Small-town celebrity mystery: Where in Alabama was baseball great Willie Mays born? Authoritative sources give two different answers. The Baseball Hall of Fame and Encyclopaedia Britannica say it's Westfield, near Birmingham. But Encarta says it's the similarly named Fairfield, about two miles away from Westfield, and we found a website where Mays himself says Fairfield is "where I grew up." If you can help resolve this, please let us know.

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