MLB Rumors: Giants-Cardinals to Play 2024 'Field of Dreams' Game in Birmingham

Major League Baseball's Field of Dreams game will return in 2024, although this time, it will not be played in Dyersville, Iowa.

The San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals are set to compete in the 2024 Field of Dreams game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.

The inaugural Field of Dreams game was played between the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees in Dyersville in August 2021 at the Field of Dreams movie set. The second edition of the game was between the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs in August 2022.

The Field of Dreams game is not being held this season due to construction—which includes the development of youth baseball and softball fields—at the movie site in Dyersville where the game is typically played.

Legends of the game have suited up at Birmingham's Rickwood Field, which opened in 1910, including Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Stan Musial and Leroy "Satchell" Paige. It is the oldest ballpark in the United States.

For the Giants, playing at Rickwood Field will be a great way to honor Hall of Famer and franchise legend Willie Mays. The ballpark was the former home of the Birmingham Black Barons, the team Mays played for in the Negro Leagues from 1948 to 1950.

Mays was only 16 years old and a junior in high school when he helped the Black Barons to the Negro American League pennant in 1948.

Teams that suit up in the Field of Dreams game typically wear throwback jerseys, and it's possible the Giants could look to honor Mays and the Black Barons in their uniforms for the event.

The Giants and Cardinals are currently in the midst of a three-game series at Busch Stadium. San Francisco sits third in the National League West with a 34-32 record, and St. Louis sits last in the NL Central with a 27-40 record.