Michigan's Jonathan Engelmann (Katie Hewitt/Michigan Athletics)

Baseball Helps Engelmann Find Peace

Michigan outfielder Jonathan Engelmann was roughly 14 years old when he decided a change was needed. He sat in his San Mateo, Calif., home and stared at a picture of himself gripping a baseball bat with a black hat covering his shaggy brown hair.

He wasn’t satisfied with himself. To put it simply, Jonathan was overweight. He doesn’t remember stepping on a scale or a specific a number, or even how exactly it came to be aside from a foot injury not helping the cause. But[…]