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MLB at Rickwood Field: 10 things we learned at MLB's event honoring Negro Leagues
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 4 hours agoHe soon became their starting center fielder and led them to the Negro American League title in...
How Willie Mays, and my first visit to the ballpark with my dad, changed my life | Opinion
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIt was said that Mays played baseball with the joy of a child. He was called “The Say Hey Kid,” to...
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,...
Willie Mays, the greatest all-round player in baseball history, who helped to breach racial barriers...
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoWillie Mays, who has died aged 93, was one of the best baseball players in the history of his sport;...
Willie Mays was before my time, but I'll never forget his Rickwood Field tribute | Goodbread
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo Sports· 5 hours agoJust a year earlier, Jackie Robinson had crossed the color line to begin the integration of Major...
Willie Mays honored at Rickwood Field by Ken Griffey Jr., Barry Bonds, and son Michael Mays...
The Tuscaloosa News· 14 hours agoMichael Mays, the son of the former MLB and Negro League superstar, reminded the Birmingham, Alabama...
Rubin: A salute to the late Mike Downey — which he would have written better
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoWriting by the numbers Post-journalism, Downey wrote frequently and lyrically on Facebook and less...
America's oldest ballpark: MLB game at Rickwood Field honors history of Black baseball
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoAn in-game tribute to Willie Mays at the MiLB at Rickwood game. pic.twitter.com/roKgNF3gQd — MLB...
Saying goodbye — and thank you — to the ‘Say Hey Kid’ - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 19 hours agoWillie Howard Mays Jr. was born in Alabama and played most of his career in San Francisco. With the...
Willie Mays, Major League Baseball’s ‘Say Hey Kid,’ Dies at Age 93
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoJackie Robinson had broken MLB’s color line just a year earlier, and though Mays was still attending...