Rickwood Field

I am gearing up for some Christmas gifts that involve me gathering photos, which involved me admitting that I never finished going through my 800 photos from our summer vacation. And it means that I missed posting about what was one of the neatest parts of our trip, Rickwood Field.

Here is a brief overview (you can click on the link above to see the official website):

Rickwood Field, located in Birmingham, Alabama, is the oldest surviving professional baseball park in the United States. It was built for the Birmingham Barons in 1910 by industrialist and team-owner Rick Woodward and has served as the home park for the Birmingham Barons and the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues. Though the Barons have moved their home games to the suburbs, Rickwood Field has been preserved and is undergoing gradual restoration as a "working museum" where baseball's history can be experienced. Rickwood Field is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


Here are a few of my shots from that (very hot) day.