Michigan baseball coach Erik Bakich reacts after his team lost the national championship game to Vanderbilt, 8-2, June 26, 2019 in Omaha, Neb. Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press
OMAHA, Neb. — They lingered for a while. Maybe 40 minutes on the field where many of them played their last inning of college baseball.
They high-fived and hugged and chatted as Vanderbilt celebrated some 50 feet way, a pile of giddy College World Series champs at TD Ameritrade Park.
Their coach had asked them to stay and watch.
And really, why not?
“There is only one other team in the country that gets to watch that live,” said Michigan coach, Erik Bakich.