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utee94

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #56 on: June 10, 2019, 10:35:31 PM »
Awesome for Michigan, very cool.  Best of luck to the final 8 in the CWS.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #57 on: June 11, 2019, 12:52:57 AM »
Quote from: MichiFan87 on June 10, 2019, 08:25:26 PM
To be sure, Michigan should be nationally relevant in baseball, since the softball program has already proven it's possible to be nationally relevant in a similarly Southern/Western-dominated sport, and the baseball program is the best in the BigTen historically.
I am not an expert fan of college baseball, but I was of the belief Minnesota was historically the best baseball team in the Big Ten. Alumni include Paul Molitor and Dave Winfield. Minnesota has 3 CWS championships.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #58 on: June 11, 2019, 03:22:22 AM »
From Omaha:
Bracket 1
Texas Tech vs Michigan
Arkansas vs FSU
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Bracket 2
Vanderbilt vs Louisville
Miss State vs Auburn
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Each bracket is another double-elimination mini-tournament.
1 seeds:  Texas Tech, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Louisville, Miss State
2 seed:  Auburn
3 seeds:  FSU, Michigan
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #59 on: June 11, 2019, 08:17:25 AM »
Revenge Tour 2.0?
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #60 on: June 11, 2019, 04:13:22 PM »
Quote from: MichiFan87 on June 10, 2019, 08:25:26 PM
I wouldn't go that far. They have 2 national championships, afterall (yes, I realize that was a different era when the tournament was geographically split, so beating present-day MAC / Horizon / MVC / Summit League teams to get to the CWS wasn't nearly as challenging, but even so....).

To be sure, Michigan should be nationally relevant in baseball, since the softball program has already proven it's possible to be nationally relevant in a similarly Southern/Western-dominated sport, and the baseball program is the best in the BigTen historically.
I appreciate the history lesson. Was somehow ignorant of those NCs.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #61 on: June 11, 2019, 04:32:48 PM »
I would say the 1983 team that had a HOF in Barry Larkin, a three time AS in Chris Sabo, a pair of guys with long MLB careers in Scott Kamieniecki and Hal Morris, and a fifth guy who had a cup of coffee in the bigs in Gary Wayne.

They went 50-9 (.847), which was better than either national title team, they were just upset by Alabama, and ultimately eliminated by an absolute juggernaut of a Texas team that had 9 future major leaguers on it, including Roger Clemens.  Texas has the best winning percentage in the history of college baseball, and 1983's 66 win team was their winningest.

I think that was Michigan's best team, Texas was just really, really damn good that year.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #62 on: June 11, 2019, 04:40:29 PM »
Was Jim Abbott on that Michigan team? I feel like the timing is close. His is such a good sports story - one of my favorites.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #63 on: June 11, 2019, 04:42:15 PM »
Quote from: Anonymous Coward on June 11, 2019, 04:40:29 PM
Was Jim Abbott on that Michigan team? His is such a good sports story.
No he was a couple years later
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #64 on: June 11, 2019, 04:49:28 PM »
Thanks, ELA
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #65 on: June 11, 2019, 04:51:43 PM »
Sounds like Tommy Henry, the M pitcher perhaps most responsible for upending UCLA, did so while battling pneumonia. We all thought it was influenza. Hard to say which is worse but either way this somehow makes it more heroic how he got the third out in his final inning -- racing to cover first with bases loaded. And boy was he gassed! Makes sense.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #66 on: June 11, 2019, 08:07:53 PM »
I'm starting to learn how amazing the human body is at 22 years old.  
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #67 on: June 13, 2019, 04:36:27 PM »
I can't confirm beyond what the Detroit Free Press said, but their article today claimed that Tommy Henry had diagnosed influenza, was hospitalized and then he whallopped UCLA only to be also disagnosed with pneumonia. That argues that he didn't just win with one condition but with both. Gutsy.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #68 on: June 13, 2019, 08:51:20 PM »
CWS is one of my favorite sporting events to attend.  Great vibe, fun to hang out with different fans around town.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #69 on: June 13, 2019, 11:30:55 PM »
For sure, I've only been to a couple, busy time of the year for me with work and other things
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