The San Francisco Giants are opening up their home ballpark so fans in San Francisco can watch the Giants face the St. Louis Cardinals in Birmingham.
legend Willie Mays, the team is opening up Oracle Park so fans can pay tribute to Mays and watch the Rickwood Field game in Birmingham, Ala.is to be played at the legendary field that served as the home of the Negro Leagues’ Birmingham Black Barons.
He was born in Westfield, Ala., in 1931 and played for the Black Barons in 1948 when he was 17 years old. Fans can watch the game on the stadium’s video board. Images of Mays will be displayed on the video board before and after the game. A ‘24’ sculpture will be in center field and there will be condolence books for fans to sign located on the field’s warning track.
Mays is on the short list of players considered to be the best in baseball history. His most iconic moment was his basket catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series against Cleveland, a series the Giants swept and provided Mays his only World Series ring.
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