Visit the new Rickwood Classic website, rickwoodclassic.com, to learn all about the Wednesday, May 29th Rickwood Classic, a tribute to the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons.
View photographs of the 1948 Black Barons. Find information concerning tickets, parking, and concessions, as well as data from past Classics. Learn who our sponsors are, and share your photographs.
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The Friends of Rickwoood enjoyed thoroughly this week’s visit from members of the 1964 Barons team, Birmingham’s first integrated baseball squad. It was both an honor and a pleasure to meet these gentlemen.
Please see links below to press coverage of the visit:
http://photos.al.com/birmingham-news/2013/05/1964_barons_at_rickwood_field.html
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/05/post_925.html
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/05/members_of_the_1964_birmingham.html
The Friends of Rickwood are saddened deeply to have learned of the May 11th death of Lenny Yochim, former New Orleans Pelican and Pittsburgh Pirate. Mr. Yochim was 84.
Mr. Yochim, and former Pelican teammate, Mel Brookey, participated in the first annual Southern Association Conference, in 2006, and stole-the-show. It was both a pleasure and an honor to have met these gentlemen.
Please see link below to the New Orleans Times-Picayune article concerning Mr. Yochim’s passing, as well as the obituary below:
http://www.nola.com/zephyrs/index.ssf/2013/05/lenny_yochim_former_new_orlean.html
Rickwood receives more terrific media exposure in the May 17 edition of Sports Collectors Digest, including the cover photo.
Please see link beow to the on-line article:
Rickwood Field gets some great exposure in the attached page from Sankei Sports, Tokyo. Or at least I think its great. It’s not easy to read, but the photos of the ballpark look terrific.
The Friends organization would like to thank Sankei journalist, Gaku Tashiro, for his interest in the ballpark.
The City of Birmingham has arranged a screening of the new Jackie Robinson film, shot in-part at Rickwood Field, to be held on Thursday, April 11, 7:00 pm, at the Carmike Summit Theater, the night before the April 12 national release.
Please see link below to Bob Carlton’s al.com article concerning the Birmingham premier.
Birmingham screening set for Jackie Robinson movie ’42,’ some of which was filmed here (video)
Authors, collectors, historians, and fans of the old league gathered at Rickwood Field on Saturday, March 2, for the 10th annual Southern Association Conference. Despite it being a cold and windy day at the park, the group enjoyed being among colleagues and friends who share a passion for the history of the league. This year’s program included collector exhibits and research presentations concerning the role of Southern Association ballparks in the film, television, and advertising industries, as well as the “stories behind the stories” presented in the film projects.
Please see image files below, all courtesy of Jeb Stewart.
