Birmingham will play the Pensacola Blue Wahoos in a Negro Leagues tribute game on May 27 at the nation’s oldest professional ...

Minor League Baseball is coming back to Rickwood Field this year. The oldest professional ballpark in the United States is ...

The Birmingham Barons have announced The Rickwood Game as part of their 2026 schedule.

The Birmingham Barons are announcing that they will play a game at the historic Rickwood Field as part of the 2026 season. A ...

A wooden ballpark originally built in 1891 on this site was home to the Cleveland Spiders and then, in 1900, the Blues ...

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved spending up to $900,000 for Rickwood Field improvements to make it more accessible for the disabled in time for the return of another Major League ...

HOOVER, Ala. (WIAT) — Over 20 former MLB players hit the golf course to help preserve the nation’s oldest existing professional ballpark. The Friends of Rickwood hosted the second annual Rickwood ...

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Baseball will be coming back to Rickwood Field in the summer, as the Second Annual East-West Classic will honor the Negro League all-star games of the past. The event will be ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WHNT) — The Rocket City ...

Robert Sanders walked into Rickwood Field, surrounded by history. “You felt magical,” the 13-year-old outfielder/first baseman said in a phone interview last week. “How many old, successful players ...