October 2023

June 2020 Jeb Stewart You know a ballpark has reached a vintage age when even the books chronicling its long history are themselves old. Such is the case with Tim Whitt’s 1995 book, Bases Loaded With History: The Story of Rickwood Field, America’s Oldest Ballpark, which was published just a year before the first Rickwood […]

June 2020 On August 18, 2020, Rickwood Field will celebrate its 110th anniversary as America’s oldest ballpark. As long as people care about keeping Rickwood alive, we believe the ballpark will last. But this got us thinking about the 10th anniversary of the ballpark back in 1920. That anniversary went unnoticed by The Birmingham News,

March 2020 Jeb Stewart In Showdown at Rickwood: Ray Caldwell, Dizzy Dean, and the Early Years of America’s Oldest Ball Park, Art Black transports the reader to Birmingham, Alabama of the early 1900s, when the city began to grow into an industrial giant and the population soon increased by nearly 100,000 in only a decade.

March 2020 The Rickwood SABR Chapter recently conducted a Facebook poll to determine the best players at each position in Rickwood Field history. Voters considered 5-6 candidates at each position, and 2 pitchers. Barons, A’s, and Black Barons who played at least one season at Rickwood, were eligible for consideration. Nominations were based on each

December 2019 Joe DeLeonard The Friends of Rickwood lost a true friend as Allen Farr unexpectedly died on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the age of 72. Allen had a great desire to help his community and the Birmingham area. He did so through several organizations, but his biggest passion was preserving Rickwood Field. He

December 2019 Dan Weinrib My parents Mike and Louisa first met on a blind date in 1957. Their mutual love for baseball led to their own love for each other. This past June, they celebrated 60 years of marriage. You can truthfully say that my own love of baseball is genetic. As long as I

December 2019 Jeb Stewart The Friends of Rickwood mourn the loss of Art Clarkson, who died in Birmingham on October 7, 2019, at the age of 78. Clarkson spent his professional life as a tireless promoter, owner, and general manager of sports franchises throughout the United States. When the A’s left Birmingham following the 1975