Bill Greason, Negro Leagues Legend

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Reverend Bill Greason, Willie Mays’ former teammate on the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, talks with John Shea about Major League Baseball reclassifying the Negro Leagues as a “major league,” and about his amazing life, from fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima, becoming the St. Louis Cardinals' first African American pitcher and serving as a minister in Birmingham for nearly 50 years. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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