The hits keep on coming for the City of Birmingham one week after hosting its first ever Major League baseball game.
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin told the Birmingham Times on Tuesday the city has never hosted a sporting event of this magnitude.
“Whether it’s the [2022] World Games … the [1996] Olympic soccer or other major events that we’ve had, nothing has come to this,” he said. “It was multi-ethnic, it was multi-racial, and it was multi-generational.”
Here’s a closer look in photos.
Photo of baseball great Willie Mays prior to the Topps MLB at Rickwood Promotional Tour at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on Tuesday, June 18, the same day Mays died. (Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Voice of the Birmingham Barons, Curt Bloom, hosts the New York Life Business Empowerment panel during the New York Life Business Empowerment Panel at Negro Southern League Museum on Monday, June 17. (Photo by Parker Freedman/MLB Photos via Getty Images
Detail shot of the Swing for Success prior to the New York Life Business Empowerment panel at Negro Southern League Museum on Monday, June 17. (Photo by Parker Freedman/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Danielle Hines, owner of the Arthur Shores Law Center and CREED 63, talks to minority business owners during the New York Life Business Empowerment Panel at Negro Southern League Museum on Monday, June 17. (Photo by Parker Freedman/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Detail shot of table decor prior to the New York Life Business Empowerment panel at Negro Southern League Museum on Monday, June 17. (Photo by Parker Freedman/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Nelson George, left, director Say Hey Willie Mays and Gerald Watkins, chairman and executive director Friends pf Rickwood Field, pose for picture prior to the Say Hey Willie Mays film screening at The Carver Theatre on Monday, June 17. (Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images)
April Brown, left, MLB Vice President of Social Responsibility, and Misha Hurd, MLB, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, welcome guests during the Say Hey Willie Mays film screening at The Carver Theatre on Monday, June 17. (Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Guest holding lobby card during the Say Hey Willie Mays film screening at The Carver Theatre on Monday, June 17. (Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Participants of Play Ball listening during the 2024 MLB at Rickwood PLAY BALL event at Regions Field on Tuesday, June 18. (Photo by Parker Freedman/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Participants of Play Ball have fun during the 2024 MLB at Rickwood PLAY BALL event at Regions Field on Tuesday, June 18. (Photo by Parker Freedman/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Participants of Play Ball have fun during the 2024 MLB at Rickwood PLAY BALL event at Regions Field on Tuesday, June 18. (Photo by Parker Freedman/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Barons mascots and attendee pose near photo of baseball great Willie Mays prior to the Topps MLB at Rickwood Promotional Tour at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on Tuesday, June 18, the same day Mays died. (Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Children’s of Alabama is presented with a plaque during the 2024 MLB at Rickwood hospital visit on Wednesday, June 19. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
San Francisco Giants mascot Lou Seal interacts with a patient during the 2024 MLB at Rickwood hospital visit on Wednesday, June 19 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images
St. Louis Cardinals Fredbird and San Francisco Giants mascot Lou Seal pose with a patient during the 2024 MLB at Rickwood Children’s of Alabama visit on Wednesday, June 19. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
MLB Special Assistant to the Commissioner Joe Torre and St. San Francisco Giants mascot Lou Seal pose with a patient during the 2024 MLB at Rickwood Children’s of Alabama Hospital visit on Wednesday, June 19. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
A patient colors during the 2024 MLB at Rickwood Children’s of Alabama Hospital visit on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Artist Chuck Styles speaks during the Willie Mays mural ribbon cutting ceremony in downtown Birmingham on Wednesday, June 19, one day after Mays died. (Photo by Parker Freedman/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Artist Chuck Styles speaks during the Willie Mays mural ribbon cutting ceremony in downtown Birmingham on Wednesday, June 19, one day after Mays died. (Photo by Parker Freedman/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin listens during the Negro Leagues Family Alliance brunch at Negro Southern League Museum on Wednesday, June 19. (Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Check presented during the Negro Leagues Family Alliance brunch at Negro Southern League Museum on Wednesday, June 19. (Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images)
From left, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, comedian and actor Roy Wood Jr. and an attendee chat during the Negro Leagues Family Alliance brunch at Negro Southern League Museum on Wednesday, June 19. (Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, left, greets comedian and actor Roy Wood Jr. during the Negro Leagues Family Alliance brunch at Negro Southern League Museum on Wednesday, June 19. (Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Guests pose during the Negro Leagues Family Alliance brunch at Negro Southern League Museum on Wednesday, June 19 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images)
For the first time in Major League Baseball history an all-Black umpiring crew was on the field when the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants played in the MLB at Rickwood Salute to the Negro Leagues in Birmingham AL. (FOX Sports, screengrab)
