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Freshman infielder Royce Ando is welcomed on the field by his teammates before the game against Rutgers on March 26, 2016 at McLane Stadium. The Spartans defeated the Scarlet Knights, 5-2. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

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‘‘You know when he hurts, I hurt. When they go into and lose a series someplace, I hurt just as bad as he does.’’

MSU TAKES ON MARYLAND

New Lansing-area apartments sit next to Cooley Law School Stadium

Jake Boss Sr., Broadcaster, father of MSU head baseball coach

The Spartans take on the Terrapins for a three-game series at McLane Stadium to conclude the Spartans’ 2016 regular baseball season.

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What happened during the break

BY SASHA ZIDAR SZIDAR@STATENEWS.COM

During the break between the spring and summer semesters a number of events happened, from restaurants closing to arrests.

Pancheros closes One restaurant, Pancheros Mexican Grill, has officially closed.

Pancheros was located at 125 E. Grand River Ave. “The location and condition of the building did not meet our current standards, and we decided not to renovate,” said Pancheros director of marketing Reid Travis in an email.

Travis said Pancheros has been looking for a new location in the downtown East Lansing area.

Though many businesses struggle during the summer months, with What Up Dawg?, Moe’s and Woody’s Oasis being among the casualties that closed during 2015, the reason for Pancheros’ closing does not appear to be related to that trend.

Emo’s Korean Restaurant and Quality Dairy close Emo’s Korean Restaurant, which was located at 901 Trowbridge Road, has also closed along with Quality Dairy, which was located next door at 947 Trowbridge Road. Quality Dairy closed on May 7 and Emo’s Korean Restaurant closed April 24.

The owners of Emo’s Korean Restaurant and Quality Dairy could not be reached for comment.

Keith Appling arrested According to a report by WXYZ’s Justin Rose, former MSU basketball star Keith Appling was arrested in Dearborn in early May. Rose’s sources said Appling brought a loaded AK-47 assault rifle to a strip club.

This marks the latest event in a year of legal troubles for former Spartan basketball stars.

In March, Branden Dawson was arrested for domestic abuse and Mateen Cleaves was charged with sexual assault.

Appling was a key player on four MSU basketball teams from 2010-’11 to 2013-’14, and a three-year starter at the guard position. He averaged over 10 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists per game over his four-year Spartan career.

BWL Chili Cook-off moves from spring to fall The Lansing Board of Water and Light announced earlier this month they would be moving the 21st annual BWL Chili Cook-off from the spring to the fall, deciding the date to be Oct. 7. This will be the first time in 20 years it won’t be held in the spring.

The decision was made to hopefully attract more college students and local families who would be out of town during the traditional date, according to its website.

More than 40 local vendors will be featured.

They said it would be at the same location it normally is and will occur on Oct. 7, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Adado Riverfront Park near downtown Lansing.

Chili Bowl will be the theme this year, hoping to be football related and tie in to tailgating season during MSU’s home football games.

Spartans face final home games

From right to left, volunteer assistant coach Jordan Keur speaks with senior infielder and outfielder Kris Simonton, sophomore left hand pitcher and outfielder Brandon Hughes and freshman infielder Marty Bechina before the game against Nebraska May 7 at McLane Stadium. The Spartans were defeated by the Cornhuskers, 6-3. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

Starting in June, Construction to affect East Lansing during most of the summer months

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Beginning in June, East Lansing will face major construction projects that will last throughout the summer. The City of East Lansing’s Department of Public Works said completion of many of the projects should come right before school starts in the fall.

The biggest project will take place on North Harrison Road between Lake Lansing Road and Saginaw Street, starting June 13 and ending August 19. A detour will be in place during that time. Michigan Department of Transportation will administer the project. The Department of Public Works has reached out to neighborhood associations immediately adjacent to the project site.

Ron Lacasse, acting director for engineering for East Lansing’s Department of Public Works, said this will be the last major construction project for at least two years because MDOT gave the City of East Lansing funds up front to fully complete the North Harrison Road project this summer, rather than splitting up the project over the course of two summers. Therefore, East Lansing will not receive any federal funds to complete another major project next summer.

“We have to work around what we have available in terms of funds,” Lacasse said, speaking of how the city determines what construction projects to work on.

There are several funds for each type of project, including a street account and sidewalk account. The city evaluates what roads are in the worst condition and then determines what will get worked on next by budget size, which varies every fiscal year.

