MLB Alumni Paying Tribute to Negro League All-Star Classic in Alabama

The East-West Classic will take place June 19 at America’s oldest ballpark, Rickwood Field in Birmingham.
MLB Alumni Paying Tribute to Negro League All-Star Classic in Alabama
C.C. Sabathia of the Cleveland Indians pitches against the New York Yankees at Jacobs Field in Cleveland on May 26, 2001. Tom Pigeon/Allsport
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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.

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