Outside The Chute

Episode 73- Emma Entzminger

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with San Jose State alum and Canadian Olympic Bronze medalist, Emma Entzminger.
Emma has had a fantastic career to date.  She played four seasons (2014-18) with the Spartans while studying at San Jose State University, starting in 191 of her 207 games played over that span. Over her career with the Spartans she had a .287 batting average, .434 OBP, 17 doubles, three triples, four home runs and 70 RBIs. She finished at SJSU ranked third all-time in runs scored (142), fourth in walks (85) and OBP (.434)
Emma competed at her first Pan American Games at Lima 2019 and tied for the team lead with five RBIs as Canada won the silver medal. Just a few weeks later, she posted a .429 batting average at the WBSC Americas Olympic Qualifier as the team booked its ticket to Tokyo. In her Olympic debut, Emma recorded two hits and three RBI as Canada won the bronze medal.
We’re gonna talk to Emma about getting her late start in the game, her time at San Jose State, a great story of adversity and reflection after being released from the National Team in 2017 and of course the epic bronze medal win this past summer at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Emma was a pleasure to chat with and I can’t wait to see what she has in store for our country down the road.

Episode 72 - Nick McCurry

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Assistant Coach of both the New York Gremlins and US Men’s National Team, the legendary, Nick McCurry.
Nick has been known in this game for almost 50 years and brings a love and dedication to it that is unmatched.  He would start the Ashland Merchants E.S.S. team back in 1981 and became one of the best low budget teams in the US.  Nick had the daunting tasks of running everything from fielding the team to getting the funds to provide the opportunity for players to play.   A lot of people in the game will definitely recognize Nick from the Jeremy Spear, 2000 film, Fastpitch, where we got a first hand look at just what Nick had to go through to make his team survive.
Nick still remains active in the game where he is an assistant coach with the power house New York Gremlins, as well as, the US Men’s National Team.
We’re gonna talk to Nick about anything and everything from his time in the game.  This honestly will go down as one of my favorite episodes we’ve done as Nick’s positivity and love for the game is very infectious.  Hopey and I were very honored to get to sit down and talk ball with such a legend in our game, I know everyone is going to enjoy this episode.

Episode 71 - Jen Gilbert

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Ball State University alum and Canadian Olympic Bronze Medalist, Jen Gilbert.
Jen has had an amazing career as she has been with the Canadian National Team program dating back to the U16 National Team in 2009.  She has won a Pan Am Games silver in 2019 and, of course, an Olympic Bronze this past summer in Tokyo.  At Ball State, she helped guide the Cardinals to three Mid-American Conference regular season championships (2012-14). She holds nearly all of Ball State’s single season offensive records and is at or near the top in every career category. With 75 homeruns, she holds the NCAA record for a Canadian-born player. 
We’re gonna talk to Jen about getting her start in the game down in Texas, how she told her Mom she wanted to play in the Olympics for Team Canada when she was 8 years old, her amazing career at Ball State, the roller coaster of emotions leading up to Tokyo, as well as, her newest endeavor, Jen Gilbert Softball Academy.
This was such a fun chat as Jen was an absolute joy to talk too.  I’m sure shes going to have tremendous success in everything she does

Episode 70 - Jeff Cameron

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former Halifax Jaguar and owner of Prodigy Sports, Sheet Harbour native, Jeff Cameron.
Jeff had an extensive playing career which spanned almost 20 years, seeing him get his start in his home town of Sheet Harbour, and then getting the chance to play in countries all over the world like New Zealand, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic.  Jeff was also a key part of the 1998 Halifax Jaguars that would win the Canadian Men’s Senior National Championship on home soil in Nova Scotia.
We’re gonna talk to Jeff about getting his start in the game, travelling the world to play this great sport, some amazing stories from his time in Venezuela, of course his sports store that he owns to this day, Prodigy Sports, and much, much more.
Jeff was an absolute beauty to chat with and Hopey and I shared some good laughs with him over this episode.

Episode 69 - Gabbie Plain

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Aussie Olympian and current University of Washington Husky pitcher, Gabbie Plain.
Gabbie is only 23 years old and has already had enough awards and accolades many would be proud of for an entire career.  She is a 3 time All Pac-12 First Team winner, two time First Team All-American, the 2021 Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year and USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 3 Finalist, just to name a few.
We’re gonna talk to Gabbie about getting her start in the game down in Australia, her time on the national scene down there, how she decided on joining the Huskies and of course, competing at the recent Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Gabbie was such a pleasure to chat with and it was so awesome to get to talk one on one with not only this amazing talent, but person as well.

Episode 68 - Janet Leung

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.

Episode 67 - Randy Frame

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!

Episode 66 - Zenon Winters

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