FWST: TCU’s Schlossnagle has mastered the art of baseball

BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com

By now, TCU pitching coach Kirk Saarloos is not surprised by a very late text or an email time-stamped 4:30 a.m.

It’s the boss.

“I call him the CEO of TCU baseball,” Saarloos said. “I’ve never been around someone who has more of an idea of how to run a program. I’ve learned more in my four years here of how to be a head coach from him than I probably could have anywhere in 20 years.”

Jim Schlossnagle just wants answers. It’s why he sends those all-hours messages. And apparently, he’s found enough right answers in 13 seasons as head coach of the Horned Frogs that Sunday, he and the team will play in their fourth College World Series in seven years.

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