$2,000 reward offered for Birmingham Black Barons player’s suitcase lost in tornado that destroyed home Updated Mar 11, 2021; Posted Mar 10, 2021 Robert Vickers, one of the last living Birmingham Black Barons baseball players, is trying to find a metal suitcase containing his first contract and uniform that was lost in the Jan. 25, 2021 tornado. Facebook Share (Editor’s note: Updated at 3:20 p.m. to correct factual errors and clarify Vickers’ playing career.) A reward is now being offered in the search for a missing vintage suitcase belonging to a man who says he played for the Birmingham Black Barons during the team’s final years.