Birmingham Barons

Major League Baseball is honoring Negro League Baseball in a tribute game at Rickwood Field on June 20 along with a pregame ceremony commemorating a well-known and beloved baseball Hall of Famer. The game, titled “A Tribute to the Negro Leagues,” will also honor Alabama native Willie Mays, who died Tuesday at 93.

Willie Mays, baseball’s exuberant and electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93. He died two days before a game between the Giants and St. Louis Cardinals to honor the Negro Leagues at Rickwood Field in Birmingham.

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 will enjoy the game at home.

Rickwood Field is the country's oldest professional ballpark and former home of the Birmingham Barons and Black Barons. Now it will host two Major League teams on June 20, 2024.

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