The loser’s bracket ain’t so bad. In fact, it was pretty fun today. I was in Omaha to watch the Frogs lose to Florida on Sunday. That was tough to watch, but they had a very good pitcher who had an incredible day and that usually means your team is going to win. That’s what happened for the Frogs today.
Brian Howard has been hyped up a lot since Jim Schlossnagle dubbed him “Big Game Howie” after his Fort Worth Super Regional clinching performance just over a week ago. In the back of your mind you wonder if fawning publicly over how clutch a player is might affect his psyche and his “clutchness”.