Mark Patton: UCSB’s Injury-Wracked Baseball Team Works on Becoming the Heal Deal

Mark Patton: UCSB’s Injury-Wracked Baseball Team Works on Becoming the Heal Deal

The baseball field can turn into a minefield. UC Santa Barbara’s troops have taken so many casualties this season that their field general found himself with few reinforcements for last Tuesday’s game against Pepperdine. “We didn’t have an extra outfielder on the bench,” coach Andrew Checketts told Noozhawk. “We had one utility infielder and one backup catcher. “But we’re hanging in there. Everybody’s got excuses.” This Season of the Ouchos took…