The Outside The Chute Podcast

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with WBSC Men’s World Cup silver medalist and current member of the Canadian Men’s National Team, Cory Jones.

Jonsey has had quite a career to date. He was a member of the 2008 Canadian Junior Team that won a silver medal in Whitehorse, was an All-Canadian in 2019 with the Grande Prairie Pirates and as mentioned, a big part of the Canadian Men’s National Team that brought home a silver from the WBSC Men’s World Cup a few month ago down in New Zealand.

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Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Arkansas alum, current volunteer coach with the Georgia Bulldogs and Athletes Unlimited star, Danielle Gibson.

Gibby has had a fantastic career to date and she’s still going strong. She is a two time NFCA All-American, 2018 NFCA Freshman of the Year Finalist, two time All-SEC Defensive Team selection and 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Finalist. She also holds the distinction of hitting for the homerun cycle back in 2019....

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with utility, redshirt junior with the UCLA Bruins, and Barona, California native, Seneca Curo.

Seneca is currently going into her 4th season with the Bruins and is the ultimate utility player. Last season alone she played five different positions, 1st, 2nd, short and 3rd, and then some in the outfield.

We’re gonna talk to Seneca about growing up on the Barona Indian Reservation in southern California with her parents and four brothers. How she made the t...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with WBSC Men’s World Cup bronze medalist and US Men’s National Team member, Brad Kilpatrick.

Brad has had fantastic career so far and he’s just getting started. Besides the previously mentioned bronze medal at the 2022 WBSC Men’s World Cup, he’s also a gold medalist with Australian Men’s Junior National Team that won the 2018 WBSC Junior Men’s World here in Prince Albert, Sask.

We’re gonna talk to Brad about getting his start in the game in his hometown ...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2017 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year and University of Florida Gator alum, Kelly Barnhill.

Kelly’s career to date has been nothing short of amazing. As mentioned with that Player of the Year award, she is a 3 time NFCA All-American, ESPNW Player of the Year winner, she won an Espy Award in 2017, along with a Honda Sport Award and SEC Pitcher of the Year. That’s just a sample size of the many awards Kelly has won.

We’re gonna talk about her...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Canadian Men’s National Team member and recent silver medalist at the WBSC Men’s World Cup down in Auckland NZ, Quinten Bruce.

Q has had quite a career to date and its just getting started. This past summer alone he was named to the ISC All World Team, was an All Canadian at the Senior Men’s Nationals in Newfoundland, an All World Selection at the WBSC Men’s World Cup, as well as, the top hitter in the tournament. That’s just crazy!

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Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of North Texas and University of Oklahoma alum and current member of the USSSA Pride of the WPF, Hope Trautwein.

Hope has had a remarkable career to date. She is a 2022 National Champion with the Sooners where she would also be named to the WCWS All-Tournament Team, she was a 2022 All Big 12 First Team selection, was named the 2021 Conference USA Pitcher of the Year and is also the only player in NCAA Division I history to ever throw and im...

Outside The Chute is so happy to have on with us this week, the reigning Extra Innings Softball #1 ranked player for 2024 and current UCLA Bruin commit, Addisen Fisher.

Addi’s list of accomplishments in the game so far are staggering and she is just getting started. She is a two time Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year, 2022 Mountain Valley Conference Pitcher and Player of the Year, 2021 USA Today Oregon High School Player of the Year and that’s just naming a few.

We’re gonna talk to Addi about...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with New York Gremlins member and recent bronze medalist at the WBSC Men’s World Cup with Team USA, Erick Ochoa.

Chewy has had an immediate impact on the game since he started playing. He’s another of the baseball turned fastpitch players that has excelled big time in doing so. He is a two time ISC All World selection, the 2022 ISC Batting Champion, along with a two time ISC World Champion with the NY Gremlins. Erick was also named the 2017 USA Softball Ma...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Louisiana and Oregon alum, Athletes Unlimited mainstay and current Assistant Coach at University of Memphis, DJ Sanders.

DJ has had a very accomplished career to date. She was a 2017 NFCA 1st Team All-American, 2017 Sunbelt Conference, and also led the entire NCAA in Homeruns and RBI’s that season as well. She has been playing pro now for the last 5 years. Two years with the Bandits and Chicago and the last three with Athletes Unlimited....

Outside The Chute is so happy to have back with us this week, one of the best to ever play the game, everyone knows this guy, a big friend of the show, the one and only, Steve Mullaley. Framer, Hopey and Lolly are gonna talk all about the 2022 WBSC World Cup that wrapped up in Auckland last weekend with the Aussies downing Canada 5-2 in the finals. You’re gonna hear our takes, what surprised us, what didn’t, we dissect it pretty good. Then we’re gonna talk to Lolly about playing this past summer...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Northwestern University Alum, Athletes Unlimited star and 2020 Olympian with Team Italy, Andrea Filler.

