FWST: TCU Horned Frogs find groove, regain their Omaha dream
BY GIL LEBRETONÂ glebreton@star-telegram.com
COLLEGE STATION – Truth be told, there was a point during the Horned Frogs baseball season when TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle just wanted his team to get to play a few more games.
Inconsistency had shadowed the Frogs. Youth had made an example of them.
A 6-6 swoon near the early part of May had left TCU wondering what kind of contender they really were.
“There were times during the season,†Schlossnagle recalled, “when I remember talking to the coaches and saying, ‘Somehow, we’ve got to get this team into a regional, just so they can get some postseason experience.’ â€
From modest expectations, however, a familiar dream stirred.
The bats awoke. The pitchers seized the challenge.
TCU kept winning. All the way, it hoped, to Omaha.