The Gaucho9 Podcast

Gauchos return home after a 2-2 weekend at the Sanderson Ford College Baseball Classic in Surprise, Arizona.  We start out with game highlights followed by pregame interviews with Associate Head Coach Donegal Fergus, 2b Nick Oakley, and Athletic Trainer Jake Saavedra.  Then Gaucho Analytics joins the podcast to introduce Devon Kost and Isaiah Ochoa, touch on some new tech, and make our picks for players of the week!

This is the 2023 Gaucho Baseball season preview podcast!  We are joined by Head Coach Andrew Checketts to go over the schedule, talk recruiting landscape, and preview who will be in starting roles come February 17.  Then pitcher's Carter Benbrook and Alex Schrier stop by to discuss surgery rehab, haircuts and the upcoming season.  Games in Arizona will be streamed on flobaseball.tv and your host Kevin Cannon will have the radio play-by-play on ucsbgauchos.com, just hit the headphone link on the schedule page.

We're 16 days away from Opening Day so here is some good old fashion baseball banter with some of your favorite Gauchos; Nick Oakley, Aaron Parker and Spencer Erdman.

We're one month away from Opening Day and the Gaucho9 Podcast has returned from a 6 month hiatus!  Our host Kevin Cannon shares his thoughts on the adventure that brought him back to Santa Barbara and Head Coach Andrew Checketts joins us to recap the Fall season for UCSB Baseball and check in on the status of the players (and Caesar Uyesaka Stadium) as they return from break.  

We are joined by Head Coach Andrew Checketts to recap another historical season for UCSB Baseball.  We discuss how the Gauchos arrived at their 2nd BigWest Championship in the last 3 seasons.  UCSB won 40+ games for the 3rd season in a row, broke the single season team home run and saves records, and set a program record with 14 All-Conference selections.  Another outstanding season of Gaucho baseball is in the books, thank you for all of your support!

In part 1 of our 2022 season recap we talk to Coach Checketts about the Stanford Regional, top Gaucho performances, and the emotional finish to the season.  UCSB went 1-2 in the regional, losing to Texas St. in the opener, eliminating Binghamton, then being eliminated by Stanford on Sunday. Nick Vogt was named to the All-Regional Team after batting .308 and belting 2 homers while making outstanding plays in CF.  Part 2 will be released next week!

UCSB is heading to Palo Alto and the Stanford Regional and will face Texas St. on Friday night.  We have playoff fever so we have a LOADED podcast this week starting with Bakersfield highlights and weekend interviews with Mason Eng, the 'closers', and Gaucho Analytics.  We talk to former Gaucho player and head coach Bob Brontsema (35:01) about the UCSB regionals in the 80's, 90's, and 00's plus some 2022 bracket predictions.  Then we wrap up with Associate Head Coach Donegal Fergus (1:14:04) discussing the mold of the 2022 team and a Stanford Regional preview.

The Gauchos clinch the 2022 BigWest title on Saturday and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.  We are joined by Head Coach Andrew Checketts and the voice of the Gauchos Gerry Fall who both reflect on the exciting weekend and season as a whole.  UCSB walks-off on Friday, clinches the title Saturday, and enjoyed a fun Senior Day on Sunday.  One more week to go in the regular season before the selection show on Monday at 9a on ESPNU.

UCSB comes away with another series win on the road as they take 2 of 3 from UC Irvine and their magic number to win the BigWest sits at 2.  This week's podcast features a pregame interview with Friday's hero, Fr. Aaron Parker as well as a visit from Volunteer Asst. Coach Spencer Erdman who breaks down so big moments from the weekend and dives into the many elements of coaching college infielders.

Huge weekend in San Luis Obispo as UCSB sweeps Cal Poly for the first time since 1998 to take a commanding 6-game lead in the BigWest Conference.  This week we have game highlights plus player interviews with Gianni Bloom, Matt Ager, and Nick Oakley (15:30) and a breakdown of the weekend with Head Coach Andrew Checketts (37:01) - Blake Klassen wins BigWest Field Player of the Week.