It's a wonderful testament to the olden, golden days of baseball.
Rickwood Field is a step back to those days, with terrific sight lines from any seat in the grandstand. The weather-washed outfield signs add to the atmosphere that recalls sunny Sunday afternoon doubleheaders and cool, early season night games under the lights.
And once a year, at least, fans get to revisit their long gone heroes and visions of past ballgames.
Over 200 games are still played at Rickwood, including college, high school, and amateur games. The stadium and outfield walls may have stopped in place, but the infield continues be dragged, the foul lines are still laid out, and the outfield grass is cut, all in anticpation of the next scheduled game.It's too bad Nashville did not have the vision to maintain old Sulphur Dell. Maybe the right field porch would not have been kept, and that would have been just fine, if only the field would still be around for today's players to use it. Grandsons and nephews and great-grand-whatevers would enjoy playing in the park that generations before them loved playing in.
It's just too bad.
