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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 136: WCBL Season Preview
It will be a season like no other, that can absolutely be certain. First pitch on the 2021 Western Canadian Baseball League season is upon us. Five teams will…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 135: Ayden Makarus
Ayden Makarus can now add "national champion" to his impressive baseball resume. The Dawgs Academy product was part of the LSU-Eunice squad that captured the…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 134: Play Ball!
It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to look forward to actual baseball on Alberta diamonds. But after the provincial government announced its roadmap…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 133: Logan Grant
Every young baseball player starting off his college career dreams of making an impact right out of the gates. But maybe not to the extent Logan Grant achieved…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 132: Cohen Achen
It all changed in the blink of an eye for Cohen Achen. The up-and-coming pitcher was on the mound for Big Bend Community College in early-2020 when he was hit…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 131: Chas Wheatley
It hasn’t been an easy road for Chas Wheatley. The Edmonton-area pitcher was off to a flying start in his baseball career, but then an ulnar nerve injury in…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 130: Heidi Northcott
We open up the episode by paying tribute to long-time and well-respected umpire Mitch Ball, who passed away last weekend after battling COVID-19. Someone who…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 129: Tristan Peters
As the college baseball season continues stateside, we’ve had the pleasure of chatting with some of the Alberta products who have been turning heads. And we’ll…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 128: Edmonton Trappers Retrospective
It has been 40 years since Alberta baseball fans were first introduced to the Pacific Coast League. On April 14, 1981, the Edmonton Trappers took to the field…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 127: Shawn Grandmont
We first met Shawn Grandmont back in 2018 when he was with the College of Southern Idaho when they went to the JUCO World Series. We wrote up a story to…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 126: Damiano Palmegiani
Our guest this week is a man who has dreams of being on an Opening Day roster in the not-too-distant future. Damiano Palmegiani has had quite the journey…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 125: Kandi Wyatt
As March winds to a close, we thought we’d take another opportunity to recognize International Women’s Day by welcoming another former member of Baseball…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 124: Paige Wakefield
We’ve been lucky enough to have quite a few conversations over the last couple of years around the women’s game in this province and highlighted them on social…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 123: Soren Graversen
Calgary’s Soren Graversen has been on a tear at William Penn University. As we record this, the Dawgs Academy grad is hitting .395 with five home runs and 20…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 122: Ty Scott
Ty Scott of the Bryan College Lions was named to our 2020 All-Alberta Team back in January, after hitting .417 with four home runs, 15 RBIs and five stolen…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 121: Les McTavish
There aren’t many hats Les McTavish hasn’t warn in Southern Alberta baseball. From a young athlete to playing at Prairie Baseball Academy over to Washington…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 120: Geoff Freeborn
Calgary’s Geoff Freeborn has made a name for himself in a variety of ways, breaking onto the scene with the hometown Vipers between 2006 and 2008, including an…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 119: Tyler Hollick
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many bats on shoulders around this province, as athletes, coaches and everyone else involved the game are relegated to their…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 118: Lars Davis
The Florida Gators are one of the top-ranked NCAA teams heading into the spring and one of the people leading the charge from the bench is from our province…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 117: Connor Crowson & Ryan Ludwig
Before we took our winter break, the college commitment announcements were coming in fast and furious. We spent a little time getting to know some of those…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 116: Aidan Huggins & Evan Wilde
It might have been a small sample size, but 2020 was shaping up to be quite a year for many of Alberta’s baseball players who were taking the field in American…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 115: Mindsets and Mental Health with Laura Redgate
Merry Belated Christmas and Happy New Year! Welcome to the new season of #ADSPodcast! In our first episode of the new season, we chat with the newly-minted…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastSpecial: The Night Before
Baseball Santa stops by to read a new spin on the classic "Twas the Night Before Christmas." From our dugouts to yours, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas…
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Episode 114: The 2020 Season Finale
It’s been a year, hasn’t it? Well, 2020 certainly didn’t work out the way anyone would have guessed when January started and we are certainly in that same…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 113: Jonah Arseneau
We have been lucky enough to share some of the stories of Alberta's baseball players announcing their commitments to post-secondary institutions stateside…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 112: Shaun Atamanchuk
August 1, 2019 will be a date forever etched not only on the mind of Shaun Atamanchuk, but also through the scars on his arm. That's the date the Beaumont…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 111: Simon Lusignan & Kaden Zarowny
There have been a number of Alberta-based baseball players making their college commitment announcements recently and so we wanted to catch up with some of…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 110: The Best of Times on the Worst of Teams
You know things are bad when the veteran of your team says “hey boss, this team sucks balls.” You also know things are bad when the general manager literally…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 109: Jackson Clemett
We first met Vauxhall Academy’s Jackson Clemett in a web story we did following his appearance at the T-12 at Rogers Centre in Toronto just over a year ago…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 108: Joltin' Joe & Marilyn Visit + A Western League Scandal
As the baseball season winds down, we've taken the opportunity to spend more time working on stories from baseball's past in Alberta. We tend to go down rabbit…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 107: Lethbridge Dodgers Manager Gail Henley
