Free Press' Anthony Fenech and Corpus Christi Caller-Times' Quinton Martinez break down Michigan's 5-3 win over Texas Tech in CWS, June 15, 2019. Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press
OMAHA, Neb. — There was something off, Jordan Brewer remembers now — something weird he still can’t explain but certainly felt when giving one of his best friends a hug.
It was Brewer’s junior year of high school, after St. Joseph won the district football championship in 2015, and he promised Devon Smiley that he would bring the trophy over soon.
But that night a deer ran in front of Smiley’s car.