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TCU baseball trying to join esteemed company with rare feat in 2018

BY STEFAN STEVENSON
sstevenson@star-telegram.com

By the time we get to that point when every pitch and at-bat feels like the end of the world -- you know that feeling, when your team is a strike, an out, or an RBI single away from victory -- TCU's season-opening series at Grand Canyon University will seem like ancient history.

The weather will change from wet and cold to hot and sunny. The pressure riding on each game will be ratcheted up as the Horned Frogs hope to navigate their way to a fifth consecutive College World Series. But for coach Jim Schlossnagle, who begins his 15th season at TCU when the Frogs open against GCU at 7 p.m. Friday in Phoenix, the road back to Omaha begins now.

Truth be told, for Schlossnagle and his team, that road actually began during fall practice. Let's call the lead up, including two weeks of official practice, test laps. It's the real deal now. Omaha is set in TCU's GPS.

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