{"id":25485,"date":"2024-06-19T10:41:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T17:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/mays-acquiredt-relief-negro-league-tribute-sport\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T10:41:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T17:41:52","slug":"mays-acquiredt-relief-negro-league-tribute-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/mays-acquiredt-relief-negro-league-tribute-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Mays acquired&#8217;t relief Negro League tribute sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-video=\"watch,640,360,40369186\" data-cerebro-id=\"66703023ca84b71457a4620a\" data-title=\"How Rickwood Field is significant to baseball history\" data-source=\"espn\"><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p><span>How Rickwood Field is valuable to baseball historical past (4:36)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Clinton Yates explains Rickwood Field&#8217;s significance to the sport of baseball earlier than Thursday&#8217;s sport there between the Giants and Cardinals. (4:36)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Connected Press<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Jun 17, 2024, 12:06 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>BIRMINGHAM, Ala. &#8212; Willie Mays is now not going to be in attendance when the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/sf\/san-francisco-giants\">San Francisco Giants<\/a> face the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/stl\/st-louis-cardinals\">St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> at Rickwood Field on Thursday in a sport honoring him and the Negro Leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Mays, who began his profession in Alabama with the Birmingham Dark Barons of the Negro Leagues and performed for the Giants from 1951-72, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sports\/giants\/article\/willie-mays-rickwood-game-19504800.php\">told the San Francisco Narrative<\/a> that he can have the good thing about the sport at dwelling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m now not ready to get to Birmingham this twelve months but will put collectively the sport support here within the Bay Space,&#8221; Mays acknowledged in a assertion to the paper on Monday. &#8220;My coronary heart will be with all of you who&#8217;re honoring the Negro League ballplayers, who ought to quiet continuously be remembered, along side all my teammates on the Dark Barons. I wished to thank Predominant League Baseball, the Giants, the Cardinals and the total followers who&#8217;ll be at Rickwood or watching the sport. It would be a different day, and I hope the children will like it and be inspired by it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mays, 93, is widely regarded as baseball&#8217;s perfect living participant. He acquired the World Collection with the Giants in 1954 and was a 24-time All-Neatly-known particular person for the length of his profession, tied with Stan Musial for 2d-most at the support of Hank Aaron&#8217;s 25. Mays acquired the 1954 foremost league batting title and was voted NL MVP in 1954 and 1965.<\/p>\n<p>MLB has been working with the metropolis of Birmingham and Chums of Rickwood nonprofit team to renovate the 10,800-seat ballpark, which at 114 years weak is the oldest knowledgeable ballpark within the USA.<\/p>\n<p>There also will be a Double-A sport at the ballpark between the Birmingham Barons and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/mtb\/montgomery-biscuits\">Sir Bernard Law Biscuits<\/a> of the Southern League on June 18.<\/p>\n<p>Mays will quiet be honored for the length of the week&#8217;s festivities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/40370294\/willie-mays-attend-negro-league-tribute-game-rickwood-field\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Rickwood Field is valuable to baseball historical past (4:36) Clinton Yates explains Rickwood Field&#8217;s significance to the sport of baseball earlier than Thursday&#8217;s sport there between the Giants and Cardinals. 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