MLB Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson remembers Willie Mays at historic Rickwood Field: ‘He was pure baseball’
MLB Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson sat down with a Fox Sports panel at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama., On Thursday night, following the death of Willie Mays, the baseball world was in mourning, just as the rest of the baseball world was in mourning. Mays died peacefully on Tuesday afternoon at the age […]
Willie Mays was heartbroken to miss MLB’s Rickwood Field game before death
Willie Mays died Tuesday, just days before he was to be honored at the MLB Rickwood Field game in Birmingham. On Thursday, MLB will pay tribute to the Negro Leagues when the Giants and Cardinals play a regular-season game in Rickwood, Alabama (the historic home of the Birmingham Black Barons), marking the first time MLB […]
Giants and Cardinals to wear Negro League uniforms for MLB at Rickwood Field
next week San Francisco Giants And that St. Louis Cardinals will play their games at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, the oldest professional baseball stadium in the United States and former home of the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues. The team will also be wearing throwback Negro League uniforms as part of the […]