 hope and meaning and opportunity in birmingham and other people who were kind of ready to move on and who looking back at their negro league careers is kind of upsetting to think about all the opportunities that they didn't get and i think that was a really important thing was that this this field represents a lot but it doesn't mean the same thing to everybody what about you roy yeah i think a lot of that as well the opportunity also to talk with so many retired negro leaguers many of whom still live in the birmingham area you know we're talking man