We're a Baseball School Now Muppets
Juwan has some work to do, because these guys can actually score on Texas Tech. Michigan wins its double-elimination bracket in a blowout, and advances to the College World Series Championship, a best of three series against Vanderbilt (if they win one) or Louisville (if they win the next two).
And you can't have one without the other!
one-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight-nine-ten-eleven-twelve-thirteen-fourteen-fifteen we want mooooooore runs! MEAT MEAT MEAT MEAT It's all your fault! It's all your fault! It's all your fault! It's all your fault!
x x x x xx xxx GO BLUE!
I, for one, accept our baseball overlords.
It’s a must, acceptance here too. Great way to start the weekend. Go Blue!
With all utmost respect to Seth and the crew here at MGO - Michigan has always been a baseball school - it's MgoBlog that is now baseball. Welcome to the wagon - it's always been here - just like MurderWolv. Call it MurderBall.
This is unbelievable. What an incredible run.
Really, making the tournament was a great feat. Managing to win the regional? Made the season. Beating UCLA on the road? Astonishing, way more than we could hope to expect.
The final series? This isn't real.
Agreed 100%, I just want to win for the kids on that team now! What a story for them when they grow old
I didn't start watching the team until they got to Corvallis, so I didn't know anything about how razor-edge lucky they were to get in the field, or the struggles they had before that. I heard they were one of the last teams in and I expected them to sort of play like they had nothing to lose - whatever that would look like - but they looked good! Then they looked good beating UCLA. Against Florida State we made the Seminoles look like one of the last teams in. Texas Tech wailed on us during the regular season I heard, but we beat them pretty good. Right now we are awaiting the winner of Louisville Vanderbilt and it is hard for me to believe either one of those teams will be favored by much if at all in the CWS. I know I'm a homer but I can't believe we don't have a REAL GOOD CHANCE at winning it. I admit it, I haven't watched this much Michigan baseball since ever but if Coach Bakich is starting to build a perennial contender, it won't be the last time, it's been fun!
Go Blue!
Would have been great if the children of yost were at that game. Go blue.
Watching the Kerr generations high-fiving after each roundtripper was great as a fill-in for Yosts.
Dayenu!
CWS finalists!
Go Blue!
Extend Bakich!
extend everyone, no more firing.
HEY! Hey. Let's not talk crazy here. Where would we go for rampant vitriol and gnashing of teeth that we can lay at the feet of Dave and Warde?
Now let's all pull it together... surely, SOMEONE is underperforming--not any of us of course--we are pretty much super awesome, except for a couple...you know who you are.
Pretty sure a couple folks have pissed and moaned about men's lacrosse, there's always some assistants that we can cut loose, maybe even a GA or two. Now let's get to FIRIN'!
Ok. Back to firing then. I'm convinced.
Go Blue! Let's keep it going!
Woah, this is almost unprecedented. Not really a baseball guy but awesome to see.
Awesome!!!
Absolutely amazing group of young men! Having fun playing baseball.
Go Blue!!
Go BLouisville!!
We did it!!!!!!!!
So glorious
I was hoping we'd win by the same margin in baseball (EDIT: as they had in basketball), because that would be way worse.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
Muppets in mid-June - amaize-ing!
Let's go Louisville. Beating them in the finals would exorcise another basketball demon.
Vandy is likable despite their ESS EEE SEE affiliation.
Also Vandy is much, much better than Louisville. Want no part of them.
They want no part of us.
Where's my baseball HTTV?!?!
WE WANT MOAR WINS!!
(2 MOAR WILL DO JUST FINE)
Muppets in June. What a great time to be alive.
BASEBALL MUPPETS!
This is so much fun...love it all!!!
Last time I was this excited in June about sports was when the Wings were winning the cup.
Old fart
My girlfriend went to Vanderbilt and I am not sure that our relationship can take the shit talking I am going to do if we beat them.
Wife went to Vandy and she hopes Michigan plays Louisville. She's got a Michigan shirt on if that explains it
LFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Exactly. Maybe basketball first then BB, then hockey. Football has not produced at all. Year 5.
Yup. Every program is final 4 except football. Fake news? No just real data. Some people want emotion and chaos versus results.
You post this shit in a Muppets post?
their username checks out
Your idea would have been expressed more clearly and effectively if you'd just said "Fire Harbaugh!". Why try to obfuscate?
An amazing run, and basically other than one inning they haven't trailed this entire CWS.
What the hell, might as well just win it all.
Let's keep rolling. Go Blue!!
Let’s finish this off! Go Blue!
Time to get out the money canon and workout a new contract for Bakich. Get it done boys.
Man, this is beyond Muppets. Since 1962 Michigan has never been the NCAA champ. Jimmy Kerr’s gramps was actually on that team. Karma. Go Blue!!!
I watched just about this entire game and to say the starting pitcher (Kaufman) battled is a massive understatement. He had the leadoff batter on in almost every inning, and had bases loaded in the inning they score 3 and had a groundout and a strikeout to limit the damage.
At that point, the game was 3-2 for TTU and bases loaded with one out could've been a DISASTER. Instead, he gets out of the inning an TTU DOESN'T SCORE ANOTHER RUN ALL GAME.
Baseball folks will know just how incredible that turnaround is, in that situation.
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I'm old enough to remember watching the Barry Larkin/Chris Sabo team that last went to the CWS. At the time, you felt like "northern baseball" wasn't really a thing, and the program was headed towards national prominence.
I sure hope they lock Bakich in for the long haul. I love the way he recruits and even if some of his diamonds in the rough don't pan out, the message that MI baseball will recruit outside of the normal circuits is pretty on brand for the university.
Go Blue, indeed.
To be fair, he got pretty unlucky as well to give up two hits on balls that were not well hit at all, and then the inning was extended and a run scored on the error where Kaufman hesitated on the throw. Michigan was lucky to escape without further damage, but TT was also lucky to be in that position in the first place.
In terms of recruiting, Wisconsin's lack of a men's baseball program is apparently M's gain. Six players on the M roster are from Wisconsin. Several might well have stayed home if the Badgers had a team. Go Blue!
It's been a great run so far! Now it's time to bring it home!
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