The 2008 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2008. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. This was the twentieth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion, and the first to be held at a neutral site. Second seed won their fourth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next six finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played a two-bracket, double-elimination tournament with the winner of each bracket facing off in a single championship game. This was the first year of the eight-team tournament. Team W L PCT GB SeedEast Division 16 8 .667 16 8 .667 14 13 .519 8 13 .381 8 19 .296 7 19 .269 West Division 15 8 .652 16 10 .615 12 11 .522 12 12 .500 13 13 .500 10 13 .435
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name School Matt Stoeklen Ball State Dave Reynolds Northern Illinois Chris Rigo Ohio Greg Rohan Kent State Brad Stillings Kent State Doug Sanders Kent State Josh Ivan Eastern Michigan Steve Bradshaw Eastern Michigan Sean Hoffman Eastern Michigan Zack Leonard Eastern Michigan
Most Valuable Player Zack Leonard was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Leonard played for Eastern Michigan.
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