⚾ 🥎 The SEC Softball Tournament will head to Madison, Alabama starting in 2027.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

That game Bama played there last season played a big part in getting this deal done and approved. It was a trial run of sorts.

 

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[Rsedge72]

Hello temporary fences!!!!

 

[Rsedge72]

It’s a nice complex for sure, but if your looking for a minor league facility??!?

Blue wahoos stadium is hands down the best I’ve been to, and I’ve been to a lot of em..

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

It’s a nice complex for sure, but if your looking for a minor league facility??!?

Blue wahoos stadium is hands down the best I’ve been to, and I’ve been to a lot of em..

They wanted somewhere that was centrally located within the SEC footprint (for travel reasons)... kinda like Hoover and the SEC baseball tournament.

 

[Rsedge72]

They wanted somewhere that was centrally located within the SEC footprint (for travel reasons)... kinda like Hoover and the SEC baseball tournament.

Yeah I can understand that. Temporary fences are really my biggest gripe, really just gets under my skin for some reason.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Huntsville metro isn't slowing down. It's only half the size of the Greenville, SC MSA, but they are similar, and so many things are lined up for continued crazy growth. Significant influx of industry, and with significant government contracting (Madison bests this one).

I think of car tags. You have Jefferson/Mobile/Montgomery as 1/2/3 in historical population, giving them an extra number due to their size. Now they're alphanumeric, so there's greater capacity. When Madison County (47) passed Montgomery County in total population some years ago, it was announced that there would be no change in county, which would've had a cascading effect for all counties below "M". Now that they've passed Mobile County, too, I guess they don't take 2, either. Quite a feat, given the growth on the Eastern Shore.

 

[Rolltide24]

Huntsville metro isn't slowing down. It's only half the size of the Greenville, SC MSA, but they are similar, and so many things are lined up for continued crazy growth. Significant influx of industry, and with significant government contracting (Madison bests this one).

I think of car tags. You have Jefferson/Mobile/Montgomery as 1/2/3 in historical population, giving them an extra number due to their size. Now they're alphanumeric, so there's greater capacity. When Madison County (47) passed Montgomery County in total population some years ago, it was announced that there would be no change in county, which would've had a cascading effect for all counties below "M". Now that they've passed Mobile County, too, I guess they don't take 2, either. Quite a feat, given the growth on the Eastern Shore.

Interesting. I used to carry a card in my wallet that listed all the counties and their tag number/code. After either 4 or 5, it just started alphabetical order. Like Colbert was 20, Franklin was 33, and Lauderdale was 42. Those were the tags I saw every day. But Lauderdale was the largest of the 3 counties. But that was 30 years ago.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Yeah I can understand that. Temporary fences are really my biggest gripe, really just gets under my skin for some reason.

Same here. If they added some rows of bleachers behind a temporary "wall" it would look much better... but with so many seats available, I doubt they go that route. Or even a fence or wall with billboard type advertisements behind and above it which block the rest of the view some.

 

[TerryP]

That game Bama played there last season played a big part in getting this deal done and approved. It was a trial run of sorts.

 

[TerryP]

Hello temporary fences!!!!

IMO, they did a pretty good job for the game Brandon referenced earlier. Now, with the SEC behind the stadium preparation? I find that to be a good question. One thing that comes to mind is the Big 12 and how we've seen complaints about different women's tournaments in that conference. But the Big 12 ... not the same in this situation.

I have to give the SEC the benefit of the doubt. They'll have this baseball stadium set up for softball and they'll do it very well. One thing that makes me think this?

Six teams in the top ten this week. 10 in the top 25.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Interesting. I used to carry a card in my wallet that listed all the counties and their tag number/code. After either 4 or 5, it just started alphabetical order. Like Colbert was 20, Franklin was 33, and Lauderdale was 42. Those were the tags I saw every day. But Lauderdale was the largest of the 3 counties. But that was 30 years ago.

I learned them as a kid - my Dad would always point out an out of county tag - and then it came natural as I traveled around the state, moving from bank to bank. It's just the top three (Jefferson, Mobile and Baldwin) that were historically the most populated, and then Autauga was 4, Baldwin 5, and so on.

I grew up in Shelby County (58) when there was nothing there. It was rare to see a Shelby County tag around the state, much less out of state. About a quarter million live there now, but only 38,000 in 1970. We went to the Grand Canyon in 1975 - epic road trip - and had someone from Shelby County notice our tag while we were parked, and they left a note saying who they were and how the car tag made them miss home. I always thought that St. Clair (59) - where I am now - and Shelby should've been exchanged due to St. just being an abbreviation for Saint. I've never seen Saint spelled out on any official county item - great seal, courthouse, website - so I guess they got it right.

There are so many specialty tags now it waters down the county location tags. I only remember national guard specialty plates growing up. I have a like new 1965 plate that I plan to have registered to my mustang so I can use it as my actual plate.

Courtesy of the University's awesome map collection:

https://alabamamaps.ua.edu/contemporarymaps/alabama/transportation/licenseplate.pdf

 

[Rolltide24]

I can relate in the seeing a tag and nostalgic memories. Whenever we would see a 33, Franklin County, my parents would say, we’ll have to be careful, Russellville has the worst drivers in the state. So when you saw a 33, all the senses were heightened! Seems like 47 was either Huntsville or Decatur. Been too long for me.

 

[alabama mike]

41 Lauderdale
20 Colbert
33 Franklin
44 Limestone
52 Morgan
47 Madison
42 or 43 Lawrence help me out @Bamabww
49 Marion
67 Winston

I had the card as well and memorized all the counties in 4th grade Alabama History.

 

[footballer]

Couple of friends and I were making the trip back home from Fl years ago. We came upon slow moving traffic in both lanes. Come to find out as we slowly made our way closer to the front, there was an 18 wheeler in the right lane. Can you guess about the car in the left lane going maybe 15 or 20 mph slower than the limit? If you guessed AL 64, you would be right. Walker County.

 

[alabama mike]

Couple of friends and I were making the trip back home from Fl years ago. We came upon slow moving traffic in both lanes. Come to find out as we slowly made our way closer to the front, there was an 18 wheeler in the right lane. Can you guess about the car in the left lane going maybe 15 or 20 mph slower than the limit? If you guessed AL 64, you would be right. Walker County.

I HATE left lane drivers!!! Run the right lane, pass in the left and get back over!!!! I wish troopers would ticket these folks.

 

[Bamabww]

41 Lauderdale
20 Colbert
33 Franklin
44 Limestone
52 Morgan
47 Madison
42 or 43 Lawrence help me out @Bamabww
49 Marion
67 Winston

I had the card as well and memorized all the counties in 4th grade Alabama History.

Lawrence = 42.