A couple of days after loss of one of its most illustrious starsthe Major League Baseball honrará a Willie Mays in the oldest professional stadium in the United States, where Mays himself wandered through the outfield where the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leaguesthey held their meetings.
Maysthat electrifying member of the Hall of Fame who dominated every facet of the game and whose catch in the 1954 World Series still fascinates, died Tuesday at age 93. A day before, he had told the San Francisco Chronicle that he would not attend the celebration of the Negro Leagues organized by the MLB, that would take place at Rickwood Field, the same field where Mays, as a young man, displayed the boldness and grace that would make him a legend.
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Las Major League Baseball planned to honor Mays at game in his native Alabama. However, Mays noted that due to her age and the mobility she had lost, she preferred to watch the match on television.
“Thursday’s game will serve as a national memorial to an American who will always remain on the short list of the most impactful people our great game has ever known,” said MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred.
He MLB tribute at Rickwood Fieldwill include a pre-playball ceremony honoring Mayswho began his professional career with the Black Barons in 1948.
Rickwood Field is sacred ground. It was the site of the final game of the Negro League World Series in October 1948. Mays and his Black Barons fell to the Homestead Grays in five games.
A early junelas Major Leagues integrated statistics of the Negro League in its record booksWith this afternoon’s meeting, another step is taken towards the vindication of hundreds of black baseball players, who, due to the color barrier, could not perform in the big tent.
GIANTS CARRY THE EMBLEMATIC 24 IN THEIR HEART
In it yesterday’s gamelos Giants led for the first timeand chest patch containing 24 and the Last name Mays.
However, the Giants could not honor Willie Mays as they would have liked given that They fell in the last of the series against the Cubs.
Kyle Hendricks struck out a season-high eight batters. Ian Happ and Dansby Swanson each had two hits for the Cubs and hit back-to-back solo home runs in the fourth inning.
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