Major League Baseball had been planning to have a tribute to Willie Mays tonight at Rickwood Field, where he broke in with the Birmingham Black Barons. When he died this week, the tribute became even more important than it had been. Before the game, a large group of Negro League veterans took the field. 99-year-old Reverend Bill Greason, a Black Barons teammate, threw out the first pitch.
The Giants wore their San Francisco Sea Lions uniforms and the Cardinals wore Saint Louis Stars uniforms.
Unfortunately, the Cardinals won 6-5.
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