The Birmingham Barons defeated the Jacksonville Suns 3-2 at the 12th annual Rickwood Classic at historic Rickwood Field. More than 5,800 turned out for the game during which the Barons donned uniforms from their affiliation with the Kansas City/Oakland A’s MLB franchise.
Enjoy these images from the game by Terminal photographer Bob Farley.
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Kathy at Birmingham Blues points out an interesting story in today’s Birmingham News. Her post from earlier today discusses the recent decision by the Ensley Highlands neighborhood association to not support a proposal by Reconciler Development, Inc., an affiliate of the Church of the Reconciler, to renovate several abandoned homes in the neighborhood. This article [...]

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Lost in yesterday’s approval of demolition plans for the former Birmingham News building was the pending formal removal of the AmSouth name from area banks. AmSouth merged with Regions Bank last year and during yesterday’s Design Review Committee meeting, four banking centers that currently carry the AmSouth name received approval for new signage.
The bank [...]

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