Warner glad to escape OU
playing here,” he said. “And having some success here. I think some of those things create a good memory in your brain and the imagery of what you’re doing here is important.”
Service dog comfort to cancer survivor on road
When watches TCU play baseball, she usually does so alongside That’s where she was Thursday afternoon, watching the Horned Frogs defeat Oklahoma, 9-4 in an elimination game in the Big 12 Tournament at Bricktown Ballpark. Buddy, a miniature Australian Shepherd, sat calmly on a blanket at her feet. After TCU finished a series with California on Saturday, Saarloos traveled from Berkley, California, with her husband, in a mobile home. They take the mobile home wherever TCU goes to support their son
a pitching coach for the Horned Frogs.
They made a road trip out of it, stopping in Nevada, Montana and Colorado and arriving in Oklahoma just in time for TCU’s first game against Kansas at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Buddy is a service dog, and his primary purpose is to reduce the stress levels of Linda Saarloos. She has twice been diagnosed with cancer. She was diagnosed with colon cancer when she was 39 and beat that, only to discover she had breast cancer six years ago. It never stopped her, Larry said. She continued to live an active lifestyle that included horseback riding. She eventually had a double mastectomy and has been cancer-free since.
The Saarlooses adopted Buddy four years ago, and he has been good to them since. Particularly for Linda, Buddy lives up to his name.
“Every dog’s name is Buddy,” Larry Saarloos said. “The dog just keeps her stress low and gives her the right balance.”
Deficits shake Sooners from their game plan
After a 9-4 loss to TCU, Oklahoma has not led since the fourth inning of the first Bedlam game last week and has allowed runs in either the first or second innings of all four games during its current losing streak. Thursday, the 3-0 deficit the Sooners found themselves in by the second inning forced them out of the game plan they had prepared for against TCU starter
“We knew Janczak had a tight leash because it was his first outing back,” OU coach
said. “Ordinarily, you’d want to work pitch counts. I wanted to do the opposite because I wanted to get the lead because of the last three or four games.
Harris supporting former Pioneers
It wasn’t long ago that
was giving guidance to and
from the dugout. Thursday, he was kicking his feet up and watching them from the stands. Harris is the baseball coach at Stillwater High School, where Littell and Teel, now players for Oklahoma State, won a state championship in 2014. Harris will be at the Big 12 Tournament all week to relax and watch his former players in action.
Cam Warner, a TCU second baseman from Canberra, Australia, sat down with
for a Q&A after the Horned Frogs eliminated Oklahoma rom the Big 12 Baseball Tournament:
A: “That always happens when you can’t fill up the zone as a pitcher. Just getting behind in counts and when we’re up by a lot of runs, the best thing to do is just throw strikes.”
“Definitely. When you’re in control the whole game, it’s good to get out of there with a win and get back tomorrow.” club team, so you play through those. Over here, it’s every school. We just don’t get nearly as many games in as they play over here.”
“Probably rugby. Soccer is big everywhere but probably rugby and cricket is pretty big, too.”
“Not really. The food is a little different, but it’s not anything out of the ordinary.”
“I’d been here a few times before I actually came to school here. I had visited on holiday, so I kind of new what to expect, and both of my brothers played over here as well. That definitely prepared me for coming over here.”