6B-The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 9, 2006
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struggles, finish eighth
The Tigers made it back to the ALCS for the first time since 1987.
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DETROIT - finally opened and the fans poured
A smy father, my younger in by the thousands. Vendors didn't
brother andI walked around just yell "programs" or "beer," they
Comerica Park on Friday night, we bellowed with a robustness not
noticed the red, white heard at a Tigers home
and blue half-circle game since Ronald
banners that had been Reagan was in office.
draped around the sta- Among those thou-
dium. Then my father sands were the three
made a poignant com- "Bosch boys," the nick-
ment. name my mother gave
"Those banners my father, my brother
can mean one of two and me. We walked in
things," he said. "It's proudly with our Tiger
opening day or you're H. JOSE jerseys and hats, three
in the playoffs" BOSCH drastically different
And that's when ages with two common
it hit me: The Tigers The Bosch Watch loves: A love for base-
were playing baseball ball and the Tigers.
in October. Not the final-game-of- That moment was more than 20
a-meaningless-series baseball. But years in the making.
playoff baseball. It started when I was born and
I mean, I've experienced electric my father began instilling in me a
atmospheres. I was there when passion for the game of baseball. I
Tim Biakabutuka ran for 313 yards even had my own stuffed baseball (it
against the Buckeyes in front of a was really a baseball with a happy
raucous Big House crowd in 1995. face on it, but close enough) and a
I watched Barry Sanders embar- stuffed tiger. There were countless
rass the Bears and the Packers on backyard "bullpen" sessions and
Monday and Thursday night games. trips to historic Tiger Stadium, fol-
I went crazy for Michigan's lowed by visits to the brand-new
come-from-behind wins over Michi- Comerica Park.
gan State and Penn State my fresh- Then, nine years ago, my
man and sophomore years. brother was born. While my father
But none of those moments really continued his traditions of going
compared to the electricity at Com- to the games and playing catch
erica Park on Friday night. There with me, he began indoctrinating
was enough to light the entire city of another little Bosch, slowly but
New York for days, which is ironic surely. When I outgrew the catch-
considering the Yankee lineup ing sessions and couldn't go to as
("baseball's greatest ever") would many games, my brother stepped
later experience a power outage. in to fill that role.
Fans lined more than two hours Those Tigers games and endless
before game time. Two hours. And nights playing catch in the backyard
the crowd looked so anxious, so came down to Friday night. All
ready to start the game, that an my brother and I knew before this
11-year-old "Harry Potter" fan wait- season was losing while my father
ing for the new J.K Rowling book had a taste of championship baseball
would've looked calmer. Trust me, before it was taken away from him
that's pretty nuts. Then, the gates by aging stars and inept front office
decisions. But none of that mattered
on Friday night. Not to us. Not to
the fans. And definitely not to the
Tigers.
Through the concourse we
walked side-by-side, like Dorothy
and her friends walking down the
yellow brick road. And even though
we weren't going to see the Wizard
of Oz, even he couldn't have given
us a better experience.
With blue towels in hand, 43,000-
plus fans booed mercilessly as
New York's roster was announced
before the game. And they cheered
relentlessly when, after 19 years of
anguish, the Tigers first took the
field in front of their home crowd as
a playoff team
It was a picture-perfect night, and
the game hadn't even started.
As for the game itself, I'm sure
you've seen the highlights. Sean
Casey's single to right field to score
the Tigers' first run, Kenny Rogers
striking out Bernie Williams and
Robinson Cano back-to-back to
quell a Yankee threat in the fifth,
Curtis Granderson's monster home
run in the seventh and Todd Jones'
strikeout to end the game.
It was all amazing. But the best
part of the experience came directly
after the final out, when my father,
my brother and I - who were
jumping up and down and scream-
ing - embraced ina hug.
When that happens it can mean
one of two things: You've scored
opening day tickets, or your team
has won in the playoffs.
- Bosch would like to announce
that those wearing pink hats and
those over the age of 13 wearing
baseball gloves were being just
as loud and raucous as he was.
If you'd like to tell him about
your playoff experience, e-mail
him at hectobos@umich.edu.
By Kevin Wallace
Daily Sports Writer
After its second-place finish
at the Wolverine Invitational two
weeks agothe Michigan men's golf
team was looking forward to con-
tinuing its success.
Unfortunately for the Wolver-
ines, they failed to duplicate that
second-place finish, or even come
close. They came in a disappoint-
ing eighth out of 10 teams at the
Wolf Run Intercollegiate at Wolf
Run Country Club in Zionsville,
Ind. with a 54-hole team total of
911.
Kentucky won the tournament in
a playoff over Louisville, posting a
score of 886.
Michigan was generally able to
handle long holes and tough pin
placements, but the difficult condi-
tions eventually caught up to the
Wolverines. Michigan had 18-hole
team totals of 300 and 299, respec-
tively, in the first two rounds on Sat-
urday, but posted a 312 in Sunday's
final round.