Smaller summer construction projects include working on northbound and southbound lanes on South Harrison Road, fixing streets in the Chesterfield Hills Neighborhood and fixing water mains and sewer work on Glenmoor Road.

The City of East Lansing has also already started working on a Community Development Block Grant, or CDBG, Project on Park Lane, which will include making sidewalk ramps compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

“We have to work around what we have available in terms of funds.”

Ron Lacasse, Acting director for engineering for the East Lansing Department of Public Works

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“We compete for each other and we compete for Michigan State.

We pick ourselves up and when some guy isn’t getting it done we have another guy to pick up the slack.”

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Zoology junior Ayla Skelton studies for her physics class on May 16 along the Red Cedar River.

Skelton said she likes to study outside. PHOTO: EMMETT MCCONNELL

Column: Welcome back and see what The State News has in store for the summer

BY CAMERON MACKO CMACKO@STATENEWS.COM

For those in East Lansing this summer, welcome.

For those who went home or off to their prestigious internships, thanks for checking The State News.

My name is Cameron Macko and I will be serving as the editor-in-chief for the summer. In my past seven semesters here, I covered ASMSU, the Administration, cops and courts and last semester I was the Public Concerns editor.

We’re doing things a bit differently than past summers. Every Thursday there will be one paper put out on the racks on campus and in the community or mailed to subscribers. Every issue will be themed. As you can see, the first paper deals with the MSU baseball team in its quest to go to the Big Ten Championship.

Other papers will feature coverage of Common Ground Music Festival, East Lansing development and coverage of both the Democratic and Republican conventions.

Online, where The State News has made important strides to embrace a more digital first mentality, expect the same fast-paced coverage we’ve provided for years.

In a few weeks leading up to the conventions, be looking for a redesign of the front page of statenews.com, highlighting the coverage both of our political reporters will be providing on both sides of the upcoming election where we will focus on how the election will affect East Lansing and meet some of the people from the area going to the convention. Take a look at our coverage to see a different angle than national media will take.

During the conventions themselves, follow The State News for our coverage where our reporters will be heading to Cleveland and Philadelphia.

This summer we will be a smaller operation for a smaller campus, but that doesn’t mean our commitment will be any less than during a regular semester. We’ll still be here to cover the concerns and interests of MSU and the surrounding community.

If you have any concerns feel free to shoot me an email at cameron.macko@statenews.com and let’s make this a great summer.

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Baseball has met expectations and looks forward

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Junior right-handed pitcher Walter Borkovich (35) pitches the ball during the game against Michigan April 29 at Ray Fisher Stadium at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Spartans were defeated by the Wolverines, 4-3. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

BY CASEY HARRISON CHARISSON@STATENEWS.COM

After losing two of three to the Iowa Hawkeyes in their last Big Ten road trip of the season and losing 12-1 to Central Michigan in Mt. Pleasant, MSU is now in sixth place in the Big Ten. Through hard work and grit, the MSU baseball team has shined at points in the season. The Spartans have shown both streaks of brilliance and signs of concern for head coach Jake Boss Jr. The Spartans regular season is beginning to come to a close and the Big Ten Tournament moves ever closer with only three games left in the regular season.

Meeting expectations Even before the baseball season started, the Spartans were predicted to finish sixth in the conference in the Big Ten preseason coaches poll. MSU has played consistently good baseball all season long and has been among the top in the Big Ten doing so.

Coming into the spring, MSU’s biggest question mark was with offensive capabilities, but through 49 games this season, the Spartans are hitting from a .290 team batting average, which ranks fourth in the Big Ten. MSU also ranks in the top five in the Big Ten in other statistical categories such as 486 total hits, good for fourth in the conference. Spartan batters have the fewest strikeouts in the conference with only 286 strikeouts this season.

Boss has also had the luxury of a top-of-the-conference pitching staff at his disposal; MSU is arguably the best in the Big Ten in that regards. The Spartan pitchers have a Big Ten-best collective ERA of 2.64. Runs have come at a premium this season for opponents of MSU with only having allowed 130 earned runs while also striking out 408 batters this season.

“This group has a lot of character,” Boss said. “From day one they’ve kept fighting, clawing and competing. We compete for each other, and we compete for Michigan State. We pick ourselves up, and when some guy isn’t getting it done, we have another guy to pick up the slack.”

