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Special editions of Outside The Chute, including tournament previews, championship recaps, roundtables and episodes covering major moments from across the fastpitch world.
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Sept. 21, 2026
Episode 219 - 26 Days of Nova Scotia Fastpitch
🔥 26 DAYS. FOUR NATIONAL MEDALS. ONE INCREDIBLE SUMMER FOR NOVA SCOTIA FASTPITCH. 🔥
Outside The Chute is BACK!
After our little summer break, Framer and Hopey return for Episode 219 — and you know we had to do this one.
Nova Scotia fastpitch put together an incredible run at the 2026 Canadian Championships, bringing home hardware at FOUR different levels:
🥇 U17 — GOLD
🥉 U20 — BRONZE
🥈 U23 — SILVER
🥉 Senior Men — BRONZE
In this episode, we go back through those 26 days of Nova Scot...
Outside The Chute is BACK!
After our little summer break, Framer and Hopey return for Episode 219 — and you know we had to do this one.
Nova Scotia fastpitch put together an incredible run at the 2026 Canadian Championships, bringing home hardware at FOUR different levels:
🥇 U17 — GOLD
🥉 U20 — BRONZE
🥈 U23 — SILVER
🥉 Senior Men — BRONZE
In this episode, we go back through those 26 days of Nova Scot...
217
April 20, 2026
Episode 216 - U23 WBSC Men's World Cup Preview Show
Episode 216 is here and we’re going ALL IN on the U23 WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup
We’re joined by Blair Setford and Kris Abbott, who will be on the call for the tournament in Sincelejo, Colombia, bringing you elite-level insight you won’t get anywhere else.
In this episode, we break down:
Every team competing and what to expect
Key players and game-changing matchups
Underrated squads that could shock the world
How the tournament will unfold from start to finish
And of course… our offici...
We’re joined by Blair Setford and Kris Abbott, who will be on the call for the tournament in Sincelejo, Colombia, bringing you elite-level insight you won’t get anywhere else.
In this episode, we break down:
Every team competing and what to expect
Key players and game-changing matchups
Underrated squads that could shock the world
How the tournament will unfold from start to finish
And of course… our offici...
192
Sept. 22, 2025
Episode 191 - Summer Recap
Yes sir, we’re back and this one was a fun one for us. We do a summer recap covering the ISC’s, Senior Nats, U17 Nats, Canada Games, our Shooter’s League and so much more.
We’re happy to be back doing our weekly episodes, so buckle up and get ready for a wicked lineup going forward!
We’re happy to be back doing our weekly episodes, so buckle up and get ready for a wicked lineup going forward!
190
July 27, 2025
Episode 189 - WBSC Men's World Cup Recap/ISC Preview Show
Outside The Chute have Blair and Kyle back again, as we recap the WBSC Men's World Cup that took place in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and then we take a dive into the ISC's as we preview the World Tournament coming to us from Mankato, Minnesota.
189
July 7, 2025
Episode 188 - 2025 WBSC Men's Preview Show
Outside The Chute sat down with our "Around the Horn" crew, Blair Setford and Kyle Smith, and we preview and give our prediction's for the 2025 WBSC Men's World Cup taking place in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
This was a fun one! Make sure to check it out!
This was a fun one! Make sure to check it out!
172
Jan. 12, 2025
Episode 171 - 2025 Men's Preview Show
What a dandy for you this week as Outside The Chute had the pleasure of having past guest, Blair Setford and head play by play announcer for the Men's WBSC's, Kyle Smith, join the podcast to do a deep dive and preview the upcoming Men’s 2025 season in the ISC’s, Canadian Senior Men’s Nationals and the WBSC World Cup taking place, on Canadian soil, in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan from July 7th to the 14th.
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164
Nov. 11, 2024
Episode 163 - We're Back (Bill Hillhouse)
Well, its been a bit but we’re happy to be back and showcasing the best we have from our amazing game of fastpitch.
