OKLAHOMA CITY -- They held a shiny trophy, wore bright orange championship shirts and grinned in front of a cluster of photographers, but the glue of their team was missing.
The Oklahoma State baseball players recognized their close-knit group wasn’t complete, so they quickly called for the newly crowned Most Outstanding Player while reporters began to snap pictures.
“Tank, Tank!” some of the guys yelled, indicating they had a spot for him in the middle.
After an interview, Colin Simpson, a senior, casually strolled toward his teammates and joined them, putting his left hand on Carson McCusker’s shoulder and his right arm around Noah Sifrit.