Alyssa McBride: 'I did it for future Spartans'

(Photo: Dale G. Young, Detroit News)East Lansing — Calling Michigan State the "best school in the nation," former softball player Alyssa McBride responded Friday to the independent investigation that cleared her coaches of any wrongdoing amid allegations they intentionally threw at her in batting practice.

"It has taken so much courage to share my story," McBride said in an open letter, provided exclusively to The Detroit News. "I did it for the former players that have shared similar experiences to my own and were too afraid to stand up for themselves."

On April 28, after a blowout loss to Notre Dame, McBride made negative comments to a reporter about her time at MSU, and those comments got…