Two well-stocked rosters of MLB alumni, including all-stars and World Series celebrants, will be back in uniform on June 19 at historic Rickwood Field (capacity 8,300) in Birmingham, Ala.
For a second consecutive year professional baseball is paying tribute to one of the game’s most iconic events of years ago. The East-West Classic, a salute to the Negro American and National Leagues’ All-Star Game that was held from 1933 to 1962, is scheduled in America’s oldest ballpark.