The Outside The Chute Podcast

Outside The Chute down and chatted with 1992 ISF Gold Medalist with Team Canada, 2 time ISC World Champion with the Toronto Gators, 5 time ISC All-World selection, Softball Canada, and ISC Hall of Famer, the one and only, Adam Smith.

What a career Smitty has had and he’s actually still playing a bit as you’ll hear early on here in the episode. Hopey and I were so pleased to be able to sit down and talk about his amazing career.

We talk about getting his start in the game in his hometown of Hag...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 3 time All Canadian with the Brookfield Elks, 1979 Pan Am Games Gold Medalist, Softball Canada and Sport Nova Scotia Hall of Famer, the one and only, Mike Henderson.

This one is near and dear to myself as I had the privilege of growing up in Brookfield and watching Mike and the Elks in the mid 80’s and early 90’s and what a treat it was. I can remember how packed Elk Park would be and just how easy guys like Mike, Robert Putnam, Steve Locke, Robbie Co...

Outside The Chute had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with University of Georgia alum and current member of the Florida Vibe, the one and only, Sara Mosley.

Sara had an awesome 4 years with the Bulldogs, where she was a 3 time All-SEC First Team selection, and a 2022 NFCA 2ND Team All-American. She went on to play pro last season with the Chattanooga Steam and now this year will suit up for friend of the show, Ryan Moore and the Florida Vibe.

In this episode we talk to Sara about get...

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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Outside The Chute had the pleasure of sitting down with 2023 Home Run Sports umpire of the year, Newfoundland’s own, Kearney O’Keefe.

This is such a great episode. Kearney tells us how she got involved in the game of fastpitch growing up, her time playing south of the border in North Carolina at Louisbourg College, coming back home to Newfoundland and playing in the Senior Women’s league, a fantastic story on how and why she got involved in umpiring and so much more.

Kearney was an absolute pl...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2024 Allstar in the WPF with the Texas Monarchs, Duke University alum, host of the Softball Speakeasy Podcast, and current Graduate Assistant with the Clemson Tigers, the one and only, Kelly Torres.

Kelly is coming off her first professional season with the Texas Monarchs of the WPF after having a fantastic 4 year career at Duke University, where she was on the ACC Honor Roll three of those seasons and then capped it off with an NFCA All-Region 3rd Te...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2-time AAC Player of the Year, 3 time NFCA All-American, Wichita State Alum and current Athletes Unlimited pro and Marshall Assistant Coach, the one and only, Sydney McKinney

What a career Syd has had to date and its still going strong! I mean, I just mentioned a couple of her accolades but the list she has from what she accomplished at Wichita State is just ridiculous. Listen to this!

She was a five-year letter winner and started all 244 games from ...

What an episode we have for you this week, as we had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with easily one of, if not, the best men’s softball pitcher in the world, the one and only, Jack Besgrove.

Jack is already a WBSC Men’s World Cup Champion, an ISC World Champion and a two time Leroy Zimmerman award winner as the most outstanding pitcher at the ISC’s and he’s only 20 years old, that’s just crazy.

We talk to Jack about getting his start in the game down in Australia, his rise up the ra...

What an episode we have for you this week!! I’m telling you right now, be prepared to hear some fantastic stories by one of the best recollections of players and happenings in the men’s game that you will ever hear, cause we had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with the one and only, Doug Roberts.

When I say Doug’s memory is unreal, trust me it is!

Doug’s love for the game of men’s fastpitch goes unmatched as far as I’m concerned.

Its one thing to hear his stories from years past and...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Team Netherlands National Team member, the one and only Suka Van Gurp.

Suka has had a decorated career to date and is still going strong. She is a 2 time WBSC European Champion, 2019 SSC Player of the Year and a member of the 2024 WBSC World Cup All World Team just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Suka about getting her start in the game in her home country of Curacao, moving to Florida to play high school ball, the journey to college, of course, h...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with a guy with close ties to us. Hopey has the pleasure of coaching this guy with the East Hants Mastodons Senior Team and I had the pleasure of serving up homeruns to him over the last few years, 2024 ISC World Champion with the Hill United Chiefs and 2022 Canada Games Silver Medalist with our home province of Nova Scotia, the one and only Nick White.

Whitey is starting to make a name for himself in the softball world with his ridiculous speed on the bas...

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 ...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Oregon and UCLA alum, as well as, Athletes Unlimited member, the one and only, Brooke Yanez.

