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UCLA baseball coach John Savage prepares for everything, especially success

/ STAFF WRITER

CONSISTENT ROUTINE IS VERY IMPORTANT

On the last page of John Savage’s pitching manifesto, this is the 109th guideline listed, under the sub-category “Mental Game.” The ever-growing document –aptly titled “Want to be a successful Pitcher?” – is handed out to every UCLA pitcher, with the expectation that all 119 current guidelines will be recited in order, with precise wording, in a test before the season. But after a weekend spent in his orbit, No. 109 is perhaps the first thing you learn about what makes one of America’s finest college baseball coaches.