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Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast
Celebrating Alberta’s past, present and future in baseball. Hear from the players, coaches, officials and others involved in the game, as well as the latest news and notes from around the sport in our province.
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Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #430: Tayson Tangjerd, Criseyde Borthwick & Aiden Kilshaw
It’s hard to believe but the baseball season has come to a close. The Milwaukee Brewers are World Series champions for the first time in their history and that…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #429: WCBL Umpire of the Year - Jeff Chipley
Jeff Chipley is a decorated baseball official, having won some major awards including Baseball Alberta’s Junior Umpire of the Year and Senior Umpire of the…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #428: Hudson Harding, Reid MacDonald & Scott Gillespie
We're back! After a brief break after a crazy few weeks of bonus episodes and breaking news, we're back to our regular Thursday cadence for shows. We put the…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #427: 2026 WCBL Award Winners
It’s awards season in the Western Canadian Baseball League and we have a quartet of the winners on the show. Hear from Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #426: Canadian Futures Showcase - The Recap
We know we said we'd take a bit of a break. But then Ian texted and said "I have an idea." So we're flipping the script where Ian plays the role of host while…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #425: Canadian Futures Showcase Day #5
After a whirlwind few days, the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase has come to an end. Maple, Ontario's Jalen Jacob is the new Home Run Derby champion…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #424: Canadian Futures Showcase Day #4
The round robin has wrapped up and it all comes down to the Home Run Derby and the championship at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase. We have a…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #423: Canadian Futures Showcase Day #3
We continue our daily coverage from the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase with another quintet of guests. Hear from Hudson Nikkel (Vauxhall Academy)…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #422: Canadian Futures Showcase Day #2
The first official day of the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase is in the books. The players took part in Scout Day with pitching, hitting and…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #421: Canadian Futures Showcase Day #1
Welcome to the first of our daily shows from Vancouver as the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase gets underway today (Thursday). We'll be bringing you…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #420: Nathan Bailey, Josh Deloise & Lucas Carroll
The countdown is on to the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase. For a trio of young athletes, it will be a great way to cap off a memorable year on the…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #419: Keaton Lejan, Nate Hallihan & Logan Colville
The season might be winding down but we are still checking in with a tonne of news before hearing from a trio of first-time guests. Hear from Baseball Sask…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #418: Mac Warawa, Gracy Hadwin & Tyler McWillie
Time to get back into the regular swing of things with Thursday episodes after a crazy busy summer. We put the wraps on the week with a catch-up on the news…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #417: Reflections on the 2026 WCBL Season
It's hard to believe but the 2026 baseball season is winding down and fast. One of the surest signs of that is that the Western Canadian Baseball League…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #416: Saskatoon Berries Claim WCBL Championship
For the first time in their three-year history, the Saskatoon Berries are Western Canadian Baseball League champions. A record crowd packed into NexGen Patch…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #415: East Division Championship Recap
For the first time in their three-year history, the Saskatoon Berries are heading to the Western Canadian Baseball League championship. After being taken the…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #414: West Division Championship Recap
For a second-straight season, the Sylvan Lake Gulls are going to the Western Canadian Baseball League championship. They knocked off the Okotoks Dawgs in a…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #413: WCBL Postseason Update
And then there were four. The Western Canadian Baseball League's Division Series all wrapped up with the Okotoks Dawgs, Sylvan Lake Gulls, Moose Jaw Miller…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #412: WCBL Postseason Preview
The field of 12 teams is now down to eight, and in just a few days, we’ll be down to four, and then two will be looking to claim the Harry Hallis Trophy as…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #411: Braidy Birdsall, Jack Bello & Lucas Gensler
