history on their very own field of dreams. ron allen explains. reporter: at the jackals home opener against the miners in paterson, new jersey a huge comeback. the grand reopening of historic hinchliffe stadium itself. i get goose bumps when i think about it. we need to keep this kind of venue and places like this, you know, flourishing. reporter: one of the last ballparks still standing from the days of baseball s negro leagues and segregated sports, a hallowed venue that for the past few decades had been shut down, abandoned and about to be demolished. at its worst what do you remember about this? at its worst what i remember are the trees growing in the stands, people living in the press box. reporter: brian lopinto helped lead a local effort to save the stadium, now a national historic landmark that just underwent a $100 million renovation. the minor league jackals new home once home for the new york black yankees and new york cubans, where legends such as paterson
you like the idea? i do. in fact, this has been going on for longer than what mlb is talking about. if you think about it, there s places to drink right outside the ballpark right after games. there s a lot of development. that s one of the pitches to get. public funding is there s development outside the ballpark. there s gonna be people around and those people leave the ballpark and they re drinking. so it s not about making sure that the fans have an opportunity to sober up before they leave. it s about controlling fan behavior during the game. but making revenue available to teams all throughout the game and before and after, and so one of the fans say about all this. well fans are certainly gonna be excited because you don t want people walking around with three different cups of beer getting extra because quickly, it s going to stop selling, but inside ballparks, there s tiki bars. there s sports bars. there s premium seating where you can get drinks delivered to you. there s alw
look at last season, 722 fewer home runs in 2022 than in 2021. that is the second biggest drop in dingers in major league history, did climate change take off last year? this laughable study doesn t mention impact of several major league ballparks moving in their fences. citi field 108 home runs hit in 2011, now 155, nearly 50% more. 500 more home runs were hit because of climate change? maybe the balls are juiced, that leads to home runs, maybe ballparks are smaller, maybe there is more dome stadiums, better conditions, better results. i played baseball in high school, i m revealing now. maybe players take better care of themselves.
women in switzerland are pushing for action on climate change as well. they ve taken their case against the swiss government to europe s highest human rights court. the swiss senior women for climate protection group has thousands of members who argue the changing weather trends and heatwaves have become a human rights violation. they will be this will be the first climate lawsuit heard by the court women s group has been fighting the swiss government in court for years over the matter. now in a classic film, james earl jones said it so eloquently quote the one constant through all the years, he told kevin costner. has been baseball and so it will be on thursday at ballparks right across america, opening day that day of endless possibilities, the so called field of dreams. yes even canada s team, the toronto blue jays, will be in action playing st louis. the houston astros will try to defend their world series title and young kids will come up with their moms and dads
and celebrating the start of baseball season by bringing back grand slam ice cream flavor. home run at ballparks in grocery stores across the country. mlb opening day is tomorrow. particular kicking off live christian s tailgate in houston. look to defend world series title. hooking up with rob schneider and mattress mack. previews ncaa final four which does start on saturday. those your headlines. ainsley: quite a lineup. brian: good booking. wonder if she will drive him there. thank you, coming up. biden s defense secretary grilled over iran s proxy attacks and america s response. as soon as we came out of testimony, we began work on on crafting response options. secretary austin, i don t believe you. ainsley: senator tom cotton on the demand for answers, next. allergies don t have to be scary.