September 09, 1982
(vol. 93, iss. 1)
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… park, the team's 1982 season was one big roller coaster ride-filled with ups and downs. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, their season, like a coaster ride must, ended on a downhill. On May 22, Michigan…
… the conference champion- ship. It was also the first season since Micidaugh's arrival in 1980 that the Wolverines did not advance to the College World Series.' Nonetheless, the season did have plenty…
… of high notes before the final, one-day nosedive. Michigan won more games, 44, than any previous Wolverine' ball club. Included in those 44 victories were streaks of 18 and 11 consecutive wins. And the…
… second streak came in the midst of the Big Ten season to pull the Wolverines from a second-place tie with Michigan State into a first-place tie with the Buckeyes and a spot in the conference playoffs…
… against only one defeat. The hard-throwing righthander will return his 1.83 earned run average to the Fisher Stadium pitching mound in 1983. Karazim was the Wolverines bullpen ace in 1982. The senior, who…
… forego his fifth-year option. Four contributors who will be lost to the Wolverines are second-team all-Big Ten center fielder Greg Schulte (.379), catcher John Young (.259), left fielder Dave Stober (.261…
… surprising .389. Wolverine starters who will definitely return include sophomore designated hitter Ken Hayward (.349), junior cat- cher Rich Bair (.267s), junior third baseman Chris Sabo (.257) and junior…
… pitchers Bill Shuta (6-3, 4.25), Dave Kopf (4-1, 3.58) and Gary Wayne (3-2, 1.74). It is Shuta and Sabo whom Mid- daugh feels are the keys to the Wolverines success. BOTH SHUTA AND Sabo slumped as sophomores…