NewsOK.com · May 24, 2018
Oklahoma adopts 'Everyday Joe' mentality, eliminates top seed Texas
Oklahoma outfielder Blake Brewster is greeted at home after his home run as the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) play the University of Texas Longhorns (UT) in the Big 12 Baseball Championship at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, on Thursday, May 24, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Photo by Steve Sisney, The OklahomanThe name “Joe” was ringing up and down the first-base dugout at Bricktown Ballpark on Thursday morning.
But there were no players named “Joe” or “Joseph” in sight.
“We talk about nine guys named Joe,” Oklahoma coach Skip Johnson said. “Everybody is named Joe. Joe got the credit and they played with their hearts.”