On this week's Sidearm Delivery, Shotgun Spratling is joined by UC Santa Barbara head coach Andrew Checketts to talk about how he’s turned the Gauchos into one of the nation’s most consistent mid-major programs. He also talks about UCSB opening the season in Mississippi, how his team has gotten out to an 8-2 start, and his latest elite ace, junior righthander Jackson Flora.

Later, D1Baseball West Coast analyst Eric Sorensen joins the show to talk about Checketts squad, how he built the program in Isla Vista into a perennial top 25 contender, and where the Gauchos rank in the Big West, which should be really competitive at the top once again.

00:00 Welcome

01:45 UC Santa Barbara HC Andrew Checketts

30:14 D1Baseball's Eric Sorenson

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