Alabama Baseball Announces Fan Day: Roll Call, January 29, 2025

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UCF baseball beats Alabama 8-7 in the opening round of the Tallahassee Regional on Friday, May 31, 2024 at Dick Howser Stadium
UCF baseball beats Alabama 8-7 in the opening round of the Tallahassee Regional on Friday, May 31, 2024 at Dick Howser Stadium / Liam Rooney/Tallahassee Democrat / USA TODAY NETWORK

The Alabama baseball team announced plans to host its annual Fan Day on Saturday, Feb. 8 at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

The event will feature inflatables, slides and face painting, and an opportunity to meet Big Al for the children. Fans will be able to meet the team and get autographs during the batting practice portion of the day.

The event begins at 11 a.m. CT where fans can register to participate in an on-field experience. Those who register will be escorted to the field at 11:30 a.m. for stretching, followed by batting practice at 12 p.m. with an intrasquad scrimmage concluding the proceedings at 1 p.m. CT.

Free pizza will be provided for those who register and fans will be able to purchase season tickets for the upcoming year.

Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:

  • Men's Basketball: No. 4 Alabama at No. 14 Mississippi State, 8 p.m. CT, Starkville, MS.

Crimson Tide Results:

  • No results.

Did You Notice?

  • Former Alabama guard Collin Sexton scored 30 points with four assists and two rebounds but the Utah Jazz lost to the Golden State Warriors 114-103.
  • Former Alabama golfer Justin Thomas will be paired with former United States Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice for the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
  • Former Alabama guard JD Davison was named a "Rising Star" and will be participating in the NBA's All-Star Weekend as he continues to show promise with the Maine Celtics.

Countdown to Crimson Tide's 2025 Football Season Opener:

  • 213 days.

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

January 29, 1963: The first charter members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were named in Canton, Ohio (they were enshrined when the Hall opened in September 1963). Among them was former Alabama player Don Hutson. He led the NFL in receiving in eight of his 11 seasons and in scoring five straight years. Hutson was also named the league’s MVP twice, in 1941 and 1942.

January 29, 1974: Alabama offensive line coach Jimmy Sharpe was hired as head coach at Virginia Tech, replacing Charley Coffey. Sharpe, an assistant since 1963, played for the Crimson Tide from 1960-62.

January 29, 1987: Baseball player Alex Avila was born in Hialeah, Fla.

January 29, 1993: Bradley Sylve was born in Port Sulphur, La.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

"It is still an individual thing, a question of running the pass pattern correctly. Pass patterns have probably changed less than anything else in football.”

Don Hutson

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My name is Joe Gaither and I graduated from the University of Alabama in 2018. I began my sports media career in radio in 2019, working for three years in Tuscaloosa covering the University of Alabama and other local high school sports. In 2023 I began my career with On SI writing and covering predominantly college athletics with a focus on the University of Alabama, University of Missouri and Vanderbilt.