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Posted on 6/14/23 at 4:57 am to AHM21
I bet it will be played on juneteenth
Posted on 6/14/23 at 7:13 am to UltimaParadox
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Not sure anyone would want to go there for a game. Good way to get murdered
Been to a lot of barons games there. Awesome venue
Posted on 6/14/23 at 7:32 am to AHM21
This is really cool to see. Rickwood feels like a movie set so it will be a perfect setting. They already play a throwback game there every year anyway.
This will bring Bham 1000x more attention than that stupid World Games fraud.
This will bring Bham 1000x more attention than that stupid World Games fraud.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 8:35 am to East Coast Band
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There are a Church's fried chicken and a African hair braiding salon conveniently located within blocks of the stadium.
Thought you were trolling... nope, you're absolutely correct.
There are also the fine establishments of McD's and BK conveniently 2 blocks east.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 8:48 am to AHM21
Went there last year for a Savannah Bananas game.
Very rough area and the parking for this is going to be an absolute nightmare. I am talking dogs chained to trees all around level of rough.
All that aside, the field and facilities have held up really well for being the oldest park in America. You really feel like you took a time machine back to watch baseball. Just wish surroundings were better.
Very rough area and the parking for this is going to be an absolute nightmare. I am talking dogs chained to trees all around level of rough.
All that aside, the field and facilities have held up really well for being the oldest park in America. You really feel like you took a time machine back to watch baseball. Just wish surroundings were better.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 8:56 am to ThatMakesSense
quote:Birmingham?
Bunch of honkies, in the middle of BFE
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:54 am to LSUMJ
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the Iowa site is going thru a large renovation, maybe why not there
Call me crazy, but maybe MLB should do something where they renovate a struggling ballpark and have a game, AND renovate an old Negro League spot
Posted on 6/14/23 at 10:08 am to LSUMJ
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the Iowa site is going thru a large renovation
Paving over paradise and putting in a parking lot.
The whole appeal of the place was that it was as basic as it gets in the middle of nowhere. Turning it into the Wide World of Sports with a resort absolutely ruins the appeal.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 10:16 am to GoldenGuy
It’s not just a Negro League spot. There’s a lot of baseball history in that old place.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 10:40 am to Deactived
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Kinda thought it was lame that they werent playing on the actual field.
the actual field is too small. I don't think it's even 300' to the foul poles and only like 350 to straight away center.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 11:11 am to Dr RC
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Umm... well then it's not the "Field of Dreams" game. It's a "Willie Mays once played here when in the Negro Leagues" game. That's cool and all but they should name it something that signifies it's honoring the Negro Leagues in specific and not glom it onto a completely different thing.
field of dreams isn't a location, it's a mindset baw
Posted on 6/15/23 at 1:38 pm to CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
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Did anyone here go to the game last year or in 2021?
They haven’t played the Rickwood Classic since Covid. I used to go fairly regularly.
We also rented it once and played a few innings. Good stuff.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 1:51 pm to dirtsandwich
I meant if anyone here went to the the event in 2021 and last year. I was curious how much tickets were. And how accessible they were. I presume the only way to go is get lucky in a ticket lottery or pay out the nose on the secondary market. The stadium holds 10800, so it's slightly bigger than the Field Of Dreams stadium.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 4:29 pm to CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
Ahh. I’d also be curious to know that. Gotta think tics will be pricey.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 4:53 pm to FairhopeTider
Agreed
Looks like they’re turning it into a travel ball Mecca
Probably gonna host 2-3 World Series a year there
Looks like they’re turning it into a travel ball Mecca
Probably gonna host 2-3 World Series a year there
Posted on 6/16/23 at 9:31 am to prostyleoffensetime
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Just a few more years before we get the Mets in Smith-Will’s in Jackson in honor of the 80’s Mets farm system.
I had a lot of good times as a kid in the early 80s watching the Jackson Mets. Remember seeing guys like Lenny Dykstra,
Greg Olson, Calvin Shiraldi, Billy Beane, Kevin Mitchell and others. The Texas League was pretty good back then. Saw an exhibition game and still have a baseball from the 84 Olympic team at Smith Wills too.
Need to find some of those old orange con “cowboy” Maloney cups.
Posted on 6/17/23 at 11:17 am to SloaneRanger
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It’s not just a Negro League spot. There’s a lot of baseball history in that old place.
Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams, Dizzy Dean, Joe Jackson all played there.
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