Ask Woverine Devotee

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Fun little game I invented. It's like Stump the Schwab only WD still has a chance to get laid at some point. Here are the rules: ask WD anything Michigan Football related. See if he knows the answer. Can you stump WD? I'll start- WD, which non-DL had the most sacks in the 1949 season? And what high school were they from?

BlueinLansing

September 18th, 2014 at 11:03 PM ^

was Hal Morris drafted by the Reds

2nd base I believe was Mike Waters drafted by the Mariners(could have been Tom Paciorek) and I can't remember the 3rd basemen.

 

Two other future major leaguers on that team were pitchers Gary Wayne and Scott Kaminiecki.

Alton

September 18th, 2014 at 11:22 PM ^

1B-Ken Hayward (who doubled as a relief pitcher); Hal Morris was his backup as a freshman.

2B-C.J. Beshke (Mike Watters was starting in center field)

SS-Barry Larkin

3B-Matt Siuda

The full batting order:

16-Barry Larkin (SS)

 4-Mike Watters (CF)

32-Ken Hayward (1B)

34-Casey Close (DH)

31-Kurt Zimmerman (LF)

15-Rich Bair (C)

22-Jeff Minick (RF)

 6-C.J. Beshke (2B)

 9-Matt Siuda (3B)

Alton

September 19th, 2014 at 9:23 AM ^

Chris Sabo played for Michigan in 81-82-83.  Larkin played 83-84-85.  They overlapped by 1 year only.

That 1983 team was easily Bud Middaugh's best team.  They made the "final four" of the College World Series along with Alabama, Arizona State and Texas, but they were eliminated by Roger Clemens' Texas team, the eventual national champions.  Mike Brumley hit a grand slam for Texas off Scott Kamieniecki to get a 4-2 win.

 

turd ferguson

September 19th, 2014 at 10:03 AM ^

The barber at State Street Barbershop once told me a really interesting story about this group.  As I recall, he said there was some kind of MLB labor dispute in the early 1980s, and a group of Cincinnati Reds came up to Ann Arbor to train using UM's facilities.  They played with the Michigan players often while they were in town and were stunned by how good some of those guys were (some combination of Sabo, Larkin, and Hal Morris, I'd imagine).  That's why so many Michigan guys from that era ended up in Cincinnati.

Or so said the barber.

Alton

September 19th, 2014 at 10:16 AM ^

This is more or less true.  In 1981, when the strike was settled in late July (I think), teams were given a 1-week "summer training" period.  The Reds, for whatever reason, chose Fisher Stadium for their location for this.  I remember going to watch it at least one day in early August 1981.  Since Bud Middaugh used to be in the Reds farm system, that might have been the connection to get the team up here.

But I'm sure Chris Sabo ended up practicing with the Reds at the time, and no doubt they would have been impressed.  I'm sure the Reds would have tried to draft home town star Barry Larkin no matter what, but I'm also sure that the Reds and Middaugh had some sort of connection, because as you say a number of Michigan players ended up in the Reds' system at some point.

Wolverine Devotee

September 18th, 2014 at 11:16 PM ^

Nice! Since the history of the Baseball program is so poorly displayed on MGoBlue and the internet compared to the other sports, I've actually planned some trips to Bentley in the winter to do some big research into the history of the program for the Baseball SuperGuide I'm creating. 

I've already completed my SuperGuides for Football, M & W Cross Country, Men's Basketball and Men's and Women's Lacrosse. Football is the only one that's printed but Basketball is next up to be printed. 

The heavy duty work is already done for Softball and Hockey, which includes results from every game played against teams from all D1 conferences and neutral site games. That may not sound like much, but just think of how many games those teams play a year and how long they've been playing.

I'm also looking into getting my Football SuperGuide online. Somehow. That's probably gonna take a long time. I'd like to do that after I finish the whole set. 

Wolverine Devotee

September 18th, 2014 at 11:42 PM ^

Yeah, they're the shortest and easiest to make. 

No head to head scores. Just annual results at championship events, individual accolades, championships and rankings.

By far the easiest sports to create and maintain. Lacrosse is going to be thicker physical copy and Lax has only been a sport here since 2012. 

814 East U

September 18th, 2014 at 10:34 PM ^

Who wore the first set of michigan gloves in a game that had a kickoff after noon on an odd dated Saturday on a night of a full moon in an even year?



Pretty standard question.

Wolverine Devotee

September 18th, 2014 at 10:38 PM ^

I can't answer the OP because defensive statistics began in 1965 with the sacks being recorded officially in 1979.