Outside The Chute

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Williams College Ephs alum and current Canadian National Team member, Joey Lye. Joey had an amazing 4 year run at Williams College where she would set five all-time school records during her four seasons; batting average (.457), runs scored (150), hits (211), total bases (267) and stolen bases (62). She would also play varsity hockey as well, patrolling...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Softball Canada Hall of Famer and Newport, Nova Scotia native, Tim Macumber. Tim had an illustrious career as he has won an ISC World title, a Canadian Senior Men’s Championship, a gold medal at the 2003 Pan Am Games, been named All Canadian four times and to 3 ISC All World Teams, just to name a few. We talked to T Mac about getting his start in the gam...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with New Zealand Black Sox captain, and 2017 World Champion, Cole Evans. Being 22 years of age you would figure that there wouldn’t be much to cover with Cole but he has already had as much international experience as most players have had in their lifetime.  Cole got his first taste of the Men’s game on a global scale at the 2015 ISF World Championships in S...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Aussie Spirit Captain, and soon to be, 3 time Olympian, Stacey Porter. Stacey has had an amazing career to date as she has won 2 Olympic medals, silver in 2004 in Athens, and a bronze in 2008 in Beijing. She was a 1st team All American in 2003 while playing at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and has also been named Softball Australia’s Indigenous Athle...

Outside The Chute we sat down and chatted with Oklahoma State alum, Athlete’s Unlimited star and the Bat Flip Queen herself, Samantha Show. Sam has had a fantastic career to date, starting her college career with Texas A&M for three years before transferring to Oklahoma State for her Senior season, where she would lead them to a spot in the Women’s College World Series and have a memorable showing...

Outside The Chute we sat down and chatted with former King and his Court member and current manager of national teams and Canadian championships for Softball Canada, Mike Branchaud. Mike had quite a career in the game as he was able to travel all over North America with the late, great, Eddie Feigner and the King and his Court and play in front of thousands of fans on a nightly basis. Mike would a...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with LMU Alum, former US National Team member and Athletes Unlimited star, Sam Fischer. Sam has had a fantastic career to date. She had an amazing 4 year career at LMU, which led to having her number retired and inducted into their sports hall of fame. From there she would spend a few years with the US National Team, winning two World Cup gold medals and two...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Cal U of Pennsylvania alum and current Canadian National Team member, Natalie Wideman. Nat had a stand out career at Cal U where she was a 3 time All-PSAC first team all-star, 2014 PSAC Athlete of the Year as well as the 2014 NCAA Division II Catcher of the Year.  She would go on to play for the Canadian National Team where she has won 2 bronze medals at...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Kitchener Hallman Twins and USA Men’s National Team member, Cam Schiller. Cam has taken a different path in the game then most as he’s played most of his career in the game of Baseball and was a 2012, 7th round MLB selection by the Texas Rangers.  Since turning to Fastpitch in 2016, Cam has already been a 2 time All World selection at the ISC’s and named...

Outside The Chute sat down and talked with former McNeese State University standout, Athletes Unlimited star and current Italian National Team member, Erika Piancastelli. Erika had an amazing career at McNeese where she would combine for 19 school and conference records.  She was a 2 time NFCA All American, 4 time SLC Player and Hitter of the year and 4 time McNeese Female Athlete of the Year.  Fr...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with ISC Hall of Famer and Melfort, Saskatchewan native, Keith Mackintosh. Tosh has had a fantastic career spanning over 25 years as a player and over 10 as a coach.  He is a 5 time Canadian Senior Men’s National Champion, 2 time All Canadian, 5 time ISC All World Team selection and a 2003 Pan Am Games gold medalist, just to name a few. We’re gonna talk to To...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former Washington Huskie and current Team Canada National Team member, Danielle Lawrie. Dan has had an amazing career to date, she is a two time USA Collegiate Player of the Year, 2009 National Champion, holds the University of Washington record in career wins, shutouts, strikeouts, strikeout ratio, starts, appearances, complete games and innings, she co...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Men’s Canadian National Team member and North Vancouver native, Derek Mayson. Mayse has had a storied career so far dating back to the Canada Games in 2001.  He is a 5 time ISC All World selection, 2015 Pan Am Gold Medalist, 2015 ISF World Champion as well as a 2007 Canadian Senior Men's National Champion just to name a few. We’re going to talk to Mayse...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Texas Longhorn Alum, current US National Team member, and one of the best pitchers to ever play the game, Cat Osterman. Cat’s list of accomplishments are endless as she has the NCAA record for strikeouts per 7 innings over her career with 14.34, 2nd all-time in strikeouts with 2,265, four Big 12 Pitcher of the Year awards, Olympic Gold in 2004, as well a...

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 s...

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, jus...

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 Mik...

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, wh...

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...

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...

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...

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 Newfou...

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 Nation...

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...

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 Cana...