'Attack every day' - Auburn baseball begins second season under Butch Thompson

Auburn begins baseball practice on Friday, the second season of the Butch Thompson era.AuburnTigers.com

AUBURN, Ala. - It’s fitting that Butch Thompson has chosen three words to provide as a guide for Auburn’s baseball season.

This is, after all, the sport that gave us “three strikes and you’re out,” three outs in an inning, and the time-tested offensive strategy, “get ‘em on, get ‘em over, get ‘em in.”

Thompson’s trio? Attack. Legacy. Vision.

“We’re trying to attack every day, not looking back,” Thompson said. “We’ve got some older guys, some seniors in our program who are trying to leave a legacy, so hopefully they’re showing an example, and we’re trying to teach them how to do that every day.

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