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Out with the bat-cracking boomers and in with small ball as UM opens baseball season

For University of Miami baseball aficionados spoiled the past couple of seasons by the power-hitting, home-run-blasting Hurricanes, it might be time to pop that rhetorical chill pill.

The 2017 Hurricanes open their season at Mark Light Field against Rutgers at 7 p.m. Friday, and patience might be a fitting mantra for those who thrive on the “bigger is better’’ philosophy.

This new Canes squad apparently will be taking the “smaller is better’’ philosophy, as in sacrifice bunts and stolen bases and solid defense and stellar pitching.

That’s what happens when the two stars who combined for 28 home runs last year and helped lead UM to a 50-14 record and No.