Believe it, the opening weekend of the college baseball season is here. And Justin Haire’s Buckeyes have dialed it down a notch from previous openers, hoping to erase some bad juju and get 2026 off to a positive start.
A major lack of physicality...said Ohio State coach Jake Diebler (above). In more real terms, his Buckeyes were that and more compared to the Michigan team that beat him at the Schottenstein Center on Sunday. Jeff Gilbert writes the story for Press Pros.
In part two of our season preview of Ohio State baseball, the parts are there again for this team to score runs. And if they can shore up the defense and on-field leadership with the returning Henry Kaczmar (above) - if the pitching comes through - no miracles, but a positive step forward in 2026.
Eight months after their worst season in fifty years, Justin Haire's Ohio State baseball team seeks to reset - fix - some issues that led to its worst record since 1972. How much can they do? We'd all like to know. First pitch comes in two weeks....
Should have been easier against conference-winless Penn State...but wasn't. Ohio State (and John Mobley, Jr., above) fends off a Penn State comeback to reach 6-4 in the Big Ten during Coaches vs. Cancer Week.
