Brandon Brown
This Thursday, MLB will play its first regular season game in Alabama when the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants face off at historic Rickwood Field. Rickwood Field is the oldest stadium in the country and is most famous for being the home of the Black Barons of the Birmingham Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1960. It has been preserved and restored over the years.
Among the players who called Rickwood Field home were Satchel Paige, Mule Stuttles and Hall of Famer Willie Mays. Mays grew up not far from Birmingham and played for the Black Barons (1948) and the Giants (1951-72). Despite his connection to the Giants and Rickwood Field, and his status as one of the greatest players of all time, Mays will not be able to attend Thursday’s game.
Mays, who turned 93 last month, released a statement to the San Francisco Chronicle saying he will not attend this week’s game at Rickwood Field.
“Rickwood Field? I knew that as a kid,” Mays said in a statement. “It was always there. As common as a church, a school or a cinema. I grew up with Rickwood ‘around the corner’, that is, close and within reach. The courses? I didn’t dream of the impossible. I was taught to see your goal in his mind and work to achieve it. I could work to get to Rickwood Field and the Birmingham Black Barons. When things changed in ’47. with Jackie (Robinson) coming in? my first home game, Rickwood Field is still here.
“I won’t be able to go to Birmingham this year, but I will watch the game here in the Bay Area. My heart goes out to all of you who are honoring the Negro League players who should always be remembered, including all my teammates on the Black Barons, I would like to thank Major League Baseball, the Giants, the Cardinals and all fans who will be at Rickwood or watching the game. It will be a special day, and I hope the children enjoy it. be inspired by him.”
Mays played 13 games with the Black Barons as a high school student in 1948, going 10-for-43 (.233) at the plate. He signed with the Giants in 1950 and finished the season in the minors. In 1951, Mays won the National League Rookie of the Year award and began a Hall of Fame career that saw him record 3,293 hits and 660 home runs. He is simply one of the greatest players of all time.
The Cardinals vs. Thursday’s Giants at Rickwood Field is part of MLB’s salute to the Negro Leagues in celebration of Juneteenth. In preparation for the game, the field, outfield walls, dugouts and lights were upgraded to meet MLB standards.
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