Outside The Chute

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...

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 w...

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...

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,...

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...

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 Auckl...

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 hug...

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...

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. W...

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...

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...

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 sta...

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...

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...

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.  Tor...

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...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Millsaps College alum and current lead photographer with Athletes Unlimited, Jade Hewitt. Jade has been someone I’ve wanted to chat with for a while now and I’m so happy she found time out of her busy schedule, especially in the middle of the AU season, to come on and chat with us.  This was such a great interview. We talk to Jade about her 4 years playi...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Arizona State Sun Devils alum and current Head Coach at Central Arizona College, Maddi Hackbarth. Maddi had a stellar NCAA career, getting her start at Fresno State before transferring to Arizona State where she would go on to become an All American.  She most recently competed in Athlete’s Unlimited AUX in San Diego where she finished an impressive 21st...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with ISC and Softball New Zealand Hall of Famer, one of the greats in our game, Patrick Shannon. Paddy has had a spectacular career to date as he has won 4 ISC World Titles, 2 WBSC Titles, been named to 10 ISC All World Teams, as well as previously mentioned, inducted into both the ISC and Softball New Zealand Hall of Fames. We’re gonna talk to Paddy about ge...

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...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Georgia and University of Louisiana Alum, and current member of the Smash It Sports Vipers of the WPF, Ciara Bryan.  

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Arizona State University alum and current Head Coach at Vanguard University, Amber Freeman. Amber had an absolute excellent career with the Sun Devils.  Her skills as a catcher made her a steady force behind the Sun Devils' plate from 2012-2015. She was a three-time All-American and 2013 PAC-12 Player of the Year. Amber ranks fourth in ASU career history...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Northwestern University alum and current Female Athlete Mental Mentor, Paige Tonz. Paige’s story is pretty awesome and goes to show you how big the mental side of the game plays in sport.  Paige had a, what we can say “mediocre” first three years in college and she is the first to admit that, but that all changed her Senior season as she decided to focus...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2019 WBSC Coach of the Year, Head Coach of the Argentina Men’s National Team, Julio Gamarci. Julio has had quite the impact on the game in his country since joining the Argentina Men’s National Team in 1991.  As a player, he would play in many ISF and Pan Am tournaments, as well as, compete in the ISC’s with team’s like Larry Miller Toyota out of Salt La...