The Georgia Southern Eagles baseball team will play its opening day game this Friday against the University of Tennessee Martin. With football season far away, baseball is going to be the prime sporting attraction for most of spring.

However, baseball still doesn’t draw close to the same level of enthusiasm as football.  While we understand that football is considered to be a large part of life at GSU, baseball should be held to a similar height.

GSU’s baseball team has won the SoCon championship in 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2011. No small feat, and neither were both College World Series appearances in 1973 and 1990.

Additionally, the baseball team currently holds an NCAA record for most home runs in a single game with 14 scored in a 2008 game.

This consistent success is deserving of more attention than a spot in the football program’s shadow.

We have no doubt that our football team’s legendary success is a large part of the GSU experience, but our football team is off during spring. It’s baseball season, and students should give the baseball team a strong level of support.