Rickwood Field anticipates 2024 Field of Dreams, Rickwood Classic games

IT’S RICK WOODFIELD. AND BASEBALL IS COMING HOME AFTER DAYS OF SPECULATION. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS MAKING IT OFFICIAL. THE CARDINALS AND GIANTS WILL PLAY AT AMERICA’S OLDEST BALLPARK NEXT YEAR. HOWEVER, THAT’S ONLY PART OF THE EXCITEMENT. RICK WOOD CLASSIC IS ALSO MAKING A COMEBACK. WVTM. THIRTEEN’S. CHIP SCARBOROUGH. ON TOP OF THE STORY FOR US TONIGHT, LIVE AT RICK WOOD. RIGHT NOW, CHIP, WE KNOW THE DATES FOR BOTH GAMES. OH, WE SURE DO. BRITTANY AND IAN, MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR ONE YEAR FROM TONIGHT. THAT’S WHEN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WILL HOST A SPECIAL REGULAR SEASON GAME BETWEEN THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS AND THE SAINT LOUIS CARDINALS. NOW, IT’S CERTAIN TO COST YOU MORE THAN WHAT THIS CLASSIC SIGN BEHIND ME HERE SAYS. NEVERTHELESS, A SHINING MOMENT FOR THIS ICONIC STADIUM. AS SOON AS YOU WALK ONTO THE FIELD AT RIDGEWOOD STADIUM, YOU CAN FEEL THE POTENTIAL AND THAT POTENTIAL WILL BE MAXIMIZED. ONE YEAR FROM NOW WHEN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HOSTS A SPECIAL REGULAR SEASON GAME RIGHT HERE. I’M AS EXCITED AS ANYONE COULD POSSIBLY BE. WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND WE’VE HAD TO KEEP IT UNDER OUR BELTS. NOT ANYMORE. THOUGH THE NEWS IS OFFICIAL. THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS AND THE SAINT LOUIS CARDINALS WILL FACE OFF AT RIDGEWOOD FIELD ON JUNE 20TH, 2024. AND THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE TO PREP FOR SUCH A MAJOR EVENT. THE ENTIRE PLAYING SURFACE IS GOING TO BE REDONE. THE OUTFIELD WALLS ARE GOING TO BE PADDED, THE DUGOUTS ARE GOING TO BE LENGTHENED AND EXTENDED AND WIDENED. AND JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE MLB GAME, THE RICK WOOD CLASSIC RETURNS TO RICK WOOD FIELD WITH THE BIRMINGHAM BARONS AND MONTGOMERY BISCUITS. IT’S ALWAYS SPECIAL FOR OUR ORGANIZATION AND FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO TO BE ABLE TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK TO CONNECT SO MANY DIFFERENT GENERATIONS OF BARONS AND BASEBALL FANS AND TO HAVE REALLY AND TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY BASEBALL IN THE TRUEST SENSE WITHOUT ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES. THE GAMES WILL TAKE PLACE AROUND JUNE 18TH AND INCLUDE A TRIBUTE TO THE -- LEAGUES THAT INCLUDES WILLIE MAYS, ITS GREATEST LIVING PLAYER. I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED WE ARE TO HOPE THAT WILLIE CAN BE HERE. WILLIE IS IN HIS 90S. I HOPE HE CAN BE HERE TO CELEBRATE IT WITH US. IT WON’T BE THE SAME IF WILLIE’S NOT HERE. AND REVEREND BILL GREECE AND ALONG WITH WILLIE MAYS OR THE LAST TWO SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE 1948 BLACK BARONS, THE HOPE IS THEY’LL BOTH BE HERE ONE YEAR FROM NOW. LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM TONIGHT, CHIP SCARBOROUGH WVTM 13. SO LET’S ANSWER THAT QUESTION THAT PROBABLY IS ON YOUR MIND TONIGHT. GETTING TO SEE THE GAME TICKETS FOR THE BIG EVENT, THE CARDINALS, THE GIANTS GAME. IT’S GOING TO BE HANDLED THOSE TICKETS BY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. YES. SO RICK WOULD WILL NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OF THESE TICKETS. WE HAVEN’T BEEN TOLD WHEN THEY WILL GO ON SALE OR HOW MUCH THEY’RE GOING TO COST. BEST BET, THOUGH, HEY, START SAVING NOW. IT’S A LITTLE HISTORY AS WELL ABOUT AMERICA’S OLDEST BALLPARK. IT OPENED BACK IN 1910, BUILT BY RICK WOODWARD FOR DECADES. IT WAS HOME TO BOTH THE BARONS AND THE BLACK BARONS AND DOZENS OF HALL OF FAMERS HAVE PLAYED GAMES AT RICK WOOD. WE’RE TALKING NAMES LIKE MAYS, RUTH, AARON, SATCHEL AND JACKIE BY THE WAY, IF YOU WANT TO DONATE FOR T