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Birmingham’s Rickwood Field is the oldest ballpark in America – yep, it’s been around even longer than Fenway Park and Wrigley Field – but it’s really starting to show its age.
A couple of months ago, city officials shut it down. Major structural repairs are needed, not surprising for a stadium that’s approaching its 107th birthday.
It’s going to take money – a lot of money – to get the gates open again.
That would be money well spent.
Rickwood Field is a virtual time machine, an irreplaceable link to a bygone era when America’s pastime was the only game in town.