The dirt that Willie Mays and 180 other National Baseball Hall of Famers roamed has been dug up.
Earth-moving equipment digs up the historic dirt of Rickwood Field on Oct. 30, 2023. The Rickwood Field dirt that Willie Mays and 180 other National Baseball Hall of Famers roamed has been dug up and is being removed from America’s oldest ballpark.
Renovation work at Birmingham’s historic baseball stadium began on Oct. 25 with bulldozers excavating the infield and outfield, said Gerald Watkins, chairman of Friends of Rickwood.“The infield has been dug up, they’re working on the outfield,” Watkins said. “There’s four different machines working out here now digging up. They’re hauling dump trucks full of dirt away as quick as they can, taking advantage of the good dry weather.”“That’s right,” Watkins said.
Major League Baseball has announced it will play a game at Rickwood Field as a tribute to the Negro Leagues on June 20, 2024. It will feature the St. Louis Cardinals playing the San Francisco Giants.“They’re taking it down about two feet or more,” Watkins said. “They’ll be replacing that with a new subsurface, irrigation system and then the baseball playing surface after that.
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