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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alanis Thames

Rickwood Field, a time capsule of opportunity and oppression, welcomes MLB for Negro Leagues tribute

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Gerald Watkins watched Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and other New York Yankees wade through stalks of corn onto an Iowa field in 2021, near the filming site for the 1989 baseball movie “Field of Dreams.”

Watkins thought about Rickwood Field, the 114-year-old ballpark in his hometown Birmingham, Alabama, and he called Major League Baseball with a pitch.

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