June 2024 - Sports Lunatics - Remembering Willie Mays, and Reggie Jackson Talks Racism

On June 18, 2024, Willie Mays passed away at the age of 93. Mays was unquestionably one of the greatest ever to play the game. So many tremendous exploits and highlights in his career. He played with Birmingham in the Negro Leagues and had the opportunity to play with the Red Sox, but ownership and upper management didn't want a Black player on their roster. At a major league game in Birmingham, held the same week as Mays' passing, Reggie Jackson talked openly on FOX-TV about the spectre of racism that hung over the game and the country at the time Mays (and Jackson) came into the major leagues. It was an incredible and fascinating week in baseball.