COLUMBIA, Mo • Served on wax paper in a pool hall, the burger at Booches is a quarter pound of college-town nostalgia. Most folks order two. Last Friday, knowing it was my rare chance for this scrumptious consumption, I had the gumption to order three.
Across the table from me, Tanner Houck ordered five.
As if he already wasn’t larger than life.
The 6-foot-5, 210-pound Mizzou junior might be the best college pitcher in the country. He enters this season, which begins Friday with his start against Eastern Michigan, as a projected top-10 pick in the June MLB Draft.