Andrea has had a fantastic career to date. She earned NFCA All-Region Team distinction three times, while also being a two-time First-Team All-Big Ten Conference selection while at Northwestern. She would capture an NPF Championship with the Chicago Bandits in 2016 and then move on to play professionally in Italy where she won the 2021 Italian Pro L...

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!

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2016 ISC World Champion and current member of the Men’s Canadian National Team, Ty Sebastian.

Ty has had an amazing career to date and he’s just getting started. Not only has he won an ISC World Title, he’s also won a Canadian Midget and Junior National Championship, an ISC II title and now has his sights set on a World Cup with Team Canada down in Auckland New Zealand at the WBSC Men’s World Cup starting at the end of the month.

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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...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Washington alum and current member of the US Women’s National Team, the one and only, Sis Bates.

Sis has had an amazing career to date and it just continues to grow. She is a 3 time PAC-12 Defensive Player of the Year, 3 time NFCA All-American, the All Time leader in hits and triples for the Huskies, and was also named 2019 Seattle Female Sports Star of the Year. Not to mention, Sis is probably one of the best defensive players to ever p...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 4 time ISC World Champion and former Canadian Men’s National Team member, Don Scott.

Donnie has had a fantastic career in the game. To go along with those 4 ISC World Title’s he has won 3 Canadian Senior Men’s Championships, named to the 2011 ISC All World Team and won the 2012 Pan American Championships where he would take home the top pitcher award.

We’re gonna talk to Donnie about getting his start in the game, attending the 1993 Canada Games with...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Canadian Men’s National Team member, Quebec native, Mathieu Roy.

Matty has had an amazing run in the game so far and he’s still going strong. He is a 2015 WBSC and Pan Am Games Champion, 2 time ISC World Champion, 5 time ISC All World selection, 3 time Canadian Senior Men’s Champion, numerous All Canadians, a few ASA titles…….let’s just say the guy has done it all.

We’re gonna talk to Matty about getting his start in the game in Quebec, attending the...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2019 NFCA All-American and Arizona State Sun Devils alum, Kindra Hackbarth.

Kindra had a stellar 4 years with the Sun Devils. She would be a 3 time All-Pac 12 selection, 2018 NFCA All-West First Team selection, as well as previously mentioned a 2019 All-American.

We take a deep dive into Kindra’s career talking about getting her start in the game, the recruiting process that started at a young age, leading to her and her twin sister Maddie originally...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Alabama alum, 2016 All-American and the owner of one of the best curveballs in the game, Sydney Littlejohn Watkins.

Syd had a stellar 4 years with the Crimson Tide at the University of Alabama. She was a 4 year letter winner, raking up 67 wins and a career 1.77 ERA which puts her ranked 6th of all time in program history for both those stats. Like I mentioned earlier, she was a 2016 NFCA All-American, as well as, a NFCA All-Region First ...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Texas Longhorns Head Coach, the legendary, Mike White.

Mike’s list of accomplishments in the game are astounding. Here’s an example of some –

8 Hall of Fame Inductions

2 time WBSC World Champion

5 time ISC World Champion

5 time ASA Champion

10 time ISC All World Selection

3 time Pan Am Games Silver Medalist

ISC Career Win Leader with 70

6 Women College World Series appearances

3 time Pac-12 Coach of the Year

Now there are a lot...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 4 time WBSC World Champion, WBSC Hall of Famer and ISC Hall of Famer, Thomas Makea

Thomas no doubt goes down as one of the best to ever play the game. Of course, as mentioned with the WBSC title’s and Hall of Fame induction, he is also a 5 time ISC Champion, 6 time ISC All World selection and the Most Valuable Player at the 2000 ISC’s.

We’re gonna talk to Thomas about getting his start in the game down in New Zealand, where the nickname Larry came fr...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Texas A&M alum, Athletes Unlimited star and 2020 Olympian, Tori Vidales.

Tori has had a fantastic career to date.
She had a stellar 4 years with the Aggies where she would start in all 240 games, win 2 NFCA All American awards, be named to the 2015 SEC All Freshman Team, while going on to be the career leader in runs scored, total bases and RBI’s.
Tori would also represent Mexico at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and played a pivotal role for them in thei...

Outside The Chute sat down and first talked with the Head Coach of the Silver Medal winning, Nova Scotia Canada Games Team, Jeff Fraser. We talked about the journey it took to get to that point and the outcome that was a silver medal for the province of Nova Scotia.

We then chat with the Marketing Manager at Softball City in Surrey, BC, Matt Van Eeuwen. Matt tells about what is in store for the softball world leading into the 2023 Canadian Senior Men's Championships and the 2024 ISC World Champ...