Michigan coach Andrew Sapp
said he was well aware how the
Blue
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By Colt Rosensweig
Daily Sports Writer
Freshman Paige Laytos waited
12 games for her first collegiate
goal. She barely had to wait 48
hours for her second.
Laytos scored her first goal
with the eventual gamerwinner in
Michigan's 2-1 victory over rival
Michigan State
on Friday. Her
second capped
off a dramatic
5-3 comeback" 'Ami
win against MIHIGAN' 5
upset-hungry
Miami (Ohio).
"It was definitely a relief (to
score against Michigan State),"
Laytos said. "I felt like I gave
myself the confidence to know that
I could do it, I can score. It was like
taking pressure off me, because
I'm a forward and you're supposed
to score"
Miami (2-1 Mid-American
rough course conditions took a toll were all so close with our scores
on his team. we could have moved up, but we
"(Yesterday) the course played just got those big numbers and
much, much longer," Sapp said it took us right out of it."
through the athletic department. One bright spot for the Wol-
"There were several different hole verines was junior Tim Schaet-
locations with some difficult pin z, who tied for seventh with a
placements that really made play total of 219 in his 19th consecu-
harder. This was already a tough tive start for Michigan. It was
course to begin with, so you saw Schaetzl's second straight top-
some big numbers today. After see- 10 finish after his eighth-place
ing a 66yesterday morning and a 65 finish at the Wolverine Invita-
that afternoon, today, with the way tional two weeks ago. Schaetzl
the course was playing, the average shot an opening-round 74, fol-
score had to be above 70." lowed with a 70, and concluded
And it was. Michigan was not with a 75, an exceptional mark
the only team with troubles yes- considering the inflated scores
terday - the average team scores of the final round.
increased 12.6 strokes from the "Individually, I was pretty happy
previous day. While every team with the way I played;' Schaetzl
seemed to tire out by Sunday's final said through the athletic depart-
round, Sapp said he was still very ment. "I feel like I am finally getting
concerned about the team's lack of to a point where I can go out and
endurance. play consistent golf and score well
"We seemed to string along on different and difficult courses.
bad holes in stretches and that Overall, I just played really solid"
hurt us overall," Sapp said Schaetzl will try to place in the
through the athletic depart- top 10 for the third straight tour-
ment. "We are just not finish- nament when Michigan heads to
ing off rounds. We were right Edmond, Okla. Sunday for the 54-
in it the entire final round. We hole Oak Tree Intercollegiate.
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Freshman Palge Laytos helped propel the Wolverines with goals in both
wins this weekend.
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poised for a surprise victory against it right to sophomore forward
No. 20 Michigan (2-1 Big Ten, 7-7 - Stephanie Hoyer, who tipped it in
overall) after jumping out to a 3-0 for Michigan's third goal.
lead 25 minutes into the first half. Fox scored the game-winner
But the Wolverines refused to mail with four minutes to go, finding an
in their final 45 minutes of play. opening between two defenders.
Junior forward Lucia Belassi With no one pressuring her, Fox
put Michigan on the board with took the ball on the reverse and
her team-leading sixth goal of the caught Stengel off-guard.
season with about five minutes left "It was so relieving;" Fox said.
in the first half. "I didn't want to go into over-
In addition to the momentum time, because I was tired. I was
from Belassi's goal, the team got a just relieved and wanted to keep it
further boost from senior tri-cap- going for the last four minutes."
tain Mary Fox's halftime speech. Michigan did more than just
"I was really mad;' Fox said. "I hold off the Redhawks. With
basically said that we've already less than a minute left in the
had a crummy loss to Providence game, Laytos pounced on a
earlier in the season, and we deflected shot from senior mid-
weren't about to go through that fielder Kristen Tiner and stuffed
again. We all just needed to pick it past Stengel - the final nail in
it up, because it was unacceptable Miami's coffin.
the way we were playing in the first After the hard-fought loss to No.
half." 1 Maryland last weekend, and this
The Wolverines dominated pos- weekend's two victories, the Wol-
session in the second half. Just verines' confidence is high. They
after Miami goalkeeper Megan competed with the best, won tight
Stengel recorded her 12th save of games and overcame big deficits.
the game, senior tri-captain Elea- "This is great preparation for
nor Martin hit junior midfielder next weekend for Indiana," Michi-
Ashley Lennington with a great gan coach Nancy Cox said. "The
pass. Lennington shot the ball past kids are playing on multiple differ-
Stengel to bring Michigan within ent (teams') home fields. We really
one. haven't had home-field advantage
Belassi, who started the Wolver- very often this year. ... I think
ines' scoring, was again involved going to Indiana, it'll be a great
in Michigan's game-tying goal. match."
The Uruguay native had a wide- Michigan, along with Penn State
open shot on the Miami cage. A and Ohio State, has just one confer-
desperate Redhawks defender tried ence loss. Indiana is the only team
to deflect the ball, but she knocked still undefeated in Big Ten play.
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