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 ...

Some of baseball's greatest players have taken ... The Barons were one and the Birmingham Black Barons — a Negro League team that produced a handful of Hall of Famers — were the other.

The Birmingham Black Barons were his first professional team. "All of Major League Baseball is in mourning today as we are gathered at the very ballpark where a career and a legacy like no other ...

The Southwestern Athletic Conference is bringing the baseball championship tournaments to Birmingham for 2025-2029, continuing its track and field championships here and adding another as-yet unnamed ...

And there was the Birmingham Black Barons, the Negro League powerhouse whose ranks included at various times both Satchell Page and Willie Mays. From Factory to Field: The Dream of Baseball in ...

The Birmingham Barons and Rocket City Trash Pandas will ... A Tribute to the Negro Leagues” that highlighted the significance of the black-baseball organizations in baseball’s history After ...