COLUMBIA — South Carolina is 28-5 overall, in first place by two games in the SEC, and from a record perspective off to its best baseball start in over a decade. The support at Founders Park has reflected that, with the Gamecocks averaging over 7,000 tickets sold per game.
But has the USC fan base, which as a result of the 2010 and 2011 national championships holds its baseball program to stratospherically high standards, bought into this club, or is it still hestiant given the shortcomings of last season? The topic came up Sunday, after the Gamecocks defeated Tennessee 4-3 to complete yet another three-game sweep of a conference opponent, before a home crowd that for the most part seemed a tad — subdued.