We put the wraps on another busy week of baseball (including the MLB Trade Deadline, a couple of promotions in the minors and the start of the Women's Pro…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #410: Jake Hiromoto, Garet Ostapchuk & Greg Brons
We're back with another edition of the show after a few extra days off following a wild stretch of daily shows during The Road to Okotoks and the WCBL All-Star…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #409: WCBL All-Star Weekend in Saskatoon
Saskatoon: you did good. Real good. The Western Canadian Baseball League made its maiden All-Star Weekend voyage to the home of the Berries, where they put on…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #408: Morneau Cup Champions - Dawgs Academy
The Morneau Cup came to Okotoks and that’s where it will be staying. Dawgs Academy defended home turf in style with an 11-5 win over Gulls Prep in the finale…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #407: The Road to Okotoks - Day #6
It's down to the Final Four at the Morneau Cup. A busy Saturday with the play-in round and quarterfinals, so we take a look at some of the big performances…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #406: The Road to Okotoks - Day #5
And then there were 12. The Road to Okotoks has come to an end for four teams as the Morneau Cup round-robin is now complete following Friday's action. We take…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #405: The Road to Okotoks - Day #4
It was another scorcher of a day with some outstanding contests throughout on Day #3 of Baseball Canada's inaugural Morneau Cup round-robin. We take a look at…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #404: The Road to Okotoks - Day #3
Another fantastic day for baseball in Okotoks for day #2 of The Road to Okotoks and the Morneau Cup. We take a look at the standings, the game-by-game…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #403: The Road to Okotoks - Day #2
What a beautiful day in Okotoks as The Road to Okotoks officially began with a full slate of games. We give you a quick rundown of the action with some…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #402: The Road to Okotoks - Day #1
Welcome to the first of daily episodes shining a light on The Road to Okotoks. The inaugural event is finally here and it all got started on Monday with…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #401: Beth Sarauer, Kaleb Bozek & Ian Wilson
Welcome to the silly season for baseball in our neck of the woods. National championships are getting underway, The Road to Okotoks is nearing, and the Western…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #400: Caleb Mercer, Avery Mullin & Adam Korte
Plenty of news around the baseball world as we enter the month of July. Then we get to know a trio of guests with ATHX Academy product Caleb Mercer (Fort…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #399: Natalie Kerr, Jake Hiromoto & Wyatt Sadleir
We get you caught up on yet another busy week in the baseball news business before a trio of fantastic conversations. Baseball Alberta unveiled its 14U, 16U…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #398: Energy City Update + Justin Simard, Colton Bank, Johnny Vulcano & Simon Baker
It has been a crazy week with one major story dominating the headlines. We take a deep dive into all that has transpired as the Western Canadian Baseball…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #397: AJ Rogers, Thomas Soto, William Edwards, Rydell Adair & Kyrell Adair
More guests and more news! We have a jam-packed episode of the show as we get to know Dawgs Academy hurler AJ Rogers as he gets ready for a busy summer. He’s…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #396: Hudson Nikkel, Cale Harsch, Rhett Anderson & Owen Coumont
Slowly but surely we're getting ourselves back into a regular cadence. And that includes putting the wraps on another busy week of news in the baseball world…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #395: A Look Back at the Rural Roots Baseball Classic
What a Friday it was in Carnduff as the Western Canadian Baseball League came to the community and put on a show for the second-annual Rural Roots Baseball…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #394: Sydney Barry, Addie Ziebart, Julianna Scott & Nicole Luchanski
We put the wraps on a very busy week for baseball across the prairies by taking a look at the female game with some pretty exciting news over the last couple…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #393: The WCBL Report's Season Preview Show
We’ve chatted with players and now it’s time to provide a little insight into how we see things shaping up around the Western Canadian Baseball League this…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #392: WCBL West Division Season Preview Extravaganza
Welcome to part two of our WCBL Season Preview Extravaganza! After spending the last episode in the East Division, it's time to take a look at the West…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #391: WCBL East Division Season Preview Extravaganza
