Outside The Chute

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Brown University alum and Canadian Olympic Bronze medalist, Janet Leung.

Janet has had a fantastic career to date and is still going strong.  She got her start with the Canadian Junior National Team before heading to Brown University for 4 years where she would start in all 151 career games.  From there, Janet would join the Canadian Women’s National Team where she has captured a 2018 WBSC Bronze medal, a 2019 Pan Am Silver and most recently an Olympic Bronze medal in Tokyo.

We’re gonna talk to Janet about getting her start in the game in Ontario, her time at Brown, the thrill of being named to Team Canada, of course, that Olympic Bronze medal win and much, much more.  

Janet was an absolute treat to chat with and I’m sure you’re all going to enjoy this episode.

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with the host of the show, Randy Frame.

Hopey takes over hosting duties and we get to hear about Framer's time in the game, as well as, anything and everything in between.  Lots of laughs were had on this episode.  We hope you all enjoy!

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former Aussie Steeler and current New York Gremlin, Australia native, Zenon Winters.

Zenon has had a decorated career to date as he has won 4 ISC World Titles, 6 Australian National Titles, been named to 4 ISC All World Teams, a 2 time ASA MVP and a 2009 ISF World Title with the Aussie Steelers, just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Zenon about getting his start in the game down under, his time with the Australian Junior Team which resulted in a World Championship in 2001, his time on the ISC circuit playing with and against a number of Hall of Famer’s, of course, the 2009 ISF World Title win and much, much more.

Zenon was a pleasure to chat with and Hopey and I were so glad he was able to take the time and come on to talk about his career

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Hawaii at Manoa alum and Australian Olympian, Kaia Parnaby.

Kaia has had a tremendous career to date as she was named an NFCA All American in 2013 while at the University of Hawaii, while also taking home Big West Conference Pitcher of the Year.  She also, set school and Big West records for wins and strikeouts in a season that same year.  Kaia has thrived in her time playing pro over in Japan with the SGH Galaxy Stars recording over 500 career strikeouts. Kaia has represented the Aussie Spirit at many international tournaments, including five open World Championships, winning two bronze medals. She was instrumental in helping Australia qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games, pitching in three of the Aussie Spirit’s five games at the Asia/Oceania Olympic Qualifier, where the team went undefeated.

We’re gonna talk to Kaia about getting her start in the game down under, her time at University of Hawaii, participating in the 2000 Opening Ceremonies at the Olympic Games in Sydney, as well as, her participation in this years Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Kaia was a treat to chat with and I’m sure you’re all going to love this great chat with one of Australia's best.

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former US Men’s National Team head coach and current New York Gremlins head coach, Gregg Leather.

Gregg has had a fantastic coaching career to date as he has won 6 ASA National Titles, 2 ISC World Titles and a Pan Am Silver, just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Gregg about how he got his start in the game, his transition from modified to Fastpitch, the formation of the New York Gremlins, of course his time with the US National Team and much, much more.

Gregg was such a treat to chat with and it was a pleasure for Hopey and myself to be able to talk to one of the premier head coaches in the game today.

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 5 time ISC World Champion, 10 time ISC All World selection and ISC Hall of Famer, Shawn Rychcik.

Shawn had an amazing 23 year playing career in the game which included an eight year stint on the USA Men’s National Team, producing a gold medal, 2 silver medals, and a bronze medal. He was twice named United States Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year in Men’s Softball. He was able to walk away with 2 ASA National Championships, an MVP and 8 All-American selections. And finally, he left the ISC circuit, as previously mentioned, 5 World Championship rings and 10 ISC All-World honors.

Shawn would also go on to coach in the NCAA for 14 seasons combined, as the Head Coach at NC State University and Boston University.  He amassed almost 450 wins at the two schools. His teams captured 4 Conference Championships, making 7 trips to the NCAA Regionals and 1 trip to Super Regionals.  4 times he was named Conference Coach of the Year.

We’re gonna talk to Shawn about getting his start in the game, getting to play down in New Zealand for a season, his time with the US Men’s National Team, his amazing ISC career that led to a trip to the Hall of Fame in 2012, as well as much, much more.

Shawn was a pleasure to chat with and it was awesome that Hopey and I got the chance to talk to such a legendary player in our game.

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Michigan alum, and current Japan Pro league Toda Medics member, Jordan Taylor.

Jordan has had a stellar career to date as she was named the 2008 Big Ten Freshman Player of the Year, 2010 Big Ten Pitcher of the Year, is a three time All-Big Ten Conference First Team winner, while also being the All time career strikeout leader in the Big Ten.

We’re gonna talk to Jordan about getting her start in the game down in California, her amazing high school career at Valencia High, her time at Michigan, joining the pro ranks and much, much more.

Jordan was so fun to chat with and, trust me, didn’t hold back.  I’ve been wanting to chat with her for a long time and I’m so happy she was able to come on.  If you have social media, I highly recommend following Jordan as she definitely truly speaks her mind and is a very entertaining follow.

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Oakland University Alum, Olympic Bronze Medalist and Brantford's own, Erika Polidori.  

Erika had a standout 4 years at Oakland University in Michigan where she would go on to finish fourth or better in 10 career offensive catagories and be named to the All-Horizon First Team in her Senior season in 2014.  She would then go on to win a 2015 Pan Am Gold Medal on home soil in Toronto while leading her team in average and then just a few week’s ago help lead Team Canada to their first ever trip to the podium by bringing home a bronze medal from Tokyo.

We’re gonna talk to Erika about getting her start in Brantford, her numerous national titles with the Brantford Bobcats, her time at Oakland University with the Golden Grizzlies, the rough times of being a nurse during this crazy pandemic and of course that epic bronze medal win in Tokyo.

Erika was an absolute treat to chat with and I was so happy I was able to chat with someone who is such and avid listener to our podcast.

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Canadian Men’s National Team member and Gould’s, Newfoundland native, Shane Boland.

Shane has had an incredible career to date and he’s still adding to that impressive resume.  He has won 3 ISC World Titles, 7 Canadian Senior Men’s Championships, 2 Canadian Junior Men’s Championships, a bronze at the 2017 WBSC World’s, as well as, many individual awards, including being the only Canadian player to ever win the ISC’s, Senior Men’s and Junior Men’s titles in the same season.

We’re gonna talk to Shane about getting his start in the game back in Gould’s, his time with the National Team, his incredible walk off homerun to win the ISC World’s for the Toronto Gators back in 2016, as well as much, much more.

This was such a wicked interview as Shane provided awesome stories, as most Newfoundlanders do and we shared plenty of laughs.  Shane is definitely one of the good ones in the game.

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Co-Editor at D1Softball.com and UCLA Golden Bears alum, Tara Henry.

Tara had a fantastic college career with UCLA as she would compete at three Women’s College World Series, between 2004-2006, winning the prestigious championship in her freshman season.  Since then she has co-founded an organization called Run The Bases where they focus on inclusion and gender equality through softball, as well as, she is a co-editor for D1Softball.com.

We’re going to talk Tara about getting her start in the game down in California, her recruiting process to UCLA, the 2004 WCWS win and, of course, everything else Tara has on the go today.

It was such a blast to be able to chat with Tara, as she is someone who has an absolute passion for the game and it was great to hear her share her journey in the game to us.  This was definitely one of the favorite chats I’ve personally had the pleasure of doing