On this episode of Sidearm Delivery, Shotgun Spratling brings on someone who has made it a mission to do more than just coach baseball: Kansas head coach Dan Fitzgerald. Coach Fitzgerald joins to not only talk about the success of his Jayhawks’ squad, who are 23-10 (9-3 conference) and have won seven in a row heading into a battle for first place in the Big 12 this weekend, but to also discuss Kansas’ Autism Awareness Game it hosted over the weekend and why the cause has changed the way Fitzgerald coaches. They also discuss Fitzgerald's rise up the coaching ranks, why Kansas has had so much success recruiting junior college players, and more.

Later in the show, we also chat with D1Baseball national analyst and the man who loves to hate your favorite team, Kendall Rogers, about Kansas, their upcoming battle for first place, and the Jayhawks’ standing in the Big 12 pecking order.

0:00 Intro

2:30 Kansas' Dan Fitzgerald

32:00 D1Baseball's Kendall Rogers

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