Ann Arbor – To build a lasting program where the big prize at the end of the season is always a reasonable expectation, there has to be that first run of success.
Michigan’s baseball team, the national championship runnerup, won 50 games this season, became the first UM team to reach the College World Series since 1984 and had its best national finish since the 1962 championship team. While the Wolverines always believed they had what it took to compete at the highest levels of a sport dominated by southern and West Coast teams, it was an unexpected, Cinderella-type season that captured the Michigan fan base.