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re: SEC Baseball tournament to stay in Hoover.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 2:16 pm to BowlJackson
Posted on 6/3/16 at 2:16 pm to BowlJackson
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Because the minor league team is marketing their product to a different demographic than the SEC is marketing their tournament towards. This really isn't a hard concept people, damn
minor league baseball's demographic is every bit as family friendly as college baseball
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Posted on 6/3/16 at 2:17 pm to BowlJackson
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BowlJackson
you're from Birmingham. I completely understand why you selfishly want to keep it in your home town
Posted on 6/3/16 at 2:19 pm to lsufball19
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some people like to walk to restaurants around ballparks and not have to drive 30 minutes to find something to do that isn;t an applebees
You do realize Hoover has many restaurants and bars nicer than Applebees?
Posted on 6/3/16 at 2:28 pm to lsufball19
For the most part right now the Barons are going for the 20-something young crowd that's living downtown and wants to drink beer while they watch a game. They so have family nights and it is family friendly, but there bread and butter is the same demographic that lives downtown around the ballpark
The SEC tournament is going for a family weekend vacation vibe right now. It's pretty obvious the difference in the crowds when you go to games in the two parks
The SEC tournament is going for a family weekend vacation vibe right now. It's pretty obvious the difference in the crowds when you go to games in the two parks
Posted on 6/3/16 at 2:32 pm to Aman
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You do realize Hoover has many restaurants and bars nicer than Applebees?
you do realize most of the fans clamoring to keep it in Birmingham live there, right? No one wants to travel to Birmingham to hang out in the suburbs all day in a parking lot when there are far better options. Honestly, if they would have just moved the SECT to the new stadium in Birmingham, I doubt nearly as many fans would be complaining
Posted on 6/3/16 at 2:34 pm to lsufball19
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No one wants to travel to Birmingham to hang out in the suburbs all day in a parking lot
Why are you hanging out in the parking lot?
Posted on 6/3/16 at 2:44 pm to GIbson05
Okay by me. How is Hoover for those who attend? I was wanting to go eventually. Are the accommodations close to the stadium?
Posted on 6/3/16 at 2:47 pm to cardboardboxer
That's hilarious!
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:05 pm to teeMike
Hoover is perfect for the tournament. Most of these idiots complaining have never been.
IT'S A TOURNAMENT WITH 12 TEAMS, not a 3-game weekend series between two teams. So there are countless variables to take into account other than what ballpark is the best venue for fans to see a game.
They have the schools around so teams can take infield and BP before their game, plenty of parking.
Room for RV lot.
There is no MiLB organization using the Met so they don't have schedule around that season.
Again, it's a BASEBALL tournament, it's not for hipsters to go watch a few innings, instragram then god "downtown" to experience nightlife.
People wanna go to Nashville/Memphis===no one is stopping you, but the SEC Baseball Tournament does not belong there
IT'S A TOURNAMENT WITH 12 TEAMS, not a 3-game weekend series between two teams. So there are countless variables to take into account other than what ballpark is the best venue for fans to see a game.
They have the schools around so teams can take infield and BP before their game, plenty of parking.
Room for RV lot.
There is no MiLB organization using the Met so they don't have schedule around that season.
Again, it's a BASEBALL tournament, it's not for hipsters to go watch a few innings, instragram then god "downtown" to experience nightlife.
People wanna go to Nashville/Memphis===no one is stopping you, but the SEC Baseball Tournament does not belong there
This post was edited on 6/3/16 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:10 pm to Tom Haverford
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Hoover is perfect for the tournament. Most of these idiots complaining have never been.
IT'S A TOURNAMENT WITH 12 TEAMS, not a 3-game weekend series between two teams. So there are countless variables to take into account other than what ballpark is the best venue for fans to see a game.
They have the schools around so teams can take infield and BP before their game, plenty of parking.
Room for RV lot.
Again, it's a BASEBALL tournament, it's not for hipsters to go watch a few innings, instragram then god "downtown" to experience nightlife.
People wanna go to Nashville/Memphis===no one is stopping you, but the SEC Baseball Tournament does not belong there
wonder why they have a BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WITH 14 TEAMS in NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS, TAMPA, ETC
Fact is, you have no grounds to say it's better because it's never been anywhere else but Hoover
This post was edited on 6/3/16 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:12 pm to lsufball19
Basketball is different but you know this.
Most knowledgeable SEC Baseball fans love it being in Hoover and considering the A/D voted unanimously to keep it there-they seem "get it."
Most of the critics have either never even been, some hipster douchebag, or don't even care just wanting to bitch.
Most knowledgeable SEC Baseball fans love it being in Hoover and considering the A/D voted unanimously to keep it there-they seem "get it."
Most of the critics have either never even been, some hipster douchebag, or don't even care just wanting to bitch.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:13 pm to Tom Haverford
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Most of the critics have either never even been, some hipster douchebag, or don't even care just wanting to bitch.
I've been, am not a hipster, have been following college baseball since the 80s, and i think it should be rotated
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:13 pm to lsufball19
It was played in Columbus, GA one year actually.
You just want to complain about something. Most LSU fans love it in Hoover, hell I hang out with them every year.
You just want to complain about something. Most LSU fans love it in Hoover, hell I hang out with them every year.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:15 pm to Tom Haverford
i've said it in this very thread and i'll say it again, the vast majority of fans in this thread saying it'd be stupid to move are from the birmingham area. of course you love having it there. there is no reason whatsoever that the tournament cannot, at minimum, rotate around the southeast and/or move to the new stadium in downtown birmingham. if all you're worried about is parking, might as well move the thing back to college campuses. there's parking for days
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:27 pm to Tom Haverford
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You just want to complain about something. Most LSU fans love it in Hoover
That's what it was like when I went too. Complete opposite of what fans want on here.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:34 pm to GIbson05
Move the head office out of Birmingham
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:53 pm to Landmass
To absolutely no one's surprise the only fans who seem to be happy with this arrangement are Alabama and Auburn fans with some fringe LSU support as well.
Obviously it's not changing soon but plans need to be made to move it in the future. I personally like the idea of rotating it.
Obviously it's not changing soon but plans need to be made to move it in the future. I personally like the idea of rotating it.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:56 pm to lsufball19
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I've been, am not a hipster, have been following college baseball since the 80s, and i think it should be rotated
Obviously the league doesn't care what you think, so quit your bitching. Don't come next year and I promise no one will miss you. Enjoy walking around downtown Nashville with beer in hand while we watch baseball in Hoover.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:57 pm to Aman
I'm not even surprised it's staying, it's what the SEC does. That doesn't however mean I have to agree with it.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:59 pm to lsufball19
Probably one of the best decisions the SEC has made in years. 
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