During my comically short tenure as the associate sports editor of The Daily Campus, I came to realize a couple of things about the many varsity sports that we have at SMU. One, they are not as poorly attended as some might think; the basketball team has especially noticed this with the advent of the Larry Brown era. Football has also noticed an uptick in attendance, as more people stumble off of the boulevard to watch the Mustangs post four winning seasons in a row. 

But I feel that we lack in the spring. After basketball season, what is there in terms of mass-draw spectator sports? Nothing.

I say it’s high time we got a baseball team. It would fill a void in the last part of the spring semester for students to enjoy. Other schools that we compete with in the area, such as TCU, Rice, Baylor, Texas, A&M and Arkansas all have very good programs. It requires fewer scholarships than other spring sports (lacrosse for example), and we could capitalize on some of the North Texas baseball fandom that has arisen with the recent success of the Texas Rangers.

To those that say that we don’t need another team on campus that will have games no one will attend, I say that you are correct. If we look back to the days of yore, when SMU football was the greatest show in town, the stadium was filled. Basically, if you build it and get an NCAA ranking, they will come.

Saul is a sophomore majoring in journalism and history.