CLEMSON – Erik Bakich knows that loyalty can be in short supply in these days of tampering, the transfer portal, and NIL cash floating around college campuses. That’s why he appreciates two of his biggest stars.
Bakich and the Clemson program ended the season with a loss in its home regional – Bakich said he replays the loss to Tennessee over and over in his mind every day – and then dealt with the loss of slugger Billy Amick to those same Vols.
As Amick’s saga unfolded, rumors swirled that star centerfielder Cam Cannarella was also leaving, but when the transfer portal window closed, Cannarella was still a Tiger.