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Tribute To Willie Mays And Negro Leagues At Rickwood Field

Baseball fans pay tribute to Willie Mays and Negro League legends at Rickwood Field, celebrating the enduring impact of their legacy.

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MLB fans got a rare treat as the Rickwood Field game briefly went retro with a black-and-white broadcast

This might be the coolest sports broadcast of the year so far.

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5 awesome ways the MLB game at Rickwood Field honored the late Willie Mays

Thursday's MLB game at Rickwood Field found great ways to honor the memory of Willie Mays.

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Celebrations honor Willie Mays and Negro League players ahead of MLB game at Rickwood Field

Fans came out to celebrate Willie Mays and other Negro Leaguers in several events and festivities around the historic Rickwood Field

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Here’s why Rickwood Field is so important to Willie Mays’ legacy and baseball’s backstory

Rickwood Field is a truly special place in baseball.

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Rickwood Field, a time capsule of opportunity and oppression, welcomes MLB for Negro Leagues tribute

Rickwood Field will host an MLB game between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants on Thursday

The Independent UK

Giants to play at Willie Mays’ former Negro Leagues home in 2024

It’s been 75 years since Willie Mays first played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues.

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Alabama’s Rickwood Field, the country’s oldest ballpark, will host MLB game honoring Negro Leagues

The game will also honor Hall of Famer Willie Mays, a Birmingham native who began his professional career with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1948.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB to Honor Willie Mays With Special 2024 Juneteenth Game at Historic Ballpark

The contest will honor Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays, a former Birmingham Black Baron.

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Report: MLB’s Field of Dreams Game Slated for Historic Negro League Venue in ’24

The third annual edition of MLB’s Field of Dreams game is set to shift venues in 2024.

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