A couple things before we get to this week’s episode, first we mention during Hopey and mines opening segment, a big congrats to friend of the show, Dean Holoien’s Softball Canada’s Hall of Fame induction, but we also need to throw a big congrats out to another friend of the show, Tosh, Keith MacIntosh, as well as, Trevor Ethier, Don Bates, Bryan Kosteroski, and Gary Skjerven who ...
A couple things before we get to this week’s episode, first we mention during Hopey and mines opening segment, a big congrats to friend of the show, Dean Holoien’s Softball Canada’s Hall of Fame induction, but we also need to throw a big congrats out to another friend of the show, Tosh, Keith MacIntosh, as well as, Trevor Ethier, Don Bates, Bryan Kosteroski, and Gary Skjerven who ...
159
March 3, 2024
Episode 158 - Best Of Outside The Chute Volume 1
Outside The Chute is doing their first ever "Best Of" Show and what a dandy it turned out to be. Hopey and Framer go through some of their favourite moments over the last 3 and a half years and had a lot of laughs doing so.
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135
Sept. 18, 2023
Episode 135 - Blair Setford (Summer Recap)
Outside The Chute is back and Hopey and Framer sit down and chat with past guest Blair Setford. They chat the summer that was in the men's game, starting at ISC qualifiers in Ontario and finishing with the Canadian Senior Men's Championships that took place in beautiful British Columbia.
There was a lot to cover from this summer so you're definitely going to want to hear this entire episode.
There was a lot to cover from this summer so you're definitely going to want to hear this entire episode.
115
Nov. 24, 2022
Episode 115 - 2022 WBSC Men’s World Cup Preview
Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former guest, Blair Setford, as we preview and give our prediction's for the 2022 WBSC Men's World Cup taking place in Auckland, New Zealand.
This was a fun one! Make sure to check it out!
This was a fun one! Make sure to check it out!
113
Nov. 7, 2022
Episode 113 - WBSC Preview - Coaches Edition
Outside The Chute had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with 3 National Team Head Coaches as they prep for the WBSC Men’s World Cup starting at the end of the month in Auckland, New Zealand. First, we got to welcome back a former guest of the show, Head Coach of the Argentina Men’s National Team, the always entertaining, Julio Gamarci. Julio talks about what it's like going in with a huge target being the defending champions. We then chat with US Men’s National Team Head Coach, Ron Hacke...
101
June 27, 2022
Episode 100 - Jason Hill & Steve Mullaley
Hard to believe we hit 100 episodes and I have to thank all of our listeners for getting us to this point. If you had of told me two years ago that I’d have a podcast with 100 episodes and over 50,000 downloads I would have called you crazy, but here we are.
Its only fitting that we got two of our most popular guests ever on the podcast back on for this special episode as we got the hosts of Dust Up with Hilly and Lolly, Newfoundland natives, Jason Hill and Steve Mullaley.
This was such a fun ...
Its only fitting that we got two of our most popular guests ever on the podcast back on for this special episode as we got the hosts of Dust Up with Hilly and Lolly, Newfoundland natives, Jason Hill and Steve Mullaley.
This was such a fun ...
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July 12, 2021
Episode 56 - Justin Schofield (1 Year Anniversary Show)
With this being the one year anniversary show, its only fitting that we bring back our first ever guest, East Hants Mastodons ace, and current 40 Man Team Canada Member, Justin Schofield.
This was a fun one for us as we got to talk about the last year for Outside The Chute, stories we forgot to chat about with Schof in that first ever episode, and trust me, there are some funny ones, and we also had special guest appearances from past OTC guests, Brady Woods and Steve Mullaley.
Outside The Chu...
This was a fun one for us as we got to talk about the last year for Outside The Chute, stories we forgot to chat about with Schof in that first ever episode, and trust me, there are some funny ones, and we also had special guest appearances from past OTC guests, Brady Woods and Steve Mullaley.
Outside The Chu...