While Alabama's Rickwood Field will host its first MLB game this week, Dontrelle Willis explains how America's oldest professional ballpark has inspired countless major-leaguers.
Oakland Coliseum, a historic site of baseball memories and legends, was within spitting distance of Dontrelle Willis' childhood home. The 2003 National League Rookie of the Year grew up in Fruitvale, California, staunchly watching Oakland Athletics games with his grandparents. One day when he was 12 years old, it was his mother who took him to the ballpark, and the visit was different from all the rest.
If these men and women don't sacrifice and do this at the cathedral of baseball, then there's no Dontrelle Willis, and really a lot of the players you know and love today.' Make no mistake, Rickwood Field doesn't need to be retroactively romanticized.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Bill Greason first pitch, Jon Batiste performance highlight MLB at Rickwood Field pregame festivitiesGiants face Cardinals in ‘Tribute to Negro Leagues’ Thursday night in Birmingham
Read more »
Willie Mays Will Not Attend MLB Game at Historic Rickwood FieldThe 93-year-old began his pro career at the famous Birmingham ballpark.
Read more »
Weeklong series of youth, community events planned around MLB at Rickwood Field gameSan Francisco Giants take on St. Louis Cardinals Thursday at Rickwood
Read more »
MLB game at Rickwood Field will be etched in baseball historyOn June 20, the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals will meet at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The MLB's tribute to the Negro Leagues is a game Gerald Watkins says he never even dreamed of.
Read more »
Giants, Cardinals to wear Negro Leagues throwbacks for MLB at Rickwood Field gameMLB released a first look at the throwback jerseys the Giants and Cardinals will wear at the MLB at Rickwood Field game (June 20 on FOX).
Read more »
‘It was beautiful’: Negro League veterans tell Rickwood stories to Roy Wood Jr., Harold Reynolds‘Rickwood Field: An Enduring Legacy’ aired on MLB Network Thursday
Read more »