The Schoch Factor

On this episode of The Schoch Factor Podcast, Stephen Schoch and Mike Rooney discuss some of their favorite college baseball stadiums – some from their playing days, some from Mike's coaching days and some as just pure fans of the game. The best place to watch college baseball is anywhere it is being played, but having nice amenities and food trucks never hurts! Then, to wrap it all up, our hosts go through some of the players who stood out during the 2023 season!

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On this episode of The Schoch Factor Podcast, Stephen Schoch and Mike Rooney take a look back at some of their favorite moments from the 2023 college baseball season. The guys relive some of the season's top plays and biggest moments from the most action-packed season to date. They then close it out by giving a nod to the coaches who impressed them in 2023 and who fans should be excited about for the 2024 season! 

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On this episode of The Schoch Factor Podcast, Stephen Schoch sits down with West Virginia star JJ Wetherholt – D1Baseball's No. 4 college prospect for the 2024 MLB Draft. We talk about growing up in Mars, Pennsylvania, and what it is about the area that yields so many high-level athletes year after year. Furthermore, we dive into JJ's college baseball journey, starting with the recruiting process to get to WVU. Then we briefly recap JJ's 2023 with WVU and the USA Collegiate National Team. JJ is a one-of-a-kind player and person, so you won't want to miss this!

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On this episode of The Schoch Factor Podcast, Stephen Schoch and Mike Rooney dive into some of their bigger predictions for the 2024 college baseball season. They each bring eight teams to the table that they think will be Omaha-caliber come spring. Beyond that, they also discuss some of the biggest names to watch this year in the form of candidates for the Way-Too-Early Player and Pitcher of the Year. This episode has your laughs and your analysis – you aren't going to want to miss it! 

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On this episode of The Schoch Factor Podcast, Stephen Schoch is joined by Coastal Carolina star Derek Bender – D1Baseball's No. 29 college prospect for the 2024 MLB Draft – to discuss his baseball journey. 

Derek talks about the importance of playing loose in big moments and how he manages to keep his emotions in check while competing at a high level. He also highlights the importance of taking care of the little things and how doing that on a daily basis leads to championship-caliber ball clubs – which he experienced first-hand this summer playing with the Cape Cod Baseball League champion Bourne Braves.

Derek's baseball journey has not always been the smoothest, and he takes pride in the fact that he made it through those rough patches in his baseball career and he even managed to have fun while doing it. Derek's got an awesome perspective on the game of baseball, but really just on life in general. You aren't going to want to miss it! 

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On this episode of The Schoch Factor Podcast, Stephen Schoch and Mike Rooney dive into what's going on with the NCAA's roster management rules. Last week, the NCAA approved yet another blanket waiver for Division I Baseball that pertains to some of the roster management challenges facing the sport, essentially declining to hardcode any rules. Coach Rooney and Schoch break down what this means for college baseball and just the NCAA as a whole. Then, with Florida State football getting snubbed, they go into some of the biggest snubs in college baseball history!

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On this episode of The Schoch Factor Podcast, Stephen Schoch is joined by Virginia shortstop Griff O'Ferrall as D1Baseball's No. 17 college prospect for the 2024 MLB Draft gears up for his junior season. Griff shares his least favorite parts of fall conditioning while highlighting the importance of going through it as a team. He also gives us an inside look at what goes into conditioning at the collegiate level (Spoiler Alert, its not fun). Griff then discusses his USA Baseball Collegiate National Team experience while also highlighting some other players across college baseball that he thinks we will be impressed with!

On this episode of The Schoch Factor Podcast, Coach Schoch and Rooney talk about the wacky elements that exist surrounding conference tournaments. Then, we take some concepts from different conference tournaments across college baseball and craft our ideal tournaments.

We then put our dreamer hats on and dive deep into what changes we would make to the game at the college level to make it more exciting. If you are the NCAA and want to take the year off from writing the rules, just let us know. We will shoot you Coach Rooney's number!

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On this episode of The Schoch Factor Podcast, Stephen Schoch sits down and talks baseball with former Wake Forest star and current Milwaukee Brewers prospect Brock Wilken. Brock takes us through his baseball journey and how growing up playing ball in Florida helped him prepare to play the game at the collegiate level. Brock even gives us a behind-the-scenes look at his unconventional recruiting process and how he ended up at Wake Forest in the first place. This episode has all of that and so much more, so make sure to tune in!

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On this episode of The Schoch Factor Podcast, Coach  Schoch and Rooney start off by talking about the best element of college baseball, the relationships you make along the way. Coach Rooney begins by sharing good news about one of his college baseball friends, Pat Murphy, who was just named the new manager of the Milwaukee Brewers. Coach Schoch scratched the "college baseball friendship itch" in a big way this weekend by attending one of his former UVA teammate's wedding. The college baseball teammate wedding experience is essentially just a big team reunion, and it's one of the best things that comes from college baseball.

Moving along the guys talk about the "preseason" tournaments they are most excited for and get into the complexities of what goes into making college baseball schedules. It's an action-packed episode you won't want to miss!

The Schoch Factor is brought to you by Soldier Sports.

Follow Stephen on Twitter: @BigDonkey47
Follow Roons on Twitter: @Mike_Rooney
Follow the podcast on Twitter: @SchochFactorPod
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