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MLB at Rickwood Field: A Tribute to the Negro Leagues was a Major League Baseball (MLB) specialty game played between the National League (NL) West's San Francisco Giants and the NL Central's St. Louis Cardinals on June 20, 2024.
Beginning with the Fort Bragg Game in 2016, MLB uses the term Specialty Games to refer to neutral-site games during the regular season in the U.S. and Canada. Other specialty games include the MLB Little League Classic, MLB in Omaha, MLB at Field of Dreams, MLB at Rickwood Field, and the MLB Speedway Classic. [1]
For Game 2, the series moved to Birmingham's Rickwood Field for a night game. Bob Thurman of the Grays faced Bill Powell of the Black Barons. Thurman pitched a complete game, but Powell was knocked out after 5 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings, and Jimmie Newberry finished the game for Birmingham.
On Thursday, the Giants and Cardinals will be taking Rickwood Field to play in the first non-exhibition MLB game at America’s oldest professional ballpark. The game is the teams' first matchup ...
Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman recap all the events surrounding the Rickwood Field game between the Giants and Cardinals, as well as sit down with potential first-round draft pick Brody Brecht ...
It was hours before Rickwood Field hosted its first Major League Baseball game, as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Giants 6-5. The game, which MLB called “A Tribute to the Negro Leagues,” was ...
Game 5 @ Birmingham, Alabama (September 19): Birmingham 1, Chicago 0 The Grays continued their success in 1943, having won the NNL pennant six of the past seven years. Candy Jim Taylor , a long-time manager for several Negro league teams, served as manager as Vic Harris had decided to take a secondary job that kept him part-time in the outfield.
Time heals wounds, and that is a good thing,” Willie Mays said of the game in a statement before he died Tuesday. With Rickwood Field game, MLB reconnects with a community that has too long been ...