The Western Canadian Baseball League season is upon us! As has become a new tradition here on the show, we've lined up quick check-ins from one player with…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #390: Prairie Baseball Academy Captures CCBC Crown
For the first time since 2017, the Canadian College Baseball Conference championship belongs to Prairie Baseball Academy. After the last few years of hosting…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #389: Dave Robb
An MLB debut, a first MLB homer, college awards season, the CCBC championship is underway and ... oh yeah ... an Alberta coaching legend. This is a jam-packed…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #388: Skyler Stromsmoe
Growing up on the farm, it can sometimes be tough to find enough time in the day to play baseball in the summer. You have animals or crops to take care of…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #387: Nick Sauve, Kalem Haney & Geoff Seto
We put the wraps on another really busy week of baseball news before a trio of excellent conversations. Hear from Okanagan College catcher Nick Sauve (Calgary)…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #386: Baseball Canada's Greg Hamilton
With the baseball season really starting to ramp up, we have a few more bonus episodes of the show coming your way in the coming weeks and this is one of the…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #385: Caedyn Colford, Mason Bristow & Chance Descalchuk
Yet another busy week of baseball news to put the wraps on so we get you covered before a trio of great conversations. Hear from Edmonton Collegiate Hawks…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #384: Wyatt McKeen, Kaden Prosofsky + Much More
We put the wrap on another busy week of news (including some breaking news about a promotion for a Border City product) then have a couple of great guests join…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #383: Brayden Morris, Aqil Samuel & Kevin Pillar
What a wild week it was for Alberta baseball products in Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, the college ranks and even the national teams. We bring…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #382: Declan O'Kane, Ryan Kucy & Shari Reiniger
We have another jam-packed show with tons of news and a trio of great guests. Hear from Prairie Baseball Academy slugger Declan O'Kane (Ontario) as he's…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #381: Colin Baxter, Aidan Marien & Jason Chatwood
It was a jam-packed week with plenty of news from around MLB, MiLB, the college ranks, high school, the Junior National Team, and the grassroots. So we recap…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #380: Carter Claerhout, Carson Friesen + Much More
What a wild week of news with Michael Soroka's debut with Arizona, Erik Sabrowski's dominance in Cleveland and Tristan Peters getting his first big league hit…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #379: Sean Bavis, Devery Van De Keere + Much More
Week one of the Canadian College Baseball Conference season is in the books so we head there for a pair of guests this week. Hear from Prairie Baseball Academy…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #378: WCBL's Rural Roots Baseball Classic Heads to Carnduff
After the tremendous success of the inaugural Rural Roots Baseball Classic in Oyen last summer, the Western Canadian Baseball League is making it an annual…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #377: CCBC Season Preview Extravaganza
It's finally here! The Canadian College Baseball Conference season gets going this weekend with a full slate of games. As always, we have you covered with our…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #376: History for Canada at the World Baseball Classic
For the first time in World Baseball Classic history, Canada advanced to the quarterfinal and nearly upset the United States to move even further. In fact, had…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #375: Logan Rumberg, Lucas Laukkanen & Les McTavish
What a wild week it's been in the baseball world, highlighted by Canada getting into the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic for the first time ever…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #374: Tyler Malaka, Rob Allan & Brandon Strocki
We take a bit of a detour this week as we have an entire guest list filled with umpires. Hear from Tyler Malaka as he gets ready to head to the Little League…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #373: Jacob Gillis, Nathan Yunick & Seamus Lehman
What a crazy week it’s been with plenty of action in MLB Spring Training with ties to our provinces, as well as several player of the week nods in college…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #372: Landen Bourassa & Eric Rataczak
A pair of Australian Baseball League award winners and Sydney Blue Sox teammates join us on the show this week. Lethbridge Bulls alum Landen Bourassa picked up…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode #371: Turner Zdunich, Hudson Hoy & Kleysen Gabruck
We put the wrap on what's been a busy couple of weeks on the show with a special episode to unofficially kick off the 2026 college baseball season. We welcome…