By Michael Haag | Sports Editor
Most collegiate baseball programs start fall practice working on areas of improvement ahead of a new season, using its previous year as a blueprint for where to improve. That isn’t the case for Baylor baseball — a group with less than half of its members being returners.
First, the players need to learn each other’s name before moving on to anything else.
“You come in, there’s guys from everywhere, all different states across the country and you don’t know any of them,” sophomore catcher Cortlan Castle said.
The Bears are not only ushering in new player personnel, but also an entirely new coaching staff, led by new skipper Mitch Thompson.