The Outside The Chute Podcast

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Woman’s Canadian National Team member and Maple Ridge, BC native, Larissa Franklin.

Larissa is a Two-time NFCA All-Region honoree…Three-time All-Conference selection…Finished collegiate career at IPFW and Western Kentucky University with a .398 average, 287 hits, 173 runs, 69 RBI, 91 stolen bases and 70 walks. She also tied WKU’s record for longest hit streak at 15 games.

She is also a 2 time Pan Am games medalist that included a gold medal in 2005 o...

Outside The Chute is heading over to Portugal’s Cove, Newfoundland as we sat down and chatted with Hall of Famer, Colin Abbott.

Abby was one of the most feared hitters to ever play the game. His list of accomplishments are numerous as he has been named to 10 ISC All World teams, 3 ISC Tournament MVP’s, 3 ISC World Titles, 4 Canadian Senior Men’s titles, as well as, 2 Pan Am Games Gold medals, just to name a few.

We talked to Colin about getting his start in the game over in Portugal’s Cove, hi...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Hall of Famer and Victoria, BC native, Mike Piechnik.

Peaches had an absolute amazing career spanning over 30 years. He’s a 9 time ISC All World selection, 2 time Pan Am Games gold medalist, has 4 Canadian Senior Men’s National Titles, a 1992 ISF Gold medal with Team Canada and has thrown a record 4 ISC perfect games just to name a few.

We talked to Mike about getting his start in the game after the tragic work place death of his father, how he becam...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former University of Nebraska standout and current South Dakota State Assistant Coach, Kiki Stokes.

We’re gonna talk to Kiki about getting her start in the game, her decision to go to Nebraska to become a Cornhusker, the formation of This is Us softball club after a horrendous tweet from Scrapyard Dawgs GM, as well as, moving on to the coaching ranks, where she is currently a South Dakota Jack Rabbits, assistant coach.

Kiki was a pleasure to chat wit...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with an 11 year old girl you may not have heard about yet, but trust me, you soon will.

Abigail Tolton is from Ontario and pitches for the Waterloo Ghosts and the Central Florida Stars and is already being talked about by some of the biggest names in softball.

She threw 2 no hitters while winning the Ontario provincial championship and in her last season had 277 strikeouts in 100 innings and gave up just 5 runs total. She has won numerous tournament MVPs a...

Outside The Chute is heading all the way to New Zealand to chat with ISC and WBSC Hall of Famer, Jarrad Martin.

Jarrad has an impressive list of accomplishments to go along with those hall of fame inductions that include 4 ISF World Championships, 6 ISC World Titles, 7 ISC All World selections and 2 ISC World MVP awards, just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Jarrad about getting his start in the game in New Zealand, his 1989 World Junior Title win, his 4 Men’s ISF World Championships, as wel...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with Czech Republic National Team Assistant Manager and hitting coach, Jakub Kopriva.

Jakub has been with the National team since 2017, attending world’s in Whitehorse, as well as, hosting last years ones in the Czech Republic. He also has done play by play for Playo.TV in Europe covering such events as European Supercup, Intercontinental Cup, U19 Women’s EU Championships and the Women’s EU championships to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Jakub about the h...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with Canadian Men’s National Team member and Harbour Main native, Bradley Ezekiel.

Brad has had a storied career so far with 5 ISC World titles, 7 Canadian Senior Men’s National titles, 6 ISC All World selection, 7 All Canadian honours and a 2015 Canadian Nationals MVP, just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Brad about getting his start in the game in Newfoundland, their bronze medal win at the 2005 Canada Games in Regina, his first ISC win with Kitchener...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with former Oklahoma State Cowgirls standout and current Woman’s Canadian National Team member, Lauren Regula.

Lauren would have an amazing 4 year career at Oklahoma State where she would be named to 3, All Big 12 First Team’s, was a 2003 1st Team All American and was also named 2003 Big 12 Player of the Year.

She would first see action with the Women’s National team in 2002 and would go on to play in the Olympic Games in 2004 IN Athens and 2008 in Beijing...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Australian native, Andrew Kirkpatrick.

Andrew is one of the best players to ever play the game as he has been named to 11 ISC All World Teams, named ISC Most Outstanding pitcher three times, has won 4 ISC World Titles and won an ISF World Championship in 2009 just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Andrew about getting his start in the game, winning the 2001 World Junior Gold for Australia, the epic gold medal for the country in 2009, his storied ISC...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Brian Urquhart. Brian has played all over North and South America with stints in Massachusetts, Venezuela, Manitoba, Virginia, Ontario, Michigan and of course at home in Nova Scotia, with Halifax, Brookfield and his hometown East Hants Mastodons.

We’re gonna talk to Urqy about getting his start in the game in his hometown of Lantz, attending the 97 Canada Games in Brandon, Manitoba, his stories from ISC’s and Senior Nationals over the years, as well a...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with Canadian Women's National Team member and former University of Washington standout, Victoria Hayward.

Vic is a 4 time All-Pac-12 Conference winner, 2014 All American, Winner of the 2019 National Pro Fastpitch League, Jennie Finch Award and most recently finished 3rd overall in the points standings in the inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited League.

We’re going to talk to Vic about getting her start in the game, her illustrious high school career...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with former Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia native, now Grand Forks, North Dakota native and ISC Hall of Famer, Gerald Muizelaar.

