Author Archives: Blair Angulo

UCLA senior second baseman Alden Carrithers had never faced UC Santa Barbara, the school where he played his first two years of college baseball, before Wednesday night.

When it rains, it pours. Even with a sunny and cloudless sky.

Though the storm has passed, the effects of this past weekend’s weather are still being felt.

Rainy and wet conditions interfered with a weekend that was supposed to showcase the opening of a new season for the No. 1 ranked UCLA baseball team. Originally scheduled was a three-game series with Oklahoma, but that was reduced to two games Saturday.

In every race leading up to the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., this past Monday, redshirt senior and returning All-American Austin Ramos was the top finisher for the Bruins.

Back in August, the UCLA men’s cross country team had ambitions to return to the NCAA Championships and strive for a top-10 finish. However, those hopes were shattered at the West Region Championships, where the Bruins’ seventh-place finish failed to land the team an at-large bid in today’s national race.

There I was, a scrawny, 11-year-old shortstop, stepping up to the plate against what looked to be a skyscraper on the pitching rubber.