Jackie Robinson Day is recognized across the country, commemorating the moment Robinson stepped onto a Major League field in ...

The original clubhouse of the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues, where Mays got his pro start in 1948, was open. A memorial of Mays was at the front, with bobbleheads, a signed glove ...

in the Negro League World Series, when Mays was only 17, a raw .262 hitter on the Birmingham Black Barons. But by then the night shades were falling fast on Negro baseball. Once Jackie Robinson ...

Harold (Buster) Hair, a Jacksonville sports pioneer who competed in baseball's Negro Leagues and later coached legions of aspiring athletes across the First Coast, died April 21 in Atlanta at age 92.

A bygone Black baseball legend who was initially buried in an unmarked grave is finally getting his Colorado due.

Although the Angels didn't participate in the game honoring the Negro Leagues, they share a historical link through Willie Smith. Smith played for the Birmingham Black Barons at Rickwood Field ...

He played for the Washington Potomacs, Birmingham Black Barons and the Indianapolis ABCs. During his four seasons in the Negro Leagues, he batted .251 in 125 games through 1925, had 99 hits and 47 ...

And it was.” Those Barons also included future big-league All-Star pitcher Atlee Hamaker, but perhaps the person Vierra remembers best from his time there was former Negro Leaguer and team ...

The Birmingham Barons are one of the ... released its list of the most-talented teams in the minor leagues on Thursday and listed the Barons, the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox ...

White Sox prospect Hagen Smith continued his strong start to the 2025 season Wednesday with the Birmingham Barons ... two away from breaking into the big leagues, as MLB.com estimates he debuts ...

Hair represented the Birmingham Black Barons and the Kansas City Monarchs ... also worked in his later years to pass along the history of Negro Leagues baseball. For years, he participated ...