The 2002 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament is less than one month

away.  The tournament returns to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Birmingham,

Ala., May 22-26, to determine who will be the SEC’s automatic qualifier to the

NCAA Baseball Tournament.

In previous years at the Hoover Met, the SEC Tournament has enjoyed

record-setting crowds.  This year promises to be no different.  Below are

details on how fans wishing to attend this year’s tournament can get their

tickets and enjoy the action.

Reserved seats are still available for the SEC Baseball Tournament at the

Hoover Met.  The SEC Tournament has had 12 sessions of more than 9,000 fans in

the last four years.  Don’t be left out.  A reserved ticket is the only

guaranteed seat in the stadium for some of the biggest games in the tournament. 

Tickets are $90 for a reserved ticket book for the entire tournament.  Single

game reserved tickets are $15 and only available only during the week of the

tournament.  Contact (800) 240-2300 or (205) 933-1280 to purchase tickets or for

additional information.

Fans have the convenience of ordering Dr Pepper Six-Pack General Admission

Tickets Books to the SEC Baseball Tournament.  The ticket books contain six

general admission tickets and can be used all on one game or six different

games.  Dr Pepper Six-Pack General Admission Ticket Books are $48 and can be

bought up until the week of the tournament.

General Admission Ticket Books are being sold for the SEC Baseball

Tournament.  The books contain nine general admission tickets, one for each

session of the tournament.  General Admission Ticket Books are $65 each and can

be bought up until the week of the tournament.

Fans that wish to bring their recreational vehicle to the SEC Baseball

Tournament can use the Hoover Met’s new RV Accommodation Area.  For just $100

for the week of the tournament, fans can park their RVs in the new area and use

amenities such as water and sanitary connections, 50, 30 & 20 AMP electrical

service connections and daily garbage pick-up.  There is also additional site

space to accommodate canopy extension and/or an additional car.  The RV Area is

just a short walk from the front entrance of the Hoover Met.  For reservations,

contact Sam South of the Alabama Sports Foundation at (205) 967-4745, ext. 117.

As always, if you cannot make it to the 2002 SEC Baseball Tournament, keep up

with each pitch online at

www.secsports.com.  Also, each game will be televised regionally on Comcast

Sports Southeast and SEC –TV (FOX Sports Net South, FOX Sports Net Southwest and

Sunshine Network).