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Rickwood Field, the Glossary

Rickwood Field, located in Birmingham, Alabama, is the oldest existing professional baseball park in the United States.^[1]

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1910 establishments in Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide football venues
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Baseball venues in Alabama
International Sports Heritage Association
Negro league baseball venues
Negro league baseball venues still standing
Philadelphia Phillies spring training venues
Pittsburgh Pirates spring training venues
Samford Bulldogs football
Sports museums in Alabama
Sports venues completed in 1910

Acre

The acre is a unit of land area used in the British imperial and the United States customary systems.

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Alabama Crimson Tide

The Alabama Crimson Tide refers to the intercollegiate athletic varsity teams that represent the University of Alabama, located in Tuscaloosa.

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Allen Harvey Woodward

Allan Harvey "Rick" Woodward (September 16, 1876–November 23, 1950) was an American businessman and baseball team owner.

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Andscape

Andscape, formerly The Undefeated, is a sports and pop culture website owned and operated by ESPN.

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Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

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B. B. Comer

Braxton Bragg Comer (November 7, 1848 – August 15, 1927) was an American politician who served as the 33rd governor of Alabama from 1907 to 1911, and a United States senator in 1920.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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The batter's eye or batter's eye screen is a solid-colored, usually dark area beyond the center field wall of a baseball stadium, that is the visual backdrop directly in the line of sight of a baseball batter, while facing the pitcher and awaiting a pitch.

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Birmingham A's

The Birmingham A's were a Minor League Baseball team in Birmingham, Alabama, that played in the Double-A Southern League from 1967 to 1975.

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Birmingham Barons

The Birmingham Barons are a Minor League Baseball team based in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Birmingham Black Barons

The Birmingham Black Barons were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1920 until 1960, including 18 seasons recognized as Major League by Major League Baseball.

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Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is a city in the north central region of Alabama.

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Bisbee, Arizona

Bisbee is a city in and the county seat of Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, United States.

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Bleacher Report

Bleacher Report (often abbreviated as B/R) is a website that focuses on sport and sports culture.

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Bristol, Connecticut

Bristol is a suburban city located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, southwest-west of Hartford.

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Bryant–Denny Stadium

Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium is an outdoor stadium in the southeastern United States, on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Rickwood Field and Bryant–Denny Stadium are Alabama Crimson Tide football venues.

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Charlie Finley

Charles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 – February 19, 1996), nicknamed "Charlie O" or "Charley O", was an American businessman who owned Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics.

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Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.

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Cleveland

Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Cobb (film)

Cobb is a 1994 American biographical sports drama film starring Tommy Lee Jones as baseball player Ty Cobb.

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Connie Mack

Cornelius McGillicuddy (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956), better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and team owner.

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Dave Duncan (baseball)

David Edwin Duncan (born September 26, 1945) is an American former professional baseball catcher and pitching coach who is currently a pitching consultant for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Denny Field (Alabama)

Denny Field was located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and served as the home field for the University of Alabama football team from 1915 through the 1928 seasons, excluding 1918 when a team was not fielded due to World War I. The field was located at the intersection of 10th Street and 7th Avenue at the southern edge of the University of Alabama campus. Rickwood Field and Denny Field (Alabama) are Alabama Crimson Tide football venues and Defunct college football venues.

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Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit.

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Dizzy Dean

Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean (January 16, 1910 – July 17, 1974), also known as Jerome Herman Dean (both the 1910 and 1920 Censuses show his name as "Jay"), was an American professional baseball pitcher.

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Double-A (baseball)

Double-A (officially Class AA) is the second-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States since 1946, below only Triple-A. There are currently 30 teams classified at the Double-A level, one for each team in Major League Baseball, organized into three leagues: the Eastern League, the Southern League, and the Texas League.

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ESPN Classic

ESPN Classic was an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which controlled an 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which had 20%).

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Forbes Field

Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. Rickwood Field and Forbes Field are Defunct college football venues and Negro league baseball venues.

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George B. Ward

George B. Ward (born March 1, 1867 — died 1940) was the 16th Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama and the owner of the exotic "Vestavia" estate which gives Vestavia Hills, Alabama, its name.

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Hoover Metropolitan Stadium

Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, also known as The Hoover Met, is a baseball stadium located in Hoover, Alabama, United States, a suburb of Birmingham. Rickwood Field and Hoover Metropolitan Stadium are baseball venues in Alabama and minor league baseball venues.

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Hoover, Alabama

Hoover is a city in the Jefferson and Shelby counties in north central Alabama, United States.

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Jackie Robinson

Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.

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Juneteenth

Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States.

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Kansas City Athletics

The Kansas City Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Kansas City, Missouri from 1955 to 1967, having previously played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the Philadelphia Athletics.

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Labatt Park

Labatt Memorial Park (formerly Tecumseh Park, 1877–1936) is a baseball stadium near the forks of the Thames River in central London, Ontario, Canada. Rickwood Field and Labatt Park are minor league baseball venues.

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League Park

League Park was a baseball park located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Rickwood Field and League Park are Defunct college football venues, Negro league baseball venues and Negro league baseball venues still standing.

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List of Advance subsidiaries

This is a list of subsidiaries of the American media company Advance Publications Inc.

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London, Ontario

London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.

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Miles College

Miles College is a private historically black college in Fairfield, Alabama. Rickwood Field and Miles College are Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.

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Minor League Baseball

Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), including teams affiliated with MLB clubs.

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Mission Revival architecture

The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles.

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MLB at Rickwood Field

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.

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MLB.com

MLB.com is the official site of Major League Baseball and is overseen by Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. (a subsidiary of MLB).

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Montgomery Biscuits

The Montgomery Biscuits are a Minor League Baseball team based in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Montgomery Grey Sox

The Montgomery Grey Sox were a Negro Southern League (NSL) baseball team based in Montgomery, Alabama.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Negro league baseball

The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Philadelphia Phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh.

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Polo Grounds

The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 to 1963. Rickwood Field and Polo Grounds are Defunct college football venues.

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Ray Caldwell

Raymond Benjamin Caldwell (April 26, 1888 – August 17, 1967) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Indians from 1910 to 1921.

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Reggie Jackson

Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California Angels.

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Regions Field

Regions Field is the name of a minor league baseball park in the Southside community of Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. It is the home field for the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League, and it replaced Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover as their home field. Rickwood Field and Regions Field are baseball venues in Alabama and minor league baseball venues.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickwood_Field

Also known as Rickwood Park, Rickwood Stadium.

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See also

1910 establishments in Alabama

Alabama Crimson Tide football venues

Baseball museums and halls of fame

Baseball venues in Alabama

International Sports Heritage Association

Negro league baseball venues

Negro league baseball venues still standing

Philadelphia Phillies spring training venues

Pittsburgh Pirates spring training venues

Samford Bulldogs football

Sports museums in Alabama

Sports venues completed in 1910

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