Statistical Review Committee – containing baseball historians and journalists as well as former executives and players – released...
Rickwood Field Notebook: How Baseball HOF honored Willie Mays
Sports Business Journal· 16 hours agoWillie Mays' death "transformed Birmingham’s tribute to the Negro Leagues into a national...
Remembering Willie Mays, the last of the Black golden-age legends
NBC Sports BayArea via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoBaseball’s first Black manager, died in 2019, Mays still had a heartbeat. When Bob Gibson, the most...