When Alex Calarco announced he was transferring to Maryland, it was deja vu all over again. Flashing back to a year prior, his older brother Anthony decided to take his talents to Ole Miss as a graduate student.
The truth of the matter is that Northwestern has never been very good at baseball, and a school outside of Chicago will likely never be comparable to one in the SEC or the ACC. But, the problem facing Northwestern baseball isn’t one about huge success; right now, it isn’t even about winning the Big Ten. It’s about how the program can be salvaged to at least be competitive — about giving the players who do find success a reason not to leave.