September is a big month on our calendar for "On This Date" events. As the summer winds down, regular seasons come to an end, leaving behind playoffs and…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 106: Plans Unveiled For RE/MAX Field
It was back on Episode #93 when we tried to get to the bottom of the situation around RE/MAX Field in Edmonton. We had both Edmonton Prospects owner Pat…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 105: Bennett Freiter & Ty Wevers
There have been a number of Alberta baseball products who have announced commitments to post-secondary schools over the last few months. In an effort to catch…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 104: Okotoks To Host 2021 WCBL All Star Game
You can circle July 24, 2021 on your calendars. That is when the Western Canadian Baseball League will be hosting its annual All Star Game. The event will also…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 103: Prep Baseball Report Alberta
Some of the province's best young baseball talent converged on Spitz Stadium in Lethbridge last week to take part in an open ID camp put on by Prep Baseball…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 102: Sylvan Lake Gulls Coach Jason Chatwood
Jason Chatwood is involved in almost every aspect of baseball in Central Alberta. So it's fitting that he recently added a new title to his business card: head…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 101: Foothills Major Baseball Association
We're back! After a couple of weeks off to spend some much-needed time with family and loved ones, we are ramping things back up again on our website and here…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 100: MLB is Back
Who would have thought we'd amass 100 episodes of the #ADSPodcast? Well here we are. To mark the occasion, Alberta Dugout Stories co-founder and co-contributor…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 99: Nolan Rattai
The COVID-19 pandemic not only wiped out the 2020 Western Canadian Baseball League season, but it also delayed the debut of new Medicine Hat Mavericks coach…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 98: Tara Sliwkanich
In the first of what we hope to be several conversations branching off Baseball Alberta's Girls Day virtual chats, we sit down with Baseball Canada alum Tara…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 97: Lou Pote
Lou Pote has seen it all. From the college ranks to Major League Baseball and now to coaching with Dawgs Academy, Pote has many stories to tell. One of them…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 96: Willy Diaz & Kyler Charchun
It has been a busy few weeks for a couple of Alberta baseball products as they've taken steps to continue their baseball journeys. Last week, it was announced…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 95: Retro Swag
It’s been tough not being able to talk about live baseball over the last couple of months and watching the MLB situation unfold has been frustrating to say the…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 94: Black Lives Matter
It’s hard to put into words what we are experiencing in the world right now. The death of George Floyd and the subsequent rallies and protests have sparked a…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 93: The Future of RE/MAX Field
Over the last few weeks and, frankly, the last couple of years, a lot of questions have been raised about RE/MAX Field in Edmonton. From rumours of affiliated…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 92: WCBL Season Swiped
"So you're saying there's a chance" was a saying muttered a few times over the last few weeks as the Western Canadian Baseball League pondered what to do this…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 91: Baseball Alberta's Tam Rosnau
Earlier this year, Baseball Alberta announced Darren Dekinder was retiring after a ten-year run as executive director. The long-time coach and umpire was…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 90: Fort Mac Attack
Some exciting news for our province, courtesy of Baseball Canada, late last week. With the cancellation of the 2020 national championships at all levels…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 89: Letters of Intent
Despite the wait we’ve all endured to get back onto the ball field, there has been some wonderful news in the baseball world in Alberta over the last few…
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Episode 88: WCBL Season Update
There have been a lot of questions surrounding the upcoming summer baseball season in Alberta, across this country and around the world. Will it happen? Can we…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 87: Cannons Retrospective Part 2
Do you remember where you were 35 years ago? Many baseball fans in Calgary will remember their first exposure to the Pacific Coast League Cannons. The Triple-A…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 86: Cannons Retrospective Part 1
Believe it or not, it was 35 years ago that the Calgary Cannons made their Pacific Coast League debut. The Pacific Coast League squad would spend the next 18…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 85: Jamie Campbell
It’s not just sports fans trying to grapple in this world without games to watch. The broadcasters who bring us those games also have some unexpected time on…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 84: Kelsey Lalor & Nicole Luchanski
Some very cool news over the last few days from Baseball Canada has led to this bonus episode of the #ADSPodcast. The Women's National Team award winners were…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 83: "The Wax Pack" Author Brad Balukjian
We have had a ton of fun putting up stories about baseball cards on our website. So to stick with that theme, we thought we'd talk to someone who recently…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 82: Chris Ewanik & Landen Bourassa
We know it's not Thursday, but with Opening Day supposed to be last week and many people chomping at the bit for baseball content, we thought we'd put together…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 81: Scott Gillespie & Graham Brunner
It has been a roller-coaster ride for many Alberta baseball products who were honing their trades in colleges south of the border. Not only were they dealing…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 80: Working Out In Uncertain Times
A lot of athletes have been left wondering how they should be handling the current coronavirus pandemic. With calls to stay home and limit time out, how do you…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 79: John Ircandia
It is a baseball oasis in the heart of Southern Alberta. The Okotoks Dawgs and Dawgs Academy have quickly become a powerhouse in Canadian baseball. But it also…
Alberta Dugout Stories: The PodcastEpisode 78: Vauxhall Academy of Baseball Banquet
You know baseball season is just around the corner when all of the different programs across this province are holding their annual awards and fundraising…