Filling voids Even with the absence of sophomore first baseman and pitcher Alex Troop, who went down with a broken bone in his hand, the Spartans have had a solid nucleus of talent.

One of the biggest offensive threats for MSU all season has been from junior transfer student Jordan Zimmerman. The second-baseman-turned-first-baseman has been one of the best hitters in the entire country this year, with a .394 batting average, 74 hits and 33 runs batted in this season.

Apart from Zimmerman, junior second baseman Dan Durkin and sophomore center fielder Brandon Hughes have been reliable hitters. Both Durkin and Hughes have started over 40 games for MSU with Durkin hitting a .326 batting average and Hughes hitting a .300 batting average this season. Both hitters have hit at the top of MSU’s order and have combined for 112 hits, 63 runs and 56 runs batted in. Hughes is currently leading the Spartans with 14 stolen bases.

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‘‘WE NEED TO EXECUTE ON THE MOUND, WE NEED TO HAVE A GOOD APPROACH AND A GOOD PLAN AT THE PLATE, AND HAVE THE MENTAL APPROACH.’’ Jake Boss Jr., MSU Head Baseball Coach Other MSU sluggers that have made an impact this season include junior catcher Matt Byars and freshman outfielder Marty Bechina. Like Zimmerman, Byars is a transfer student and has found himself in the starting catcher’s role after filling in for injured sophomore catcher Chad Roskelly. Both hitters have started nearly every game for MSU with Byars hitting a .303 batting average and Bechina hitting a .269 batting average in his first collegiate season.

On the mound nearly every starting pitcher has been lights out this year, especially weekend starters Cam Vieaux and Ethan Landon. Vieaux has led MSU the entire season as the ace of the staff — Vieaux is 6-2 on the year and ranks second in the conference with a 2.31 ERA and 75 strikeouts.

Landon has been solid as well with a 7-2 record of his own as well as 49 stikeouts and a 2.47 ERA. MSU’s bullpen has been one of the best in the nation, largely because of the breakout season of sophomore pitcher Dakota Mekkes. Mekkes is 2-1 this year with a stellar 1.52 ERA. The sophomore has racked up a whopping 83 strikeouts in only 47.1 innings of work.

Making moves on the fly On top of MSU’s most reliable contributors all season long, Boss has shaken things up as of late and has allowed for other players to find a role on the team and make as big an impact as possible.

In recent games, sophomore designated hitter Zack McGuire has helped drive in key runs in games against Toledo, Michigan, Nebraska and Iowa. McGuire started the season in the starting lineup but was benched after hitting only .158 through six games. Recently, however, McGuire has been on a tear.

“I haven’t been in there a lot,” McGuire said. “Getting in there I am just trying to get some stuff back and hit hard and get stuff up in the zone and compete to try and help the ball club.

We have a lot of really good hitters on this team, but right now I’m being called upon so I’m just trying to do my job.”

Freshman outfielder Dan Chmielewski has also been red-hot since being placed in the starting lineup. Since April 29 Chmielewski has scored six runs including a couple of runs to propel MSU past Michigan in a crucial conference series in which the Spartans took two of three from their in-state rival.

Junior pitchers Walter Borkovich and Joe Mockbee have adjusted to roll changes in the middle of the season. Borkovich began the season in the starting rotation but has since been replaced

by Mockbee, and the two have excelled in their new roles. Since moving to the bullpen on April 22 against Indiana, Borkovich has only allowed only one earned run in 12 innings of work. Since joining the rotation, Mockbee is 2-1 with a 3.0 ERA and 50 strikeouts.

“That’s just how our team is built,” Mockbee said. “We’re going to stay in every single inning, we’re going to keep battling until we get on top, and once we get on top we’re going burry them and be ourselves and win it.”

There’s still work to be done With both the Big Ten Tournament and the College World Series looming, the Spartans are primed to make a statement in the postseason. MSU has defied their critics and has stayed near the top of the conference standings all season long. Currently, MSU is only three wins out of first place, with Minnesota in first place.

“We’re scratching and clawing to stay where we’re at,” Boss said. “And at this point we can’t really look at the standings, we don’t play Minnesota so we can’t do anything about that, all we can really do is concern ourselves with tomorrow and take each contest one game at a time.”

