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Rickwood Field A Century In Americas Oldest Ballpark

by Allen Barra

Birmingham Barons (Baseball team)Rickwood Field (Birmingham, Ala.)Minor league baseballBirmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)Historic buildingsHistoryBaseball fields

Sports historian Allan Barra takes us on an unforgettable journey to Birmingham, Alabama, where America's oldest ballpark, would look--were it not for the new paint job--almost identical to when the gates first opened almost a century ago. Evoking such classics as Shoeless Joe and The Boys of Summer, Rickwood Field recalls a simpler bygone era when a weathered ballpark was, and still is, a rare beacon of hope.--From publisher description.

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Book data: Open Library