Baseball: Malec Tops List of Potential SB Draftees

May 27, 2004 by

You've just been offered a large amount of money to walk away from college and do what you've dreamed of doing since you were hitting off a tee. Take the money and run! No-brainer, right?
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Baseball: Gauchos Dawdle to Finish Line

May 24, 2004 by

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 ...
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Final Weekend Looms Large for Santa Barbara

May 21, 2004 by

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 keepin...
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Baseball: Santa Barbara Ends Win Streak

May 17, 2004 by

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 unlike...
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Baseball: Gauchos Takes 8-Game Win Streak North

May 14, 2004 by

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 thir...
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Baseball: Junior Journeyman Flourishes in New Home

May 13, 2004 by

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.
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Baseball: Santa Barbara Wipes Out Waves

May 12, 2004 by

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 ...
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Baseball: Santa Barbara Hosts Pepperdine in Final Home Game

May 11, 2004 by

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 actio...
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Baseball: Santa Barbara Mauls Matadors

May 10, 2004 by

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...
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Weighing In the Women

May 5, 2004 by

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.
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Baseball: SB Sweeps #4 Long Beach State

May 3, 2004 by

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...
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Baseball: UCSB Braces for Aces

April 30, 2004 by

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 ...
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Bush Bums Gear Up for Titan Outfield

April 23, 2004 by

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.
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Sprint the Marathon

April 21, 2004 by

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.
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While Professionals Abuse, Collegiate Athletes Refuse

April 20, 2004 by

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 fa...
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