MSU has proven that they can compete with some of the best teams in the country, after taking two of three from a ranked Michigan team, and a 12-9 conference record. The key for the Spartans as the postseason approaches will be offensive consistency. The Spartans have proven their pitching staff is one of the most elite in the conference, and their offense can be just as potent at times; however, if sluggers like Zimmerman, Durkin and Hughes are kept under wraps, MSU will have a difficult time scoring runs when they count the most.

“The goal every weekend is to win the series,” Boss said. “That doesn’t change regardless of who we’re playing... We need to execute on the mound, we need to have a good approach and a good plan at the plate, and have the mental approach to stick to that. If we’re able to do that, this ball club has proven that good things will happen.”

The Spartans will host the Maryland Terrapins for a three game weekend series to conclude the regular season. The Terrapins will come to McLane Baseball Stadium with a 26-24 overall record and an 11-10 conference record, which sets them at 7th place in the Big Ten standings.

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The Spartans during the national anthem before the game against Nebraska May 7 at McLane Stadium. The Spartans were defeated by the Cornhuskers, 6-3. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

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Junior infielder Jordan Zimmerman hits the ball during the game against Nebraska May 7 at McLane Stadium. The Spartans were defeated by the Cornhuskers, 6-3. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

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Father and son pair share a strong bond through baseball at MSU

BY STEPHEN OLSCHANSKI SOLCHANSKI@STATENEWS.COM

Jake Boss Jr. has always been around baseball. And to be around baseball is to be around his father. There’s an old adage in the American lexicon about the father and son relationship, which states the relationship, more often than not, is cemented by a ball game. For all his life Jake Boss Jr. has shared the greater part of the game with his dad.

“I grew up his bat boy when he was coaching high school baseball,” Boss Jr. said. “I played for him in high school, I coached against him when I was a head high school baseball coach, I coached with him, we were assistants together at Eastern Michigan and then he worked for me for four years here.”

Jake Boss Sr., simply put, is a baseball lifer. The former coach has garnered an extensive list of baseball awards and victories since he began as a head coach in 1973, including multiple coach of the year awards at the conference, district and regional levels. Eventually, it earned him a spot in the Greater Lansing Hall of Fame in 2009.

But for his plethora of wins and knowledge — knowledge so respected he’s been an associate scout for two MLB teams during the course of 25 plus years — the chance to coach alongside his son at MSU hangs above any plaque.

“To cap my career off coaching with him, being an assistant to him at a Big Ten university and winning a Big Ten championship together, my gosh, you can’t write a better story than that,” Boss Sr. said. “That was icing on the cake, there’s no question about it.”

The chance for Boss Jr. to play for his dad was the first step into a long career of taking the diamond together that culminated in a Big Ten Championship.

But under his father’s guidance at Lansing Everett, it would be cliche to say he excelled, but this relationship hasn’t always fit the cliche.

“Playing for him was no easy task for many different reasons,” Boss Jr. said.

“Mostly because I wasn’t very good.”

Boss Sr. benched his son midway through his junior year, an action Boss Jr. said was done “rightly so.”

“I think I learned a lesson there, though,” Boss Jr. said. “I mean, it’s about what’s best for the team. That was a valuable lesson for me to learn.”

And it was lessons like that which helped Boss Jr. in his career to following on his father’s path. Boss Jr. took over the reigns as head coach at Webberville High School in 1995 before heading off to assistant coaching stints around the country. Eventually he ended up at Eastern Michigan University where he and his dad held assistant coaching positions. After three years as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan, he was named head coach of EMU in 2007. After a successful season he was hired away from EMU to MSU. And that’s where Boss Sr. began to work for his son.

“I did not expect that, not at all,” Boss Sr. told The State News five years ago about being asked by his son to coach alongside him. “When he told me, what could I say? To have an opportunity to work with your son in coaching — something that you’ve done forever and loved so much — I jumped on it. I said yes before he changed his mind.”

The two were supposed to be cohorts in the dugouts in Ypsilanti first but Boss Jr.’s decision to accept the MSU job landed them together only miles from the ball fields where their relationship was first cemented.

It was new for both of them, and it would come with unfamiliar ground. And after three years in the Spartan dugout, Boss Sr. decided 2012 would be his last season. Winning the Big Ten title together is a memory both will share for a lifetime.

