In the modern sports society, the game of baseball generally falls behind basketball and definitely behind the monolith of football, and more specifically, the NFL, in the public’s collective consciousness.
Nowhere is this disparity laid more bare than in the realm of college athletics. In the NCAA, football reigns supreme; and basketball manages its large share of attention, especially when March Madness rolls around. Baseball, then, is cast aside, not often garnering much more attention than its hockey counterpart.
On Rocky Top, however, perhaps that tide’s beginning to shift. We already knew that the Volunteer fanbase could be a ravenous, difficult-to-please bunch; we also knew they could be some of the greatest, most passionate fans in the country.