Good morning, sports fans. Spring break is supposed to be for fun, sun and baseball.

While many of Eastern’s students will be in tropical locations over spring break, Eastern’s baseball team will be down south finally getting in some games on a regular basis.

After getting snowed out in one of their games against Southern Indiana, and three straight losses to No. 9 Ole Miss, the Panthers will have their first chance to get some regularity in their schedule. Not to mention they get to enjoy some of the nicest weather they will see until May – plus they will get to the “sights” in New Orleans.

Eastern played well when they went to Ole Miss, and showed that they belong on the same field as some of the nation’s better teams. Take away a few of the innings in that series and they might win a game or two against the Rebels.

Although the Panthers come into their spring break trip with a record of 1-3, they have a legitimate shot at coming back to campus at 8-4 losing only one of the games on the road trip. Let’s not forget winning seven of eight on the road is pretty tough at this level.

Even going .500 on the trip would be a huge for Eastern, who in recent years have taken their lumps over spring break. They have seldom won more than a few games over spring break, and have had to battle back to make their record respectable, but this year should be different.

The Panthers have a chance to get a head start on something special in the next 10 days. With a good trip, they can gain the confidence that a team who is getting ready for its conference and home schedule needs.

So while many of us are lying on the beach, or pumping the slots in Vegas, the Panthers will be lying in the weeds waiting to pounce on the teams from down south that don’t expect ‘them yankees’ from up north to be any good.