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Patrick Reusse: MLB still has Spanish-speaking influence, thanks to voices like Alfonso Fernandez

MINNEAPOLIS — Baseball's All-Star Game was played in Minnesota for the first time in 1965. There were 53 players designated as All-Stars, including those replaced due to injury. Eight of these players came from Latin America and 14 were American-born Black players.

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Inspirational Negro Leagues documentary recalls greats who endured hardship but played with passion

Interviews, photos and newsreel clips inform ‘The League,’ which stands with the best chronicles of baseball integration.

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Giants to play at Willie Mays’ former Negro Leagues home in 2024

It’s been 75 years since Willie Mays first played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues.

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Alabama’s Rickwood Field, the country’s oldest ballpark, will host MLB game honoring Negro Leagues

The game will also honor Hall of Famer Willie Mays, a Birmingham native who began his professional career with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1948.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB to Honor Willie Mays With Special 2024 Juneteenth Game at Historic Ballpark

The contest will honor Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays, a former Birmingham Black Baron.

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Shohei Ohtani Found Himself Among Elite Company With 150th Career Home Run

The Angels superstar became MLB’s home run leader on Saturday with a landmark moonshot against the Royals.

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Report: MLB’s Field of Dreams Game Slated for Historic Negro League Venue in ’24

The third annual edition of MLB’s Field of Dreams game is set to shift venues in 2024.

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Recent stretch of homers in five games in row a good sign for Cubs’ Christopher Morel

The overall trend has been that homer streaks of at least five games have gone hand-in-hand with staying power.

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Real baseball is back

There are too many other diversions for baseball to reclaim the hold it once had over the public imagination, Gene Lyons writes. But Major League Baseball’s rules changes are a huge success.

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`It Ain’t Over' spotlights Yogi Berra's play over persona, narrated by granddaughter

“It Ain’t Over” aims to elevate Yogi Berra's playing career alongside his persona as a cultural icon

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SI:AM | The Celtics Responded

Their defense stepped up to tie the series.

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Team USA Is So Money, It’s ‘Ridiculous’

Take a good look at the Americans’ WBC roster, folks. There has never been a team like this, at least not by net worth.

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For Red Sox, Black History Month is about vital education

When Black History Month began Feb. 1, the Red Sox unveiled a new page on their website to “celebrate and recognize the contributions of our Black players and alumni,” with new content throughout February.

Boston Herald

In baseball, three truly is a magic number

The quizmaster gives you one question per decade, ending in 2013.

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SI Vault: Remembering Pele Throughout the Years

From the soccer legend’s first World Cup win to his role as an ambassador for the 2014 tournament in Brazil, Pelé captivated the sports world for decades.

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Andruw Jones’s Hall of Fame Case Comes Down to His Historic Peak

He was one of the best players ever through his age-30 season, but his decline was sudden and steep.

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Alex Simon: Giants have replaced Mets as MLB’s big-market laughingstock

It’s been a pretty good time to be a Giants fan in the near-quarter century since they moved to 24 Willie Mays Plaza, and the three pennants from the 2010s will fly forever.

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This baseball quiz is a numbers game

For those of you keeping score, this quiz holds special meaning: it’s by position

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‘Say Hey, Willie Mays!’: Many praise the superstar on marvelous HBO doc — but not him

Baseball great keeps it modest in a must-see film looking back on his talents on the field, his brushes with racism and his generosity with fans.

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Baseball quiz: These players’ nicknames are in the spirit of the season

C’mon, even the grouchy have a love of Halloween. Kids dressed in costumes, looking cute, asking for candy as if it were manna from heaven. Now, I will admit, I’m a fan of treats, not tricks.

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Baker laments lack of US-born Black players in World Series

Dusty Baker is deeply disturbed that there project to be no U.S.-born Black players in this year's World Series

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SI:AM | That Yankees Ninth Inning Had Everything

No. 60 was just the beginning.

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Gene Collier: Boy, will Albert Pujols miss PNC Park

PITTSBURGH — By next Sunday, if it hasn't already, the looming launch of the NFL season will have fully swallowed what remains of our baseball consciousness around here.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball by the numbers: Albert Pujols loses in WAR among GOATs

Crunching the numbers shows he falls well below greats such as Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds.

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Mets Retire Willie Mays’s No. 24 at Old Timers’ Day Ceremony

The legendary outfielder became the seventh player in Mets history to receive the honor.

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