Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
AVON, Ohio -- Smoke and mirrors? Spit and baling wire?
Somehow, some way, the Central Michigan baseball team is still standing, one of six teams that will partake this week in the Mid-American Conference Tournament at Sprenger Stadium. At stake, beside the coveted title, is a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
That the fourth-seeded Chippewas, who open on Wednesday night against fifth-seeded Toledo, have even qualified for the tourney is somewhat of surprise given what the rash of injuries they have endured, seemingly throughout their entire 55-game schedule.
And it isn't just one or two aches and pains, and it hasn't been to just one or two key personnel.