Art Clarkson announcing the return of the Birmingham Barons at a press conference at the Commerce Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Clarkson facilitated the move of the Montgomery Rebels, a minor league baseball team, to Birmingham. The newly renamed Birmingham Barons would play their first game at Rickwood in April 1981. (The first iteration of the Barons was in 1885, and the name was used by Birmingham's professional team...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | Clarkson facilitated the move of the Montgomery Rebels, a minor league baseball team, to Birmingham. The newly renamed Birmingham Barons would play their first game at Rickwood in April 1981. (The first iteration of the Barons was in 1885, and the name was used by Birmingham's professional team until the early 1960s.) |
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