When MSU secured the final hit, Boss Jr. said the first person he saw was his dad standing next to him. For the eldest Boss the emotions ran high.

“I stayed back in the dugout, just watching my son participate in all that, and it got very emotional for me to see him have that type of success there, and that was a memory I’ll have forever,” Boss Sr. said. “Nobody can take that away.”

Now Boss Sr. can a take a “backseat” as he calls it. Boss Sr. moved to the radio booth alongside play-by-play man Scott Woodward to provide color for Spartan Sports Network’s broadcast of Spartan baseball. Even there he’s still coaching in a sense.

Known for not mincing words, Boss Sr. brings the same kind of honesty to the booth that he brought to the field.

“I do, and sometimes I take a lot of shots with that from my son and others who listen to it but they said — well, I apologize to them — and they say, well you

“I was coaching for about 45 years or so, and it was an opportunity for me to stay close to my son and to the ball club and Michigan State. It’s just kept me close to the game, it’s kept me close to the kids.’’

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Head coach Jake Boss Jr. walks towards the dugout during the game against Nebraska May 9 at McLane Stadium.

The Spartans were defeated by the Cornhuskers, 7-4. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI Head coach Jake Boss Jr., right, thenvolunteer assistant coach Jake Boss Sr. pictured on April 25, 2016.

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know, we like that,” Boss Sr. said. “You tell it the way it is and so forth. That’s the way I am, that’s what you get.”

While he no longer takes the field with him, Boss Jr. doesn’t do much searching for his dad among the faces in the crowd or ever look up at the booth.

“No, believe me, I know he’s there,” Boss Jr. said. “We talk after just about every game, and he — even in the booth he doesn’t hold anything back — he’s as honest as they come, and he’ll tell you exactly how he feels, whether that’s a good thing or bad thing for us.”

The booth has provided Boss Sr., ever the coach, to remain around baseball and see his son through a different baseball lens.

“I was coaching for about 45 years or so, and it was an opportunity for me to stay close to my son and to the ball club and Michigan State,” Boss Sr. said. “It’s just kept me close to the game, it’s kept me close to the kids. I’ve got great relationships with those players, and I love it, I really do.”

In his new role, Boss Sr. can provide a different look now that he’s no longer in the thick of the action. It’s something Boss Jr. will call on from time to time.

“He’s just very supportive, in that role,” Boss Jr. said. “He may not like the result sometimes on the field and sometimes none of us do, but he’s not going to second guess what we do. He supports us 100 percent in everything that we do.”

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Big Ten Tournament bracket to be set on May 21, after regular season May 25 Games 1 - 4

May 26 Games 5 - 8

May 27 Games 9 & 10

May 28 Games 11 - 14

May 29 Game 15

Bracket 1

No. 3 Seed Game 1 9 a.m. CT BTN

Winner Game 1

Winner Game 10 Game 12 1 p.m. CT BTN

No. 6 Seed No. 2 Seed Game 2 1 p.m. CT BTN

Game 7 5 p.m. CT BTN

Winner Game 7 Winner Game 11

Winner Game 2

No. 7 Seed

Loser Game 7

Loser Game 1 Game 5 9 a.m. CT BTN

Winner Game 12

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“Take me out to the ball game” has become a reality for tenants of the new Outfield Apartments, which has units sitting along the baseball field of Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing.

The 84-unit apartment complex currently has 77 units pre-leased, and marketing manager for the Gillespie Group, Tara Smith, said it’s expected to completely fill up. The building opened officially on May 4.

“We had leased up a ton of them before we even opened the building,” Smith said. Gillespie Group developed the property and invested $11 million into it.

Outfield apartments leasing manager, John Bean, said the other half of the apartments look out to downtown Lansing and offer a similar closeness to the stadium.

Average square footage is between 750 to 800 square feet, Smith said. The third floor of the complex has movein Thursday, and the second floor will be opened in June for move-in.

Units in the complex will include studio, one bedroom and two bedroom apartments. Price ranges from $875 to $1,700 depending on the number of bedrooms and bathrooms.

“It’s such a unique building, it’s really cool,” Bean said.

“It’s the only one like it in the entire country.”

Bean said the apartments are 20 feet from the field, and the idea is so different that they have been receiving calls from all over about the complex.

“We’re one of the only, if not the only, in the entire United States that has built a residential building like this that’s actually attached to the stadium,” Smith said.

