As part of its celebration of the 150th anniversary of the athletic program, mgoblue.com is running a few nice pieces including a video bit from Greg Kinney of the U-M Bentley Historical Library and a breakdown of the first athletic team at Michigan – the baseball squad that played during the 1885-86 school year. A couple notes:
- Kinney explains how they arrived that this is indeed the 150th anniversary. It is, in short, because it is during this academic year that the first recorded athletic scored is found in the university “dope books” –the log of record for sports results for decades.