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TCU’s Schlossnagle rips new NCAA rule: ‘It’s a dumb rule. It’s dumb. It’s horrible.’

TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle isn’t a fan of a new pitching rule being implemented in college baseball this season.

Schlossnagle had a discussion with umpires during TCU’s home opener Wednesday against Abilene Christian, pointing out that a Wildcats pitcher wasn’t following a new rule that requires pitchers to have both feet touching the rubber when in the windup.

“Your stride foot has to be touching the rubber,” Schlossnagle explained after TCU’s 12-4 victory.

“They had pitchers whose stride foot was in front of the rubber. We had pitchers that used to do that and I made them change.