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Michigan baseball honors past, may wear throwbacks for College World Series finals

Michigan coach Erik Bakich explains why his team has such appreciation for its run to the College World Series finals, June 23, 2019 in Omaha, Neb. Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press

OMAHA, Nebraska — Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery.

So, last offseason, the Michigan baseball program decided to turn the clock back 57 years and add a throwback uniform into their collection – a uniform that is as close to an exact replica of those which their last national championship team wore in 1962.

“We talk a lot about our program and the proud history,” head coach Erik Bakich said Sunday.