Rickwood Field will host an MLB game between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants on Thursday. It's the oldest professional ballpark in the U.S. and former home to baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays and the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues.
A person drives a golf cart through a construction site at Rickwood Field, Monday, June 10, 2024, in Birmingham, Ala. Rickwood Field, known as one of the oldest professional ballpark in the United States and former home of the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues, will be the site of a special regular season game between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants on June 20, 2024. The front entrance is seen at Rickwood Field, Monday, June 10, 2024, in Birmingham, Ala.
The game meant to honor Mays and many other Negro Leaguers will be both somber and reminiscent. Mays, the electrifying center fielder who left an enduring mark on baseball,Gelof helps A’s beat Royals 7-5 to end 9-game slide Rickwood Field hosted Alabama’s first integrated sports team, the minor league Birmingham Barons, in 1964 — 17 years after Robinson integrated the majors. And it has seen more than 50% of baseball Hall of Famers walk its grounds, from legendary Negro Leaguers like Mays, Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige to MLB greats Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle.. “I was taught to see your goal in your mind and work toward it. I could work toward getting to Rickwood Field and the Birmingham Black Barons.
Wood played high school baseball at Rickwood Field in the 1990s. At the time, he said Rickwood was just another place for him to play the sport he loved. That changed when he learned the history.The 10,800-seat stadium opened in 1910 during a time when baseball was the premier sport in Alabama.
“Who would have thought MLB would come to Birmingham, Alabama?” Weir said. “Who ever thought that I would be in the position that I am to be a part of this event? These are moments that you dream of.”
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