Rip Current Podcast

0:00-1:10 - Intro 1:11-9:05 - Previous Week Summary 9:05-9:33 - CCL All Star Game 9:34-19:32 - Trajan Rogowski Interview 19:32-24:45 - Upcoming Week Preview

Tommy McGuire joins hosts Sam Evans, Avi Singh, Aidan Pham , and Colin Costigan as the Riptide's season gets underway! 0:00-1:30-Intro 1:30-6:40-Opening Week Review 6:41-19:47-Tommy McGuire interview 19:47-25:41-Week 2 Preview/Upcoming Promotions

Assistant Coach Grant Mayeaux and Riptide General Manager David Lamm join the podcast to discuss Riptide roster construction, players to watch, what fans can expect at the Great Park, and much more. Hosts Sam Evans , Aidan Pham , Colin Costigan , and Avi Singh give their predictions for the CCL South’s standings in the lead up to Riptide opening day. 0:00-1:25: Intro/agenda 1:26-24:31: Grant Mayea...

Welcome back to the Rip Current Podcast, where host Andrew Giesler talks with fellow broadcasters Sam Evans , Huon Fitzpatrick , and Aidan Pham about all things related to the California Collegiate baseball team, the OC Riptide. In the fifth episode of the series, the group goes through the games from the past week against the Philippines, Waves, Bombers and both games against the Barons. The grou...

Welcome back to the Rip Current Podcast, where host Andrew Giesler talks with fellow broadcasters Sam Evans, Huon Fitzpatrick, and Aidan Pham about all things related to the California Collegiate baseball team, the OC Riptide.  In the fourth episode of the series, the group goes through the games from the past week against the Foresters, Bombers, Philippines and the Barons. The group talks about h...

Welcome back to the Rip Current Podcast, where host Andrew Giesler talks with fellow broadcasters Sam Evans, Huon Fitzpatrick , and Aidan Pham about all things related to the California Collegiate baseball team, the OC Riptide . In the third episode of the series, the group goes through the games from the past week against the Waves, Barons, Blues, and the home-and-home series against the Oaks, wh...

Welcome back to the Rip Current Podcast, where host Andrew Giesler talks with fellow broadcasters Sam Evans, Huon Fitzpatrick, and Aidan Pham about all things related to the California Collegiate baseball team, the OC Riptide .  In the second episode of the series, the group goes through the games from the past week against the Foresters, Nighthawks, Oaks, Blues, and Bombers, specifically focusing...

Kicking off the first episode of the Rip Current Podcast for 2025. Short episode but a full and complete episode coming next week. Subscribe to be alerted when next episode drops.

Justin, Adam and Andrew discuss the team's final stretch of games played for the 2024 regular season, along with a 2024 CCL Playoff breakdown. The guys cover which Riptide players would be their picks for player of the year along with Justin's CCL playoff preview. To learn more about the OC Riptide Interns who are part of the podcast check out the link here . Highlights:  0:16 - Week In Review of...

Justin, Adam and Ryan discuss the team's recent stretch of games played earlier in the week, along with an interview from head coach Connor Spencer. Justin, Adam, and Ryan also discussed which Riptide players were drafted in this year's MLB entry draft and also which players have transferred to different schools for the 2025 college season. Also click the link to learn more about the  OC Riptide I...

Justin, Andrew, Adam and Ryan talk about the team's recent win over San Luis Obispo and games played earlier in the week along with which Riptide players were selected to the CCL Showcase Game . The podcast crew caught up with Riptide players Ryan Kittredge and Ace Reese , along with the weekly CCL update from Justin. To learn more about the OC Riptide Interns who are part of the podcast, check ou...

The Riptide are back after the 4th of July break. The podcast crew discusses the team's recent trip to San Luis Obispo, along with an interview from Shortstop Patrick Hackworth. Justin, Adam, Andrew, and Ryan discuss their players of the week and which Riptide players were nominated to the CCL All Star Game along with a  weekly CCL update from Justin. Highlights: 0:22 - Round table discussion) 4:1...

The OC Riptide continues to have a great season as the podcast team talks about an interesting incident that happened against the San Diego SunRays. The guys also caught up with Pitcher Luke Sterner and 1st baseman Nate Cadena and an update on the CCL Standings Highlights: 1:18 - Game against SunRays Suspended 4:20 - Riptide win streak & splitting the series against Arroyo Seco 8:13 - Riptide...

