TCU's Kurtis Byrne has back-to-back games with a homerun now, After the UTA game, he discussed what he felt has gone well for him at the plate as well as what the Frogs are doing to get back on track in conference play.
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00:00 >> All right, Kurt, this back to back games with home runs for you.
00:05 Do you feel like the bat's coming on a little bit?
00:07 >> I mean, for me right now, I'm just really worried about just the team as
00:11 itself, and that's really the biggest thing.
00:13 Coach Reese talked about it, just worrying about day by day and
00:16 just really just focusing on just each day by itself.
00:19 And not looking too forward into the future or the past.
00:23 For me, it's just winning pitches and
00:25 just trying not to do too much, taking each at bat as it is.
00:29 >> After a rough weekend like the one you guys just had,
00:31 what's your message in the locker room as one of the vocal leaders on the team?
00:34 >> Yeah, I mean, for me, it's all about, Coach Reese talked about it again,
00:37 just focusing on what's important now.
00:40 And we can't change any of the past, what happened in the past two weekends.
00:44 But what we can do is we can bring all of our energy and all of our positivity and
00:49 clean up everything that happened from day by day.
00:52 And just really just worrying about just each day as itself.
00:56 And that was really the biggest thing that we talked about.
00:58 Not trying to do too much, not trying to chase whatever it is.
01:01 But it's just time to lock it down and just really figure it out right now.
01:05 >> Yeah, first start for Mason Bixby,
01:06 what did you tell him before the game started today?
01:08 >> Yeah, I just told him just get a really good deep breath.
01:11 The guy's got really good stuff.
01:12 I mean, he doesn't look like a freshman.
01:14 He's throwing in 96, 97, really, really good stuff.
01:18 And he was very poised tonight, did a really nice job.
01:21 He threw a couple innings and that was huge.
01:23 Just getting linked out of him and going from there.
01:25 >> You think about going from Bixby, who touched 99 on the gut tonight,
01:30 to Hoover, who's a lefty, to Caveman, who stormed.
01:36 Ben, a lot of different arm angles, a lot of different stuff.
01:39 Just talk about the versatility of this coaching staff.
01:41 >> Yeah, it was good.
01:42 I had to deal with it all fall, so that was always fun.
01:45 But it's really good to have guys like that, especially really key pieces.
01:49 There's a lot of different looks, and
01:50 I think that's gonna be really nice for us moving forward.
01:52 You guys at 399, another guy like yours too.
01:55 And just a lot of different arm angles, and
01:57 that's gonna be a nightmare for the opposing team.
01:59 And just being very confident in ourselves, and that's really the biggest thing.
02:02 >> What's the message going into this weekend?
02:06 Being back on the road, going to Oklahoma State.
02:08 >> Yeah, so once again, Coach Bruce talked about it, but
02:11 tomorrow's the most important day of the year.
02:12 And just going from there, just finishing out practice tomorrow,
02:16 and being really, really just in tune with practice.
02:19 And making sure that we're handling whatever it is that we have tomorrow.
02:22 And once we go from there, you just keep focusing on day by day.
02:26 Everything else is gonna take care of itself.
02:27 >> Thanks, Bruce.