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This day in baseball: Rickwood Field

Posted: August 18, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: , , , , , |1 Comment

Rickwood Field opened on August 18, 1910 in Birmingham, Alabama.  It was the first concrete-and-steel ballpark in the minor leagues and would go on to become the oldest surviving professional baseball park in the country.

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Chris Denbow

One Comment on “This day in baseball: Rickwood Field”

  1. verdun2 says:
    August 18, 2016 at 11:35 am

    And home of the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League.
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