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"This is anything but a \"regular\" regular season game.Everything about the Rickwood Classic honors the past. The clothing is always a throwback, from the teams to the umpires. But the Barons also take time to honor former Birmingham and Black Barons players.\"It's a memorable moment,\" Barons outfielder Courtney Hawkins said. \"It's enjoyable for us to be able to be in 2016 right now, and be able to come back and see them still coming around together, still socializing with each other, still knowing each other, and talking to each other.\"Former Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz is the manager of the Chattanooga Lookouts. He believes this event can be used as an educational tool for today's generation.\"Days like this are pretty special, not only for the guys that have played, for the guys, the kids that are coming up through the system to kind of get an idea of where baseball has come from, and remembering the history of the game,\" Mientkiewicz said.The guest of honor was former Birmingham A's pitcher and Baseball Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers. Birmingham is considered a football town, but Fingers says baseball is a big deal too.\"The minor leagues have been here forever, and this is the oldest ball park in the country,\" Fingers said. \"I was lucky enough to play here for two years. I enjoyed it. It was a baseball town when I played here. It was fun. I enjoyed it. We didn't make any money but it was fun.\"Fingers believes Rickwood Field looks great. He says it looks 10 times better than it did during his playing days back in the 1960s."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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