5 awesome ways the MLB game at Rickwood Field honored the late Willie Mays

Thursday’s MLB game at Rickwood Field found great ways to honor the memory of Willie Mays.

While baseball was in the air during Thursday’s San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals game at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, the late Willie Mays filled hearts and minds.

Mays died on Tuesday at the age of 93, just two days before his Giants played at Rickwood, where he started his baseball career in the Negro Leagues with the Birmingham Black Barons.

MLB and Fox Sports put together an excellent plan to make sure Mays’ memory was alive with all who attended Thursday’s game.

Here are five awesome ways that the night’s game recognized Mays and paid tribute to his trailblazing baseball career.

There was an awesome pre-game video that highlighted Mays’ life 

The on-field ceremony for Mays was very powerful 

Former MLB player Reggie Jackson talked about the first time he met Mays 

Mays’ former teammate Bill Greason talked about his time with Mays 

MLB legend Barry Bonds, May’s godson, was featured in a segment highlighting their relationship 

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