The Michigan baseball team is close, but as everyone knows, close is never quite enough. Just ask the many standout players before them, some of the best to ever play at Michigan and who went on to outstanding Major League careers. It is always an honor to get there, and so many former Wolverines came close to College World Series championships but just were not able to make that final push to a title.
These current Wolverines, unbeaten in the CWS, have two opportunities to win one game, beginning with Friday’s matchup against Texas Tech, to clinch a spot to play for a national championship and enter rarefied air – a chance to win it all, joining the Michigan teams that won national championships in 1953 and 1962.