The first OC Riptide Podcast of the season! The Riptide have been on a four game win streak, as the podcast crew talks with Head Coach Connor Spencer and 2nd baseman Luke Johnson along with a CCL Standings Update. Highlights include: 0:00 How team is doing so far - round table discussion 2:56 Who are the key players for the Riptide in the first/second week of the season 8:31 Head Coach Connor Spen...

The Orange County Riptide went 2-2 on the week but ended the week on a high note, sweeping a doubleheader on Saturday against the San Luis Obispo Blues to win the weekend series on the road. The Riptide finish the regular season 20-15 in CCL play and they’ll be the #2 seed for the CCL South Playoffs . They’ll take on #3 Conejo Oaks Tuesday, August 1 at 7 p.m. at the Irvine Great Park. This summer’...

The second to last week of the regular season saw the OC Riptide alternate between wins and loses and ended the week 2-3. Despite playing below .500 baseball, the Riptide remain solidly in second place in the CCL South Division standings behind the Santa Barbara Foresters. The Foresters have opted to not participate in the CCL playoffs which equates to the Riptide sitting in second place makes the...

After ending last week on a hot streak, the OC Riptide cooled off a bit coming off the CCL Showcase Game break. The Riptide went 1-4 coming off the break and rewmain in second place in the CCL Southern Division, 2.5 games back of the Santa Barbara Foresters . Nine games remain in the 2023 regular season for the OC Riptide which includes two separate road trips to San Luis Obispo. Over the next two...

The OC Riptide ended the week riding a hot streak, winning their last four games including a three-game series sweep over the Arroyo Seco Saints . The Riptide currently sit solidly in second place in the CCL South Division Standings with a record of 15-7, one game behind the Santa Barbara Forester s. ( The Foresters have chosen to not participate in the CCL playoffs and the Riptide appear poised t...

The OC Riptide had an up and down week, starting off by dropping both games to the Santa Barbara Foresters. The Riptide then lost the series opener to Conejo Oaks in a 15-11 shootout on the last game of June. However, the Riptide started off July on the right foot, winning the next two games against the Conejo Oaks and taking the weekend series. The Riptide are currently 11-6 and are half a game b...

The OC Riptide are currently riding a wave of early success in June and look to continue that success into the month of July. The Riptide are 9-3 and sit atop the CCL South Division Standings with second place Santa Barbara Foresters coming to Irvine on June 27th. This summer's edition of the Rip Current Podcast features content provided by 2023 OC Riptide interns Ari Wohl, Elizabeth Dunning, Grac...

After a few years hiatus, the Rip Current Podcast has returned for the 2023 season. New players and new coaches calls for a brand new podcast with content provided by 2023 OC Riptide interns Ari Wohl , Elizabeth Dunning , Gracie Pugliese and Dylan Luden . Week in Review recap (1:35) Interview with Head Coach Connor Spencer (4:10) Pitcher of the Week - Evan Vasiliou (10:01) Position Player of the W...

The OC Riptide are currently in 2nd place in the California Collegiate League standings after a perfect 5-0 week. The wins included a sweep over the league leading Santa Barbara Foresters to narrow the gap. We recap week 5 we head coach Clemente Bonilla and also spoke with the OC Riptide Batter of the Week Michael Peabody and OC Riptide Pitcher of the week, Nick Jones. A record nine Riptide player...

Caught up with OC Riptide head coach Clemente Bonilla to get his thoughts on the OC Riptide at the halfway mark of the 2019 California Collegiate League season. The Riptide are hovering around the .500 winning percentage and will look to have a complete roster this week. We also spoke with Connor Aoki, the OC Riptide batter of the week. In another installment of the "Wacky Side of Summer Ball" we...

We chat with head coach Clemente Bonilla along with Pitcher of the Week - Marrick Crouse and Batter of the Week - Blake Faddoul.

Week two of the California Collegiate League season is in the books and the OC Riptide had a 4 win / one loss week. We chatted with head coach Clemente Bonilla to discuss how the team is coming together and their recent success. We also caught up with DJ Sutorius, the Riptide pitcher of the week along with Andre Antone, the Riptide batter of the week. The Riptide were on the road in Santa Barbara...