Willie Mays will not attend Negro League tribute in Ala.
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Willie Mays will not attend Thursday's game between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals that will honor him and the Negro Leagues, according to a statement he made Monday to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The former Giants great, 93, started his career with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues before joining the San Francisco Giants in 1951 in a Maj