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Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, also known as The Hoover Met, is a baseball stadium located in Hoover, Alabama, United States, a suburb of Birmingham. It was home of the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League from 1988 to 2012 , replacing historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham.
Baseball in Birmingham traces its history to 1885 with the establishment of the original Barons, and from 1910 to 1987, professional baseball teams called Rickwood Field home. In 1988, the Barons moved to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, leaving the city of Birmingham without professional baseball. In 2009, a proposal surfaced to build a downtown ...
Though the Barons moved their home games to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium after the 1988 season, [citation needed] Rickwood Field has been preserved and is undergoing gradual restoration as a "working museum" where baseball's history can be experienced. The Barons also play one regular season game a year at Rickwood Field.
A left-handed pitcher who struggled against SEC competition needed to paint the corner on a full-count pitch before the Mississippi State dugout at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium could clear out to ...
The 2024 SEC Baseball Tournament will be held from May 21-26 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama, with Vanderbilt looking to repeat after winning last season's trophy.
The 1990 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 17 through 20. LSU and Mississippi State were declared co-champions the tournament as a result of a weather-cancelled championship game.
Michael Jordan makes a throw while playing for the Birmingham Barons during a game in 1994 against the Memphis Chicks at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Ala. (Jim Gund / Getty Images)
Metropolitan Stadium was the home of the Minnesota Kicks soccer team from 1976 until the team folded in November 1981. The Kicks, members of the North American Soccer League (NASL), were highly anticipated in Minnesota and had to delay their first game at the Met by fifteen minutes to accommodate the large crowd waiting to buy tickets. [ 25 ]