CLEMSON — In Army West Point baseball’s team room, an American flag formed by 13 baseball bats hangs above USA jerseys, golden gloves, and a shrine to Stephen C. Reich, a former Black Knight player killed in action in Afghanistan.
The wood-fashioned flag, painted red, white and blue, was gifted to head coach Chris Tracz and the West Point team by then-Michigan head coach Erik Bakich in 2018, when Army opened its season against the Wolverines.
Now, eight years later, Tracz and his squad have another wooden flag to hang in the team room – this time given as a memento from a season-opening three-game series in Clemson.