<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=13oWyu_1GoeOoG400" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=13oWyu_1GoeOoG400" width="400" height="225" >Community leaders honored Birmingham baseball great Ron “Papa Jack” Jackson during a tribute Thursday at the Negro Southern League Museum.Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson joined the city of Birmingham, the museum and local baseball organizations for “A Salute to an Unsung Legend.”A Wenonah High School graduate, Jackson played 10 seasons in Major League Baseball with the California Angels, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles. He later spent more than 20 years coaching in the major and minor leagues and was on the Boston Red Sox coaching staff when the team won the 2004 World Series.Jackson has also worked to support and mentor young athletes through the Papa Jack Baseball Foundation, Nike RBI, Young Barons Travel Ball and other Major League Baseball youth development programs.“Ron ‘Papa Jack’ Jackson represents the very best of Jefferson County,” Tyson said. “He achieved success at the highest levels of professional baseball and returned home to invest that success into our youth and community.”The tribute was held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Negro Southern League Museum in Birmingham.</div></body>

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Community leaders honored Birmingham baseball great Ron “Papa Jack” Jackson during a tribute Thursday at the Negro Southern League Museum. Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson joined the city of Birmingham, the museum and local baseball organizations for “A Salute to an Unsung Legend.”. A Wenonah High School...

Birmingham honors baseball legend Ron “Papa Jack” Jackson

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Community leaders honored Birmingham baseball great Ron “Papa Jack” Jackson during a tribute Thursday at the Negro Southern League Museum. Jefferson County

Birmingham honors baseball legend Ron “Papa Jack” Jackson

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