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...Mike kind of got caught up in the numbers game, and the younger players had more talent,” Notre Dame coach Paul Mainieri noted. “We would have loved to see him get a degree from Notre Dame because he’s such a good student, but we thought if he could he should look into going somewhere without sacrificing academics and getting an opportunity to play...
...Maddux is one of those guys that throws 84, 86,” Walsh says. “Then all of a sudden—whoom! He comes in with an 88, 89. Mike can do the same, in that he pitches up. He’ll be sitting 85, 87, and then you get that tough guy, and he lets it go and brings a 90 a few times during a ballgame. That’s very unusual to see a kid who can pitch...
...ability to get ahead of hitters with any pitch and then deploys a very Maddux-esque method of reading batters. “He can see hitters’ tendencies,” Walsh said. “A lot of times catchers pick it up—Mike seems to pick up right away with the guy’s swing, ‘Hey I can bust him inside,’ or ‘he’s looking to pull, we’ll go away on him for a while.’ Very...
...Sycamore, he’s aiming for law school after graduation and eventually aspires to hold national office. His heroes include his parents, whom he admires for “letting [my sisters and me] do what we want, screwing up and learning from it,” and Mike Maundrell, his coach from his teenage years...
...When we were down in the fourth set and huddled in the timeout, the guys were like ‘let’s do this, let go win this for Mike and Alex,’” said tri-captain Michael Bookman, referring to himself and fellow tri-captain Alex Kowell...