The Holy Grail of Baseball? The significance of Rickwood Field to baseball history

The Holy Grail of Baseball? The significance of Rickwood Field to baseball history | ESPN MLB

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Ай бұрын

Clinton Yates explains the history of Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama ahead of the MLB game there between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals.
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@DuckDuckGoose13 Ай бұрын

I hope MLB invests in historical sights and ballparks in the future. This sport means a lot to a lot.

@Upploadz Ай бұрын

Don’t hold your breath. David Justice recently admitted on a podcast hosted by Keyshawn Johnson disclosed that MLB invests baseball camps in South American country but not for baseball parks in urban communities. This explains why the number of black baseball players is dwindling.

@DuckDuckGoose13 Ай бұрын

@Upploadz I also heard that Rickwood field didn't receive any support from MLB, and that the local community was a large force behind it. Eta: If true, it's a disgrace, and MLB should be ashamed. They've been a disgrace in the past, so it wouldn't surprise me. But I hope they get their priorities morally, ethically, and factually right.

@lightingbolt8148 Ай бұрын

Why?

@DuckDuckGoose13 Ай бұрын

@lightingbolt8148 not taking the bait. Your username "lightning8148" has 3 separate nazi symbols/numbers. Lightning is one of their symbols. 14 refers to the 14 words. And 88 refers to H the 8th letter of the alphabet, and represents the scum Hitler.

@jaimep3432 Ай бұрын

@@DuckDuckGoose13what did you call all the support yesterday ?

@tudormiller887 Ай бұрын

Older than Wrigley Field & Fenway Park. Incredible.⚾

@RealHexJoker Ай бұрын

Cardines Field in Newport, Rhode Island, is widely considered the oldest baseball stadium in the United States. Baseball was a popular sport in Newport as far back as the 1890s, leading to the development of a dedicated ballpark in 1908. This new stadium was originally named Basin Field, as it opened atop a former basin that supplied water to steamships The ballpark hosted its first game on May 25, 1908. The stadium was temporarily shut down because hard-hit baseballs led to many broken windows in nearby houses, though Basin Field reopened in 1918 and implemented an insurance policy for those incidents. At the time, games started at 5:30 pm and ended at sunset if the game wasn’t yet complete. The park was later renamed after Bernardo Cardines, the first Newport resident to be killed in the line of duty during World War I. In 1936, the city purchased the stadium and later installed a curved grandstand section that still sits behind home plate today. During World War II, many future MLB Hall of Famers - including Yogi Berra and Bob Feller - played games at Cardines Field while stationed at the local naval base. The stadium underwent renovations in the 2000s and welcomed the collegiate-level Newport Gulls as their home team in 2001. The team continues to play home games at Cardines Field from June to August every year.

@1WolfedOutJay Ай бұрын

Growin up playin little league football we use to have weigh ins there and took team pictures

@dougfowler1368 Ай бұрын

Really cool! I didn't realize it was that old, I was thinking mid-'20s. , I wonder if Rube Foster even played there before the Negro Leagues that he founded.

@FeR-kt1jt Ай бұрын

My cousin is from Calvert TX and I asked him about Rube Foster yesterday. Got a whole story time . He was a great man and founding father

@terencew7716 Ай бұрын

Thank You for this informative video

@trippwilson5421 Ай бұрын

With Miles College playing their games at Rickwood, that now means that the SIAC schools will now play games in the oldest professional ballpark and the oldest collegiate ballpark (Stan Galle at Spring Hill College)

@corsair6 26 күн бұрын

High school and local JC plays at Rickwood, they actually have A LOT of games per year

@insanehooligan Ай бұрын

Let’s just celebrate this ballpark and all of the history it has seen

@corsair6 Ай бұрын

I visited Rickwood back in Feb as much of the renovations were being done. Spent some time with the president of Friends of Rickwood, MLB has not put up ANY money for the stadium updates necessary for this event. The City of Birmingham and Friends of Rickwood had to raise all the capital necessary for all the demands and requirements MLB laid-out. The vast majority of the seats will be set-aside for MLB, their VIP's, advertisers and the two teams.

@johntate131 Ай бұрын

Holy grail? Nah that honor still goes to Fenway Park

@tthorough4741 Ай бұрын

Definitely more important than Fenway not even close

@tudormiller887 Ай бұрын

@@tthorough4741Fenway Park is important, similar to Wrigley Field. But both of those ball parks are surpassed by Rickwood Field. ⚾

@lightingbolt8148 Ай бұрын

ESPN reaching with this , holy grail that didn’t know about or existed till now.

@bradythagoatt Ай бұрын

holy grail of baseball?????? GTFO why all of a sudden is this place getting so much hype and attention.???? What about all the years before 2024 now its possibly the holy grail of baseball???? LMFAOOOOOOO typical for 2024

@haroldingebretsen2135 Ай бұрын

The holy Grail of baseball is Yankee stadium.❤

@yankee04 Ай бұрын

I am a Yankee fan. New Yankee Stadium is a not the Holy Grail. It’s a cathedral of greed.

@lightingbolt8148 Ай бұрын

No they tore that down

@haroldingebretsen2135 Ай бұрын

@@lightingbolt8148 the new one is the holy Grail of baseball because the Yankees play there they are the greatest baseball team in the world win or lose.

@shadycharacter94 Ай бұрын

Yankee Stadium is a soulless ballpark made for the rich that doesn’t come close to the dozen ballparks ahead of it.