# @mlb on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C_d4Xp7pAIW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/22789565-mlb-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/90c1ee7b00.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-09-03T19:33:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** MLB ⚾ (@mlb) — https://gondola.cc/mlb

## Caption

Wishing a happy 100th birthday to Reverend Bill Greason, the oldest living Negro Leaguer. 

Greason was a lifelong friend of Willie Mays, his teammate on the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons. In 1954 he became the first Black pitcher in St. Louis Cardinals history. 
 
A World War II and Korean War veteran, Greason proudly delivered the first pitch before the #MLBatRickwood game this past June.

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