Brooke has had a fantastic career to date and she’s still going strong. She was the 2018 Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year and the 2019 Big West Pitcher of the Year during her time at UC Davis. She then transferred to Oregon where she became an NFCA All-American in 2021. Brooke would finish her college career up as a Bruin with UCLA where she...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 6 time ISC World Champion and 2 time WBSC World Cup Champion with the Aussie Steelers, the one and only, Nick Shailes.

Last time we had Shailsey on for a full episode was way back on episode 5 in July of 2020 and the world was right in the middle of a global pandemic. A lot has taken place since then as he and the Steelers captured the 2022 World Cup down in New Zealand and the launch of HRD Bat Company has taken place and is really taking off.

Hopey...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2018 All-ACC First Team selection, Duke University alum, and co-host of the Softball Speakeasy podcast, the one and only, Raine Wilson.

Like I said, this one is a dandy! Raine not only was a force to be reckon with during her time with the Blue Devils but man, what shes doing as an analyst on the ACC Network is fantastic. Her easy demeanor and ability to construct whats going on during a game is absolutely awesome.

We’re gonna talk to Raine about how...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Oklahoma Sooners alum where she was a 2021 National Champion and current Graduate Assistant with the University of Central Florida, the one and only, Shannon Saile.

What a career Shannon has had so far. She was 2017 Conference USA Freshman of the Year along with being a two time First Team Conference USA pick during her time at FIU, and then a 2 time All-Big 12 Conference selection, along with being a National Champion during her time with the Sooners...

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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Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with UCLA Bruins alum, Athletes Unlimited member and current Assistant Coach with San Diego State, the one and only, Delanie Wisz.

Lanie has had a remarkable career so far and she’s just getting started. She transferred to UCLA from LMU and definitely found her comfort zone while in a Bruins uniform. Over the course of her college career, she appeared in 251 games, compiled a .330 batting average, hit 57 home runs, and drove in 191 runs. She led the Bruins...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of South Florida alum, Athlete’s Unlimited member and current member of the Great Britain Women’s National Team, the one and only, Georgina Corrick.

Georgina has had an amazing career so far and she’s still going strong. She is a 4 time AAC Pitcher of the Year, 3 time All-American, was the 2022 NFCA National Pitcher of the Year, as well as, Softball America Pitcher of the Year and that’s just naming a few of her impressive accolades. She br...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2 time ISC World Champion with the Tampa Bay Smokers, 2 time Pan Am Games Gold Medalist with Team Canada, as well as, Softball Canada, Softball Nova Scotia and Sport Nova Scotia Hall of Famer, the one and only Todd King.

The fact it took us this long to get Todd on the podcast is ridiculous considering he lives under an hour away from us, but that doesn’t matter now because we got him and its an awesome chat.

Kingo had such a fantastic career in the ...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Memphis alum and 2020 Olympian with the Australian National Team, the one and only, Ellen Roberts.

Ell has had a fantastic career to date and is still going strong. During her time at the University of Memphis from 2011 to 2014, she set 25 school records, including most strikeouts and wins in school history. After making her debut for the NSW Firestars in 2014, later that year Ellen also made her debut with the Aussie Spirit, at that yea...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2021 NFCA First Team All-American, 2023 WPF Rookie of the Year, University of Kentucky alum, and current member of the USSSA Pride, the one and only, Kayla Kowalik.

Kayla time at Kentucky was just extraordinary. She is UK’s all-time hits leader with 348 and all-time leader in runs scored with 258. She led the nation in batting average in 2021 when she hit a school-record .495, had a school-record 26-game hitting streak and scored a school-record 79 ru...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with legendary coach, Terry Baytor.

Terry is in every Hall of Fame I’m pretty sure that he’s eligible for in the game. This includes, the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame, Softball Ontario, Softball Canada, the ISC and the WBSC ones. That’s just absolutely incredible and his resume in the game is like a novel. He is one of the most successful softball coaches in the world, providing leadership to teams competing in more than 2,100 games, and is the only field ...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Minnesota alum, member of the Smash It Sports Vipers of the WPF and current Assistant Coach at the University of North Florida, the one and only, Amber Fiser.

What a career Amber has had to date and she hopes to be still going strong here in 2024. She was an All-American pitcher at Minnesota from 2017-21, where she completed her career with a 1.70 ERA and a 98-35 record while striking out 953 batters over five seasons.

Amber was named t...