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Saying a final goodbye to Willie Mays, baseball’s ‘Say hey kid’
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada Sports· 3 weeks agoFrom the racism and poverty of the Jim Crow South, Willie Mays rose to the height of fame and...
Six percent of MLB players are Black. How baseball got here isn’t hard to figure out.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo Canada Sports· 3 months agoAs Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day the current percentage of its rosters that...
Brooks Robinson, Orioles defensive stalwart and Hall of Famer, dies at 86
Yahoo Sports· 9 months agoBrooks Robinson, the Baltimore Orioles legend who made MLB history by winning 16 straight Gold...
Baseball-Orioles' star third baseman Brooks Robinson dies at 86
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months ago(Reuters) -Brooks Robinson, a virtuoso third baseman who was known as "The Human Vacuum Cleaner"...
Gary Sheffield deserves to be in baseball's Hall of Fame: 'He was a bad boy'
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Canada Sports· 7 months agoLOS ANGELES − He is the greatest hitter on this year’s Hall of Fame ballot. He is the most feared...
Willie Mays was baseball's greatest living Hall of Famer - and the heir isn't obvious
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada Sports· 3 weeks agoAmid all the tributes and memories about the legendary Willie Mays, consider this perspective on his...
Commentary: Athletics' impending departure from Oakland leaves a deep hole in East Bay
LA Times via Yahoo Canada Sports· 12 months agoOakland, the only major league city on the West Coast with a large Black community, is about to lose...
New Hampshire city recognized for historic role in racially integrating baseball in the 1940s
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe conversation around racial integration in baseball often revolves around Jackie Robinson, who...
Brooks Robinson Appreciation: In Maryland in the 1960s, nobody was like No. 5
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoAmong his many fans in Maryland during his playing days was Ben Walker, a young left-hander who...
Spike Lee: Jackie Robinson Is the Greatest American Ever
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoCredit - Artwork by Ernest Hamlin Baker In my unhumble opinion, Jackie Robinson is the greatest...