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Mays, who began his career at Rickwood Field as a member of the Negro League's Birmingham Black Barons, died on Tuesday at the age of 93. “He was larger than life, but bigger than no one.
Rickwood Field, a tourism gem in Birmingham, is set for a polish. The Birmingham City Council last week approved $900,000 in ...
The city of Birmingham is investing $900,000 into Rickwood Field. The city said the money will be used to make the facility more accessible. According to the Gerald Watkins, the executive director ...
This year's championships are in full swing at historic Rickwood Field. SWAC commissioner Charles McClelland says it's ...
On Thursday, the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals will play a special regular-season game at the legendary Rickwood Field, the oldest baseball stadium in the United States. The evening ...
The San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals are playing at Rickwood Field, America’s oldest ballpark, which turns 114 years old next month. Rickwood is the Mother Church of Baseball.
The year was 1992, the 82nd anniversary of the opening of Rickwood Field. But there was no birthday celebration. It had been five years since the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League had moved ...
Rickwood Field is the nation’s oldest surviving ballpark,filled with history and tradition. Unfortunately, it will not be a ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Gerald Watkins watched Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and other New York Yankees wade through stalks of corn onto an Iowa field in 2021, near the filming site for the ...
Bethune-Cookman University (BCU) secured its place in the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament by triumphing over Florida A&M on ...
Watkins thought about Rickwood Field, the 114-year-old ballpark in his hometown Birmingham, Alabama, and he called Major League Baseball with a pitch. “The Field of Dreams is really cool ...