Donovan homers, Cardinals beat Giants 6-5 in game at Rickwood Field honoring Mays and Negro Leagues
6 months ago

Donovan homers, Cardinals beat Giants 6-5 in game at Rickwood Field honoring Mays and Negro Leagues

Associated Press  

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Brendan Donovan hit a two-run homer and a double and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-5 in the Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field on Thursday night. The 114-year-old Rickwood Field is the oldest professional ballpark in the U.S. and former home to baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays and the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues. “Any time you play center field for the San Francisco Giants, you think about Willie Mays,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said. Over 23 major league seasons, mostly with the New York/San Francisco Giants but including one in the Negro Leagues, Mays batted.301, hit 660 home runs, totaled 3,293 hits, scored more than 2,000 runs.

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Willie Mays dies at 93: MLB legend ‘passed away peacefully’, son says
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Willie Mays dies at 93: MLB legend ‘passed away peacefully’, son says

Hindustan Times  

Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He inspired a handful of songs and was named first in Terry Cashman’s 1980s novelty hit, “Talkin’ Baseball,” a tribute in part to the brief era when New York had three future Hall …

Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93
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Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93

The Independent  

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Hall of Famer Willie Mays will not be in attendance for Negro League tribute game at Rickwood Field
6 months ago

Hall of Famer Willie Mays will not be in attendance for Negro League tribute game at Rickwood Field

Associated Press  

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Willie Mays will not be in attendance when the San Francisco Giants face the St. Louis Cardinals at Rickwood Field on Thursday in a game honoring him and the Negro Leagues. Mays, who began his career in Alabama with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues and played for the Giants from 1951-72, told the San …

MLB to stage Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field next June honoring Willie Mays
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MLB to stage Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field next June honoring Willie Mays

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will stage a Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 20, 2024, between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. “The legacy of the Negro Leagues and its greatest living player, Willie Mays, is one of excellence and perseverance,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. …

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