Oklahoma's Jackson Nicklaus celebrates one of his two homers Friday (Eddie Kelly)

Roons Report, Week 3: On Sooners, Big West, RoonDogs & More

Mike Rooney muses on Oklahoma’s exciting offense, the strategies Stanford and Florida State are using to build their pitching staffs, the resurgence of the Big West, and the Fabulous RoonDogs.

You Don’t Have to Chase Slug

As a young coach, I was taught that the little things lead to the big things. Meaning that big innings were the accumulation of many good at-bats. That message has faded over the years. Hitters began to chase power with reckless abandon. So much so that it became normalized in our game. That hurt my heart if I’m being honest.

That is also why[…]