From home plate at Cooley Law School Stadium to the

windows of the Outfield apartments is 420 feet, homerun territory for the Lansing Lugnuts.

“It’s a part of the appeal,” Smith said. “I mean, there is action all the time.”

Bean said a home run hitting the windows of the apartments is rare, but in the event it does take place, the windows are shatterproof.

The partnership between the Lansing Lugnuts and Outfield apartments has been helpful throughout construction and leasing, Bean said.

“They’ve been great partners,” Bean said. “Hopefully it brings a lot more people to the downtown Lansing area.”

Cooley Law School Stadium received updates last year as a part of a $13.5 million investment from the city.

Improvements included new concessions areas, the Pepsi Porch and a 360-degree concourse.

“I think it’s just the atmosphere that we’re actually starting to grow a district now,” Smith said.

All of the complexes on the baseball field leased out months ago, Smith said.

“When they’re in there and they actually hear the players on the field playing, you get that ‘Wow’ factor,” Bean said.

‘‘It’s such a unique building, it’s really cool. It’s the only one like it in the entire country.’’

John Bean, Outfield Apartments leasing manager

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MSU has a storied and notable history when it comes to baseball

Dan Brown hits the dirt in vain as the Ohio State catcher clenches the ball for the tag. (1995) PHOTO: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS

Vance P. [pitcher], Sanson C.F. [center field], Himebaugh, 3B [3rd base], Matthews rf [right field], Ross ss [short stop], Sage C. [catcher], McCullough LF [left field], Welch 1B [1st base], Gammon 2B [2nd base], Breck 3B, Hinebach LF [the last two are not pictured].

Written on the back is “1888 (1884) baseball team, M.A.C. Given, 1955 by daughter of Vance (pitcher). For copies order from Negative no. 153991 Information Services.

PHOTO: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS

The baseball team signs a pledge to “reestablish freedom and completely demolish fascism.” In the image: Team reading enlarged letter from the student body of Michigan State College. PHOTO: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS

BY RACHEL FRADETTE RFRADETTE@STATENEWS.COM

Baseball at MSU started with humble beginnings. It was the first organized sport at the State Agricultural College in athletic history, which was MSU’s second university name. Students organized the team and played local communities including the Capital Club of Lansing. a walk down memory lane The Star baseball team, a student-run baseball team and one of the first on MSU’s campus.

The team’s first competition outside school is a five-game series against Capital Club of Lansing.

A variety of student-run teams started and disbanded until an official team was introduced.

On May 19, a M.A.C. baseball team plays Olivet College at Olivet and wins 20-9. It is the earliest recorded intercollegiate sports event at M.A.C.

The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA), NCAA Division III affiliated conference, is formed with MSU as one of its members. MIAA is America’s oldest college conference.

John H. Kobs starts his first season as head coach of Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science baseball team. Kobs would go on to serve as coach until his retirement after the 1963 season, the longest serving baseball coach in MSU history. He is succeeded by Danny Litwhiler.

Due to the outbreak of World War II and the United States involvement, MSU had no varsity team during this year.

MSU was admitted membership to the Big Ten nearly 50 years after it is established and shortly after the departure of the Universit y of Chicago.

They joined rival team the University of Michigan, admitted in 1896.

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MSU’s McLane Stadium home to consistent, loyal baseball fan base

BY JAKE ALLEN JALLEN@STATENEWS.COM

Since the early 1970s Brian Pushie has been attending MSU baseball games. The 63-year-old Detroit resident said he has seen a lot of change during the time period he has enjoyed Spartan baseball, including the construction of a new stadium.

“I mean, it was wooden stands,” Pushie said. “Actually, it was a lot closer, too.

But this is a great facility now; it’s just terrific. As close and intimate as the old stadium was, it really wasn’t a stadium. Like I said, it was just old bleachers.”

According to msuspartans.com, McLane Baseball Stadium was completed for the start of the 2009 MSU baseball season. Funding came from a $4 million donation from Drayton and Elizabeth McLane.

Pushie said even though he spends money driving to East Lansing, Spartan baseball games are more valuable than alternatives.

MSU students are admitted free to all games at McLane stadium with a valid MSU ID. Games Monday through Thursday are free for the public. Weekend games are $3 for senior citizens and those under the age of 18 and $5 for everyone else, according to msuspartans.com.

