Michigan Wins Its 52nd National Title

The University of Michigan won the NCAA softball national championship last night when the Wolverines defeated the UCLA Bruins 4-1 in the Women's College World Series. I would just like give a hail-fellow-well-met congratulations to all of the women. Special recognition ought to go to UofM pitcher Jennie Ritter who pitched 7 games in 7 days. I watched the clinching game on ESPN. I discovered that not only do the women spit just like their male counterparts but that, unlike me, they don't throw like girls.

I'll be honest. I haven't paid much attention to the softball program at Michigan, what with football and all. Turns out their program (which only started in 1978, the year that I graduated) is pretty good. No, make that very good. They've been to the NCAA softball tournament like 9 times. This year they prevented perennial softball powerhouse UCLA from making a 3-peat. Michigan is the first softball team ever to come from east of the Mississippi and win the WCWS. The football team should be so good.

Alumni always feel so smug and self-satisfied whenever one of their alma mater's teams does well. I'm no different; it's like I had something to do with it. But the championship gave me a not-so-small lift today. Thank you, ladies. So as baseball immortal Mel Allen probably would have said...

Now how about that!
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