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Head coach Tracy Smith in just a moment on Conquering Heroes.

Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things Michigan Athletics.

Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way.

This is Conquering Heroes.

Here's your host, John Jansen.

Join now by the head coach of Michigan baseball, Tracy Smith, going into his fourth season at the program.

Coach, thanks for joining me, and I got to start with this.

We know it's been a cold snap in Michigan for a couple of weeks, going on a couple of weeks. What's baseball like at the beginning of February for you guys as you prepare for the season? It's a good question. It was funny. I was talking to my buddy, Brandon Arato, hockey. You know, and he was like, hey, man, where are you guys in your season? I said, well, let me put it to you like this. I said it'd where are you guys in your season i said well let me let me put it to you

like this i said it'd be like you guys practicing on a gym floor not the size of a full rank

and a dark and then get ready to play and go play a top 25 schedule so you tell me how it's you know

going but you know that's been midwest baseball for as long as i've been alive and you just find a way to adapt and do it. And the biggest thing is just making sure your guys understand that, you know, once we're outside, your opponent doesn't care whether you've been on a baseball diamond or not. You still got to strap it on and go play good baseball. So what's it? What is practice like for you guys as you approach the start of the season?

I'm sure there's a lot of BP in the cage.

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