“It’s changed because I’ve changed,” Pushie said. “When I first started coming, I was young and, you know, it was like the players were my age, and now I am older. This year, the fans have been very supportive. You see a lot of the same people; I don’t know who they are, but sometimes you sit by the same people. I think the fans have been very supportive, and we have had good crowds.”

Pushie said there may be more fans coming out this season because the Spartans are “contenders.”

According to msuspartans.com, average home attendance for the 2016 season so far is at 861 people compared to 802 in 2015. Although the average home attendance in 2014 was 1,294 people.

Megan Hall, assistant director of sales and marketing for MSU’s athletic department, said the main factors that determine attendance at MSU baseball games are the success of the team, the weather and the types of promotions the sales and marketing team may have for a particular game.

Hall said in the past they have done an alumni reunion game, military appreciation game, little league day game and a fan appreciation game among others.

So far the highest attended home game of the 2016 season was the MSU contest against the University of Michigan on April 30. The game had 2,575 spectators as the Spartans defeated the Wolverines 7-6.

“I’m a baseball fan, and I am a Spartan fan,” Okemos resident Al Dominick, who has been coming to MSU baseball games since 1962, said. “Great combination. It’s a beautiful day. You get the green grass. You get everything baseball has to offer, and I don’t have to drive to Detroit to get it.”

Detroit resident Brian Pushie takes notes during the game against Nebraska on May 9 at McLane Stadium. The Spartans were defeated by the Cornhuskers, 7-4. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

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7,242

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Matt Byars delivers consistently

BY STEPHEN OLSCHANSKI SOLSCHANSKI@STATENEWS.COM

MSU baseball junior catcher Matt Byars, like his game, is quiet. Much like his 6-foot-1, 188 lbs. frame, his numbers are not over-imposing. A ball off his bat has only left the park four times, he’s legged out a triple twice and he’s raked a double 15 times; but his game isn’t dependent on his bat going deep. Rather, his game is consistent.

Byars has delivered a constant offensive output worthy of keeping him in the middle of batting order. Heading into the final Big Ten series this weekend against Maryland, Byars is hitting .302 with a batting average that hasn’t dipped below .300 in more than a month, where even then it was .295.

“When we recruited him, honestly we weren’t sure what we were going to get offensively out of him,” head baseball coach Jake Boss Jr. said, adding they were looking to add Byars’ defensive ability to MSU’s lineup over his bat.

Byars, who has delivered the consistent performance at the plate and he wasn’t even a baseball player to begin with. In his hometown of Lodi, Wisconsin, he grew up playing soccer and football until his dad brought home a glove and a bat when he was 11.

“I always remember the first time he threw me a ball, he threw it at me and I ran completely out of the way,” Byars said. “After that I started taking lessons and taking the game a little bit more seriously, and my skills just kind of developed from there.”

From his first experience with a ball he grew to be a catcher, seeing the ball on every play on a direct line from the pitcher to the catcher. He excelled in high school ball, being named captain and winning a state title while batting .400 in his senior year. From there he wound up at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois, posting a .364 average with 28 RBIs in his final season for the school.

Byars’ presence behind the plate caught MSU’s eye first, so much so the prospective catcher received a text bright and early.

“Coach Meade is a big-time morning guy so he texted me about 5:45 in the morning,” Byars said.

“I was like wow this guy’s something else.”

But the early approach worked, and Byars took a visit to the school weeks later getting his first taste of a Spartan experience at an MSU football game against Ohio State.

“After I saw that I was basically like where do I sign,” Byars said.

MSU soon added the defensively sound catcher who emphasized he enters the game with defense at the forefront of his approach.

“We did have a really good idea what we were going to get defensively out of him, and so that has rung true, especially with Chad Roskelly going down with a knee injury and not being back

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With Roskelly out for MSU, the weight of the catching duties shifted solely to Byars, who had yet to play a game at the Division I level. In nearly every sport there is a learning curve and the jump from community college ball to Division I ball can be a difficult leap depending on the school and the player.

“The work he put in the fall, he must have gained 15 pounds in the fall, working hard in the weight room, eating right,” Boss Jr. said. “I think when Chad went down with a knee injury, I think he understood that he was gonna have to shoulder a lot of that.”

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MSU: 2.64

MSU: .290

UMD: 11-10 (SEVENTH PLACE)

UMD: 3.89

UMD: .258

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