A new documentary honoring and exploring the history of Rickwood, a field that once served as home to the Nego Leagues' Birmingham Black Barons ... 200 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Willie Mays was just 16 years old when he went to play for the Birmingham Black Barons, beginning what would be a star-making turn as one of baseball’s most iconic ...

“That was the place that a 17-year-old kid named Willie Mays came out and patrolled center field for the Birmingham Black Barons,” said Bob Kendricks, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball ...

On Thursday, MLB will pay tribute to the Negro Leagues with the Giants and Cardinals playing a regular-season game at Rickwood — the historic home of the Birmingham Black Barons — in Alabama ...