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WSU notes: Check your cell phones at Eck; Midtgaard pushes through injury

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Wichita State baseball players who ignore the cell-phone caddy in the hallway leading down to the Eck Stadium locker room risk the wrath of the Wheel of Mis-Fortune.

No cell phones in the locker room. As players pass by the caddy hanging on the wall, they slip their phone into the pocket labeled with their name.

“While we’re in the locker room, it focuses us on each other more rather than the outside world,” pitcher Willie Schwanke said. “The young guys really learn that are some things that really don’t need to be paid much attention to, especially when you’re out there, because there’s work to get done.