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Birmingham, former MLB players heartbroken over death of native son Willie Mays
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoHe loved kids. You saw him play stickball back in the old days. He was just a fun person to be...
Woody Paige: The 'Say Hey Kid' inspired many ... even a kid who'd become a sportswriter
Colorado Springs Gazette· 1 day agoWillie Mays, the “Say Hey Kid” who became “The Greatest Living Player,” died Tuesday. Seventy years...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 days 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 ...
Willie Mays career timeline
Major League Baseball· 6 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...
M.L.B. Comes to Willie Mays’s Hometown on a Mission of Love for the Game
New York Times· 3 days agoBaseball hopes a celebration of its past in the home of one of its legends will attract more African...
Remembering Willie Mays, the last of the Black golden-age legends
NBC Sports BayArea via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoWhen Frank Robinson, Hall of Fame slugger and Major League Baseball’s first Black manager, died in...
Bill Connors: Michael Jordan was most dominating athlete since Babe Ruth
Tulsa World· 7 days agoEditor’s note: This is a column by former Tulsa World Sports Editor Bill Connors. This spring and...
660 home runs, 12 Gold Gloves and ... eight MVPs?! How modern analytics would have added to Willie...
ESPN· 5 days agoMaybe the greatest baseball player of all time is Babe Ruth. Proponents of a more antiquated version...
Bill Greason, former Cardinal with storied legacy, honored at Rickwood Field
KTVI via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoBill Greason, a former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher and the oldest-living Negro Leagues player,...
This Date in Baseball - St. Louis’ Tony La Russa becomes 3rd manager with 2,500 career victories
Associated Press· 4 days ago1916 — Rube Foster of the Red Sox pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the New York Yankees. Foster...