# @MLB on Twitter

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1831024461677469722
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/22789580-MLB-twitter
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- **Posted:** 2024-09-03T17:40:25.000+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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