Memories of Willie Mays and Rickey Henderson

Forever Giant, Orlando Cepeda

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cepedor01.shtml

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/pedro-cepeda/

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/orlando-cepeda/

Dr. Adrian Burgos, "Playing America's Game, Baseball Latinos, and the Color Line.

Orlando Cepeda vs Roger Craig,  https://youtu.be/u2jfcVzkGIg?si=JDeKhCzpuCh4heHC

Danny Kaye, https://youtu.be/l7yzmJ9Ls7Y?si=dVwKdjKFkzniTx_n

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Vanessa Ivy Rose and I discuss Negro League statistics as Major League statistics, and much more.

negroleaguesfamilyalliance.com

hofdna.comLeague Hitters;  

Top 10 All Time Major League Hitters; Josh Gibson, .362, Ty Cobb, .367, Oscar Charleston, .363, Rogers Hornsby, .358, Jud Wilson, .350, Turkey Stearnes, .348, Ed Delahanty, .346, Buck Leonard, .345, Tris Speaker, .345, Ted Williams, .344.

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Phil S. Dixon, Author, Researcher, and Co-Founder of the Negro League Baseball Museum describes the activities in Birmingham, celebrating Willie Mays, Rickwood Field, and the Negro Leagues..

https://www.nlbalive.com/

Twitter and Instagram, @negroleagueman

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Rest in Peace, Willie

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Rev. William Greason Article; https://www.al.com/sports/2024/06/birminghams-99-year-old-bill-greason-one-of-last-living-links-to-rickwood-fields-glory-days.html

Willie Mays Article; https://www.al.com/sports/2024/06/will-willie-mays-return-home-for-mlbs-tribute-to-negro-leagues-at-rickwood-field.html

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Steve shares memories of Willie ending his career in the 1970s.

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As much of the content came from my fond childhood memories, thank you to https://www.baseball-reference.com/ and https://baseballhall.org/ for tieing up lose ends. 

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John Burbridge, member of the New York Giant Preservation Society and lifelong Giant fan describes Willie Mays breaking into the Major Leagues and the thrills he got watching him develop into a superstar.  

Resources:

• Society of American Baseball Research, sabr.org
• New York Giant Preservation Society, https://newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com/

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Steve shares Willie Mays stories with lifelong friends Scott Happ and Wayne Turner.

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