BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Official word came down from Major League Baseball on Tuesday: there will be no Minor League season in 2020. John Klima: Willie's Boys: the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2009.

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William J. Plott: Black Baseball’s Last Team Standing: The Birmingham Black Barons, 1919–1962, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2019. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - With the sport paused indefinitely due to COVID-19, MLB owners have released hundreds of minor league players. Justin Jirschele, whose minor league career included a brief stint with Barons in 2015, will serve as the Barons’ manager for the 2020 season.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - We don’t know when or if the Birmingham Barons will return to the field this season, but in the meantime, Regions Field will be the future home of the Birmingham Metro Baseball League for nearly two months.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — With Major League Baseball in the process of restarting the season in early July, WVTM 13's Jared Oliver spoke with the general manager of the Birmingham Barons …

https://www.facebook.com/ChristinaChambersWBRC/videos/259250541999975 Out of the 25 players on the Birmingham Barons roster, only one was let go, but the Barons say things like this happen every year.

Playing in a … I know I sound like a broken record at this point,” said Barons General Manager Jonathan Nelson. Birmingham Barons announce 2020 coaching staff. With no definite answer from Minor League Baseball yet, the Barons will continue to wait, but the longer they wait, they know having somewhat of a season is less likely.