Muizey is an 8 time ISC All World selection, 3 time ISC Most Outstanding Pitcher, has 3 ISC World Titles and a Canadian Senior Men’s National Title in 1998 just to name a few.

We’re going to talk to Gerald about getting his start in Shubenacadie and guys he would have played with growing up along the way. The amazing run at the 1993 C...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with former Arizona Wildcat pitching star, Espy Award winner and current Arizona Assistant Coach, Taryne Mowatt-McKinney.

Taryne’s list of accompishments at U of A are extensive as she holds or shares 8 school pitching records, including wins, innings pitched and strikeouts in a season. She helped the Wildcats to back to back National Championships in 2006 and 2007 and will forever be remembered for the amazing 2007 Women’s College World Series where she pi...

Outside The Chute sits down and talks with Nanaimo, BC native and Team Canada Member, Blake Hunter.

Blake has emerged into one of the best hitter’s in the country. He is a 3 time All Canadian, was named to the 2017 All World Team at the ISC, won a silver medal at the 2005 Canada Games, and a 2 time silver medalist at the Canadian Senior Men’s Nationals.

We’re gonna talk to Blake about getting his start in the game in BC, playing at the 2005 Canada Games, moving to NS for a season and playing w...

Outside The Chute sits down and talks with former Team Canada member and PEI Native, Jeff Ellsworth.

Ellsy has a long list of accomplishments in the game which include 5 ISC World Titles, 2 Canadian Senior Men’s Titles, 3 Time ASA Champion, an ISF Champion in 2015, 6 time All Canadian, 5 Time All World Team, and an ISC World Tournament MVP, just to name a few.

We’re going to talk to Ellsy about getting his start in the game on the Island, starting on the Senior circuit with the Summerside Twin...

Outside The Chute sits down and talks with former Syracuse University star and Team Canada Member, Jenna Caira.

Jenna had a tremendous career at Syracuse University where she holds 11 pitching records, was the first to have over a 1000 strikeouts and was named Big East Pitcher of the Year in 2011. From there Jenna would go on and continue to have a fantastic career with the Canadian Women’s National Team as she was a key member of that PanAm Gold medal winning team that defeated the Americans i...

Outside The Chute sits down and talks with Bracebridge, Ontario native and ISC Hall of Famer, Todd Martin.

Marty’s list of accomplishments in the game are astounding as he has won 6 ISC World Titles, 5 Canadian Senior Men’s Nationals, he has been named to the ISC All World team nine times, and a three time outstanding pitcher at the ISC’s just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Marty on getting his start in his hometown of Bracebridge, moving on to play at the Senior level, his storied ISC car...

Outside The Chute sits down and talks with Melfort, Sask native and ISC Hall of Famer, Dean Holoien.

Deano has a long list of accomplishments that started back in Bantam, when the Melfort 222’s would win the Bantam, Midget and Junior Nationals. From there Dean would go on to have a storied career that would include 4 Canadian Senior Men’s National Titles, 2 ASA National Titles, and an ISC World Title. Deano would also represent Canada where he won a silver and bronze at the ISF World Championsh...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with Canadian Women's National Team Head Coach, Mark Smith.

Mark is an absolute legend when it comes to the game of Fastpitch and he is inducted into the Softball Canada Hall of Fame, ISC Hall of Fame and the Sport Nova Scotia Hall of Fame.

Mark’s accomplishments are extensive. He was the first player to ever throw a no hitter in Pan Am Games history in 1979, won back to back ISC World Titles in 81 and 82 with the Camarillo Kings, led Team Canada to an ISF...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with former Canadian Men's National Team member and Freshwater, NL native, Steve Mullaley.

Steve has an incredible list of accomplishments over his career, which includes 9 Canadian Senior Men’s Titles, 6 ASA Championships, 5 ISC World Titles, a ISF World Championship and Pan Am Gold Medal to name a few. Lolly has also been named to the ISC All World team 6 times, along with 3 top batter awards, 2 round robin MVP’s and a playoff MVP at the Canadian Senior M...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with Canadian Olympian, Kaleigh Rafter.

Kaleigh has had an amazing career to date, setting school records at University of Detroit, competing at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, transferring to Florida State University for a final season and leading the team in homeruns and RBI’s and she’s still going strong after hitting the homerun to secure Canada a spot in the next Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

We’re gonna talk to Kaleigh about all of these things a...

Outside The Chute sits down and talks to Team Canada member and Goulds, Newfoundland native, Ryan Boland.

Ryan has had an amazing career to date winning 7 Canadian Senior Men's Championships, 2 ISC World Titles, 2 Canadian Junior Men's Championships, an ISF World Title and a PanAm Games Gold medal.

We’re gonna talk to Boley about growing up in Gould’s and getting his start in the game, having a successful junior career, being named to Team Canada, having his brother Shane walk it off to win th...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with former Canadian Olympian, Georgia Tech star and North Delta, BC native, Jen Yee.

Jen had an amazing career both in the NCAA and on the International stage. With the Canadian National Team she was the teams leading hitter at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and also was a member of the Gold medal winning squad in 2015.

With Georgia Tech, Jen would go on to set countless school records. In her Senior year she led the entire NCAA in batting average (.568), slug...