The modern era of baseball transformed the game into a statistics-based industry. There are more tangible ways to measure success that its advent created a whole new way to watch a team and predict its performance. It still values success in traditional areas, but it forever altered the way experts analyze offense and defense.
Boston College, however, largely defied that explanation. The Eagles retained traditional baseball values and constructed a core that launched the program into the national consciousness. The team came within a game of advancing to the College World Series in 2016, and it remains the pillar for what BC tries to accomplish every year.