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America's oldest ballpark: MLB game at Rickwood Field honors history of Black baseball
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoThe issue came to a head in the fall of 1953 when an all-star baseball team organized by Jackie...
Inside Minor League Baseball: Mike Billoni's Cooperstown trip pays tribute to Hank Aaron's Buffalo...
The Buffalo News· 3 days agoThe Negro Leagues made big news on May 29 when Major League Baseball officially added their...
Local business: New baseball card store comes to Salisbury - Salisbury Post
The Salisbury Post· 1 day agoBaseball card stores are famous for clutter, with cards and boxes everywhere, floor to ceiling, but...
The legacy of Willie Mays through his iconic baseball cards and career numbers
Washington Post· 1 day agoA year-by-year look at Mays’s legendary career, as told by his Topps baseball card for each season.
Rickwood 101: Everything to Know Before MLB’s Negro League Tribute Game
Sports Illustrated· 22 hours agoIn the last hour of sweltering daylight and the promise of cooler evening air, in a place of...
Johnson: Willie Mays ‘best of them all,’ says Bob Costas
Birmingham News· 1 day agoLet the phrase go. Or maybe the most fanatic of Giants fans know — maybe those who witnessed his...
Perspective | Willie Mays was as good — and as cool — as anyone who ever played
Washington Post· 22 hours agoThe first time I met Willie Mays and shook the hand of the greatest baseball player I’ve ever seen,...
The Source |SOURCE SPORTS EXCLUSIVE: Why Rickwood Field Will Be The Epicenter Of Celebrating The...
The Source· 20 hours agoThis is just a glimpse into why the commemoration of the Negro Leagues by Major League Baseball at the legendary Rickwood Field will be a three-day celebration of the life ...
Rickwood Field: Field of Forgotten — And Renewed — Dreams
Sports Business Journal· 3 days agoTriple Play: Rickwood Field in the movies It is with the goal of honoring the often-overlooked past...
From the archives: San Diego was site of baseball great Willie Mays’ milestone home run
U-T San Diego· 2 days agoOn Sept. 22, 1969, Mays — who died Tuesday at age 93 — joined Babe Ruth as the only other player in baseball history to reach the mark. Mays came off the bench as a pinch-hitter ...