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FREE WCVB TM 13 APP. IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS, BASEBALL WILL BE BACK AT RICKWOOD FIELD AS THE BIRMINGHAM BARONS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE -- LEAGUES. TONIGHT. THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM IS HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF THE LEAGUE’S MOST ICONIC PLAYERS. MANY PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE HISTORIC CARVER THEATER IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM FOR A SPECIAL VIEWING OF THE HBO DOCUMENTARY SAY HEY WILLIE MAYS. �������� 13 JARVIS ROBERTSON WAS THERE AND SPOKE WITH THE BASEBALL LEGEND’S SON, MICHAEL MAYS, ABOUT HIS FATHER’S LEGACY. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. SHERRY SAY, HEY, WILLIE MAYS WAS RELEASED IN 2022. NOW THE ICONIC PLAYERS SON MICHAEL MAYS, SAYS THAT THIS IS AN AMERICAN CELEBRATION. HE’S SO EXCITED ABOUT HIS FATHER’S LEGACY, LEGACY AND THE WORK THAT HE’S DONE THROUGHOUT THE MANY YEARS. BUT EVERYTHING THAT’S GOING ON IN BIRMINGHAM THIS WEEK IS ABOVE AND BEYOND. IT’S JUST AN EPIC WEEK. WILLIE MAYS IS NO STRANGER TO BIRMINGHAM, GETTING HIS START WITH THE BLACK BARONS AT A YOUNG AGE, SPENDING PLENTY OF TIME PLAYING AT RICKWOOD FIELD. HIS SON MICHAEL UNDERSTANDS JUST HOW RICH HIS FATHER’S LEGACY IS. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT’S A GREAT HONOR. IT’S IT’S A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. IT’S IT’S, UM. BUT HE MADE IT EASY FOR ME. YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN A SIMPLER TIME WITH RULES AND CONSEQUENCES. SO I DIDN’T HAVE TO LIKE, WORRY AND THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH. I CONSIDER THAT A PRIVILEGE. UM, AND, YEAH, IT TAUGHT ME TO BE EARLY AND STAY LATE AND AND TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED. HE SAYS. THE DOCUMENTARY CAPTURES WILLIE’S HUMOR, GENEROSITY AND MUCH MORE. NELSON GEORGE IS THE FILM’S DIRECTOR. HE SPENT TWO DAYS INTERVIEWING THE BASEBALL LEGEND. IT WENT WELL FOR THE FIRST 40 MINUTES, HE’S ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. HE’S LOOKING AT ME, AND THEN HE STARTS PICKING AT ME LIKE, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS? BUT IT WASN’T JUST WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE DIAMOND, BUT ALSO IN THE COUNTRY. DURING A TIME OF INTENSE RACIAL HATRED, ANOTHER CHALLENGE HE ALSO ACCEPTED, YOU KNOW, LIKE MY FATHER’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE MOVEMENT WASN’T, YOU KNOW, ON HIS SLEEVE MARCHING. BUT HE CHANGED HIS GAME. HE CHANGED HIS HISTORY. HE OPENED DOORS FOR THESE PEOPLE. BUT MICHAEL SAYS HIS DAD LOVED PEOPLE THE MOST, AND IT SHOWED. IT’S INCREDIBLE. YOU COULD BE NEED TO BE THE AIRPORT FOR TEN MINUTES. HE COULD TALK TO SOMEBODY FOR 12 MINUTES AND YOU’RE STILL MAKING ON TIME. NOW, MICHAEL MAYS DID GO ON TO SAY THAT WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING WITH MLB THIS WEEK, BEING HERE, HONORING THE -- LEAGUES, HE SAYS THIS IS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT IN THE WILLIE MAYS STORY, REPORTING LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM FOR YOU TONIGHT. I’M JARVIS ROBERTSON, �������� 13. ALL RIGH