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I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days.

Willie Mays
Black, Making Money, Birmingham
"Greatest All-Around Player in the History of Baseball". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. February 19, 1996.
I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days.