Oklahoma State's Colin Simpson made Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark his personal playground Thursday night.
TankTown Ballpark, if you will.
That's Simpson's nickname — Tank — because, well, at 5-foot-9 and 221 pounds it just fits.
“(Pitching coach) Rob Walton actually gave me that name in my freshman fall,” Simpson said. “We walked into the indoor cages to just hit some (batting practice) in the cages, and Rob looks at me and says, ‘You're kind of built like a tank. I'm going to call you Tank.'
“Since then it's stuck.”
The Cowboys catcher muscled more late-season momentum for the Cowboys, driving two long home runs in OSU's 8-4 Big 12 Tournament win over West Virginia, putting the Pokes on the brink of Sunday's championship game.