Rickwood Field, established in 1910, was home to the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues, then the Birmingham Barons, a Class AA minor league team. This week, it was home to a celebration ...

The Giants and Cardinals will pay homage to their city's Negro League teams at Rickwood Field with special uniforms.

A production member shows the Associated Press an image of former baseball player Willie Mays and other former Birmingham Black Barrons players at Rickwood Field, Monday, June 10, 2024, in ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Willie Mays was just 16 years old when he went to play for the Birmingham Black Barons, beginning what would be a star-making turn as one of baseball’s most iconic players.

Mays debuted with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1948 before going on to a storied 23-year career with the Giants and New York Mets. Read more: Baseball World, Celebrities React to Willie Mays' Death ...

Former uniforms of the Birmingham Barons baseball team and gloves are on display in a shop near Rickwood Field on Monday, June 10, 2024 in Birmingham, Alabama. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) CLICK HERE ...

Major League Baseball is staging a regular-season game at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals on June 20.

Rickwood Field, the oldest professional ballpark in the U.S. and former home to baseball Hall of Famer Mays and the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues, will host an MLB game between the ...

Bethel Baptist Church is seen on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Birmingham, Ala. Bill Greason, a former Birmingham Black Barons baseball player, who is now a Baptist minister at Bethel Baptist Church ...