He's waited and worked for four years, and now the Buckeyes' anything-you-need man is reaping the rewards of his commitment. Marcus Ernst has become hard to miss, and hard to pitch to.
For the second day in a row they gave up a big deficit in the early innings. Only this time the Buckeyes ran out of comeback and fell to Brigham Young in the finale of the Snowbird Classic.
You can't be surprised when the crude immaturity of youth that's been allowed to flourish and never reined in rears its head in adulthood, as Michigan coach Juwan Howard demonstrated Sunday at Wisconsin.
'Old Reliable'...Brent Todys slammed this pinch-hit double in the eighth inning to overcome an early 8-0 deficit in the Buckeyes' Sunday night win over Indiana State in the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Florida. Read about them.
One of the toughest things in baseball is to learn the difference in throwing, and 'pitching'. And once you get it down, it's like working a crossword puzzle from 60 feet, 6 inches.
