The Gaucho9 Podcast

As a homage to Matt Ager's favorite YouTube channel, the Gaucho9 Podcast presents Hot Ones with the Gauchos where we sample hot sauces on chicken wings and answer baseball questions.  6 former UCSB Baseball players sit down to test their tastebuds and try to conquer the infamous Thermageddon Hot Sauce which boasts a 2.6 million on the Scoville Heat Unit scale.  Hope you enjoy this one of a kind podcast with Matt Ager, Zander Darby, Ryan Gallagher, Aaron Parker, Justin Trimble, and Frank Camarillo!

The Pod is back for Fall of '25 and we kick things off with a recap and preview of things going on around the program with Head Coach Andrew Checketts.  UCSB finished the 2025 Season 36-18 (16-14) in 5th place in the BigWest after getting eliminated in the play-in game by Hawaii in the Conference Tournament.  Today we sit down and catch up on pro Gauchos, the latest news and a run down of the new roster. Then we're joined by former Gaucho Jason Willow (50:15) as he reacts to the Blue Jays playoff run and Shane Bieber's start in game 3 of the ALCS v Seattle.

For our 2025 mid season report we bring on Gaucho Alum and fellow podcaster, Jason Willow, from the Oppo Taco Podcast.  Just past the half way point of the season the Gauchos are 21-10 (7-8 BigWest) and have 15 conference games remaining to make the push towards the BigWest Tournament.  This week we unpack a variety of things in the sporting/life space as well as a break down of how the Gaucho season has gone and where the team is going as they hit the stretch run. The Gaucho9 Podcast is presented by Kyle's Kitchen & the Yardi Youth Pass.  

Gauchos return home after a tough trip to Hawaii where they dropped their first series of the season to go to 15-4 (4-2 BigWest) and get set to take on UC Irvine in a pivotal home conference matchup this weekend at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.  On this week's episode we recount the weekend interviews with LHP Donovann Jackson and 3b/SS Xavier Esquer, and then your host attempts a solo recap of the Hawaii series plus a preview for the upcoming series with the Anteaters. The Gaucho9 Podcast is proudly presented by Kyle's Kitchen and Yardi. 

When I consider some of the best moments in the history of Gaucho Baseball there are instantly a few that come to mind; Sam Cohen's walk off grand slam to send UCSB to the CWS in 2016, Joey Epperson's walk off homer against UC Irvine in 2013 & Chris Malec's homer off of Jered Weaver returning from cancer in 2005.  Now insert LeTrey McCollum's walk off 2-run home run to complete the cycle on Sunday v CSUN into that list, the first cycle for UCSB since Michael Young's in 1997. McCollum joins us this week on the podcast to talk about he thrilling moment, as well as UCSB Analytics to break down the previous 8 games which saw the Gauchos go 7-1 and improve to 14-2 (3-0 BW).  UCSB now ranks as high as 15 amongst the various polls and has been between 90-100 in the RPI after week 4. Gauchos fly to Honolulu to resume BigWest play v Hawaii beginning at 935pst on Friday night, audio only will be available for all of the games on UCSBGauchos.com.