Good morning, sports fans. After many long months of waiting and anticipation, the day finally came.

In the past, this space has been used on Thursdays to rip Eastern’s athletic department to shreds over things that I thought should have been done. One of the things that I have been most opinionated about was the delays of the construction on the baseball field.

But on Tuesday, the athletic department showed that, once again, they may not be the quickest, but they are one of the best at this level.

That day marked the first home game of the season for the Panther baseball squad, but more importantly it was first game in the new baseball stadium.

I had seen the drawings and it looked nice on paper, but what I saw with my own eyes was more impressive than I could have imagined.

To start, there isn’t a bad seat in the house, which is nice considering Panther fans should be watching one of the best teams ever to play at Eastern. And remember the sore buns and back factor that came with watching a baseball game in past years? Fuggehtaboutit. The new seat-back chairs are actually pretty comfortable.

But let’s not forget about the new press box at Coaches’ Stadium. It has the nice feature of not looking like a shed in Cecil’s field, and also won’t fall down with a stiff wind, like the old one.

Sure, there are drawbacks to the new stadium, but they are minor at best. There are no bathrooms on the premises, but you know you can’t miss anything you didn’t have before. In the old days fans had to either use the porta-john or go to the Lantz to use the facilities, and they have to do the same now. Big deal.

There was also some griping from non-students who didn’t like the idea of having to pay to get into the games.