Mental toughness wasn’t exactly the staple of Michigan baseball a season ago.
While chasing a Big Ten championship, the Wolverines faltered down the stretch, losing seven of their last eight regular-season games before bowing out quietly in the conference tournament with just one win in three games.
So as coach Erik Bakich assembled the team back in September to prepare for the 2017-18 season, he knew they needed to have a different attitude.
The Wolverines needed to be fighters.
Consider it mission accomplished as Michigan (42-13) enters this week’s Big Ten tournament as the No.