On to baseball

Opening day for the LSU baseball team has arrived.

Last season's trip to the College World Series and preseason national rankings this year have stoked expectations.

Give Paul Mainieri credit. He was hired to bring LSU baseball back. And while it may not have ever been written in a contract or said out loud, Mainieri was brought in to bring back LSU baseball in time for the move to the new Alex Box Stadium.

Consider that mission accomplished.

So tonight will begin the baseball season -- and a long one it is. The regular season begins in February and doesn't end until May. That's why all of the games ups and downs can't be life or death. There's a long season to play.

Ain't it great?