Rickwood Field Game
# Rickwood Field Game

Rickwood Field Game is an upcoming Major League Baseball (MLB) game to be played between the National League (NL) West's San Francisco Giants and the National League (NL) Central's St. Louis Cardinals on June 20, 2024. The game is set to be played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, the former home of the Negro Leagues' Birmingham Black Barons, just one day after Juneteenth. This will be the first regular-season MLB game played in the state of Alabama.

## Background

On June 13, 2023, initial reports broke out and revealed that the Giants would play in a Field of Dreams style game, celebrating Willie Mays in Alabama. Due to construction at the MLB at Field of Dreams site, games in 2023 and 2024 were unable to happen. However, MLB decided to shift their marketing into a game to honor Willie Mays, the Negro Leagues, and Juneteenth.

## Game

The game will be the first MLB game in the state of Alabama. It will be played on a Thursday and will be the first game of a three-game series followed by an off-day and two games at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Saturday and Sunday.

