Danny MacLeith

May 24, 2004

Baseball: Gauchos Dawdle to Finish Line

By Danny MacLeith

Every inning of every baseball game this season was meaningful in the Gauchos' quest for a postseason berth, but a few bad ones strung together Sunday at Cal Poly made the top of the ninth inning the last one in 2004.

May 21, 2004

Final Weekend Looms Large for Santa Barbara

By Danny MacLeith

The Big West race is entering its final leg, and because the battle is for third place, the Gauchos (32-19 overall, 9-9 in the Big West) have to worry about gaining on UC Riverside (10-8) while keeping UC Irvine (8-10) a...

May 17, 2004

Baseball: Santa Barbara Ends Win Streak

By Danny MacLeith

After soaring to an eight-game winning streak that included a sweep of Long Beach State, the UCSB baseball team (32-19, 9-9 in the Big West) lost its first conference series in two weeks to the unlikeliest of clubs.

May 14, 2004

Baseball: Gauchos Takes 8-Game Win Streak North

By Danny MacLeith

Even though their toughest competition is out of the way, there isn't much doubt that the Gauchos' next two Big West series are their biggest of the season. In a fourth-place tie, one game out of third place, Santa Barba...

May 13, 2004

Baseball: Junior Journeyman Flourishes in New Home

By Danny MacLeith

The fourth inning is just one of at least nine in any given baseball game, just a small part of a bigger picture, one chance to score or prevent runs among many other chances.

May 12, 2004

Baseball: Santa Barbara Wipes Out Waves

By Danny MacLeith

The Gauchos are taking this season one game at a time and scoring runs early in ball games one touchdown at a time. Santa Barbara used another early lead to down Pepperdine 10-3 in its last home game of the regular seaso...

May 11, 2004

Baseball: Santa Barbara Hosts Pepperdine in Final Home Game

By Danny MacLeith

Hot on the heels of a seven-game winning streak and with renewed energy, the Gauchos (30-17, 8-7 in the Big West) will host Pepperdine (23-25, 17-7 in the West Coast Conference) in nonconference action for their final re...

May 10, 2004

Baseball: Santa Barbara Mauls Matadors

By Danny MacLeith

The first inning set the tone in each of the Gauchos' three wins against Cal State Northridge this weekend. UCSB (30-17, 8-7 in the Big West) greeted the Matadors (16-33, 2-13) with a total of 18 runs in the first inning...

May 5, 2004

Weighing In the Women

By Danny MacLeith

Most people would agree that there's a subtle difference between a basketball player standing 6'9''and weighing in at 220 pounds and one that measures 6'2'' and 250.

May 3, 2004

Baseball: SB Sweeps #4 Long Beach State

By Danny MacLeith

The top two teams in the Big West have four losses between them at the halfway point in conference play. The Gauchos (27-17, 5-7 in the Big West) earned them all, taking three games from #4 Long Beach State (30-12, 9-3 i...

April 30, 2004

Baseball: UCSB Braces for Aces

By Danny MacLeith

The Gauchos face the top pitching team in the conference in a three-game set beginning tonight at 6:30 against 49er junior Jered Weaver, the best pitcher in the country and the incumbent for National Player of the Year.

April 23, 2004

Bush Bums Gear Up for Titan Outfield

By Danny MacLeith

The balmy Santa Barbara afternoon is pierced by the mocking voices of the Bush Bums, Caesar Uyesaka Stadium's very own group of heckling homers perched out behind the right center field fence.

April 21, 2004

Sprint the Marathon

By Danny MacLeith

UCSB baseball picked the worst time to lose a Big West series by sweep. The Gauchos' three-game disappointment at the hands of UC Riverside last weekend gives them five losses in league play.

April 20, 2004

While Professionals Abuse, Collegiate Athletes Refuse

By Danny MacLeith

The shadow of the steroids issue tints every monster home run hit by a major league baseball player not named Shawn Green. There are guys in college baseball, though, who can pop the ball nearly as far, albeit with metal...

April 19, 2004

Baseball: UCR Sweeps UCSB

By Danny MacLeith

Never have 15 games looked like less time to play catch-up than now. UCSB (23-15, 1-5 in the Big West) fell victim to its first sweep of the season at the hands of UC Riverside (24-15, 4-2 in the Big West) and have falle...

April 16, 2004

Santa Barbara Hosts Highlanders

By Danny MacLeith

Not much separates the two teams set to meet for a three-game series beginning at 2 p.m. at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium as they face the same challenge - winning a Big West Conference series.