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How Rickwood Field is significant to baseball history
A look at the 114-year-old ballpark, Willie Mays’ legacy and the importance of MLB’s arrival
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Willie Mays and the birth of cool in sports
Mays was a Black sports star who introduced Black style to mainstream America
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Baseball legend Willie Mays is in Birmingham in spirit
Screening of his 2022 documentary ‘Say Hey, Willie Mays’ a reminder of his iconic image ahead of Rickwood MLB game
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Major League Baseball descends on Birmingham and Rickwood Field
MLB and its week of events brings attention to the Southern city, but isn’t about to change the generational trauma of segregation
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Negro Leagues stats update by MLB a sobering reminder of challenge to maintain Black history
This was a necessary reckoning for the assembled group who refuse to let Black American history die
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Dave Parker is a father figure to Black MLB legends
In the 1980s and 1990s, the seven-time All-Star helped raise a generation of Black stars including Eric Davis, Barry Larkin and Gary Sheffield
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In Wichita, Black baseball and Jackie Robinson live on through League 42
After a statue of the Hall of Famer was stolen, a community and MLB rallied around the throwback youth league
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Fifty years after Hank Aaron’s 715th home run, his legacy remains at Gresham Park
Young aspiring players hone their skills on Atlanta park’s diamond
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Athletes like Curt Flood, who sued MLB, could have benefited from therapy
Star center fielder is example of mental cost of being a Black man in America