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Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast

Alberta Dugout Stories

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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21:36

Episode 50: 7th Inning Stretch Part 2

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/08/08

We have visited with several Western Canadian Baseball League stars over the summer for our 7th Inning Stretch features, but we haven't been able to share those conversations in podcast form much. This is our opportunity to catch up on some of the insight and, frankly, the hilarity of some of those chats. In this episode of #ADSPodcast, we revisit Ian Wilson's sit-downs with Okotoks Dawgs pitcher Andrew Yates, Medicine Hat Mavericks all-star Austin Soyka, Brooks Bombers slugger Josh McIntyre and

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Episode 49: Little League World Series Assignments

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/08/01

Every January, umpires from across the globe hope to hear their names called for Little League World Series assignments. Over 90 officials will be asked to oversee seven different tournaments. Each of those events features one Canadian umpire and, this year, three of the seven Canadians hail from Alberta. We chatted with two of them prior to their events: Geoff Larsen (Calgary) who will be part of the Senior League Softball World Series in Lower Sussex, Delaware and Kevin Alenius (Calgary) who is

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Episode 48: Blue Jays Academy Super Camps

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/07/26

Over the last few years, Blue Jays Academy has hosted Super Camps powered by Honda for kids between the ages 9 and 16 across the country. It’s a chance for the young athletes to learn some things from some Blue Jays alumni. This year, there were two stops on the nationwide tour in Alberta, Tuesday-Wednesday in St. Albert and Thursday-Friday in Okotoks. We took in the festivities on Thursday and chatted with Homer Bush and JP Arencibia.

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Episode 47: "Edgar: An Autobiography"

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/07/18

This weekend, former Calgary Cannons and Seattle Mariners great Edgar Martinez will take his place amongst baseball's best ever in Cooperstown. The National Baseball Hall of Fame's induction ceremony will take place, where Martinez will be officially inducted along with Roy Halladay, Mariano Rivera and Mike Mussina as well as Harold Baines and Lee Smith. In the new book "Edgar: An Autobiography", author Larry Stone chronicles Martinez's path to Cooperstown. We chatted with Stone about the book, the

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21:53

Episode 46: Baseball Canada's Women's Invitationals...

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/07/15

What a couple of weeks it was in Okotoks for the Baseball Canada Women's Invitational Championships. Mother Nature had a few different pitches up her sleeve, but it didn't dampen the spirits of the competitors. In the end, Ontario claimed the title while Alberta earned bronze. Afterwards, eight Baseball Alberta players were named to the National Women's Team selection camp and five ended up being selected. We chatted with Redcliff's Kaitlyn Ross, who was named the tournament's best catcher, as well

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Episode 45: The Pioneers - Calgary Cardinals

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/07/11

If Russ Parker's middle name isn't "Persistent", maybe he should look at changing it. After having been in discussions about bringing an affiliated team to Calgary for half a decade, he finally succeeded in 1977 with the Cardinals. In our final installment of "The Pioneers", we chat with Parker about joining the Medicine Hat A's and Lethbridge Expos as Alberta's contingent in the Pioneer League.

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Episode 44: WCBL All-Star Game Wrap-Up

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/07/08

Mother Nature tried to rain on their parade, but the Western Canadian Baseball League's All-Star Game went off without much of a hitch in Edmonton over the weekend. Our own Ian Wilson was in the capital for the festivities and chatted with Home Run Derby Champion Kaleb Warden of the Lethbridge Bulls as well as special guest Matt Stairs. The former MLB slugger played with the Edmonton Trappers in 1996, a time that he believed changed his career.

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Episode 43: Baseball Canada Women's Invitationals &...

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/07/04

Assuming Mother Nature doesn't rain on our parades, a couple of major events are slated for this weekend in our province. Okotoks will be home to the Baseball Canada Women's Invitational Championships from Thursday to Sunday, while the Western Canadian Baseball League will host its first All-Star Game on Sunday in Edmonton. We chatted with Team Alberta coach Drew Boyer about what he expects out of his squad, while WCBL Commissioner Kevin Kvame stops by to talk about the first half of the season and

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Episode 42: The Pioneers - Medicine Hat A's/Blue Jays

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/07/01

Before the 1975 Pioneer League season had even started, officials were sniffing around at possible locations for expansion. Medicine Hat quickly became a front-runner, although a "fiasco" surrounding renovations at Athletic Park threatened to put affiliated baseball's start in the city on ice. But on June 25, 1977, the Medicine Hat A's made their debut. They would only last one year before the new Toronto Blue Jays would set their rookie-level roots in town, a relationship that lasted another 24

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Episode 41: Joe Sergent & Ellie Jespersen

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/06/27

After a three-year stop with the Calgary Vipers, Joe Sergent decided to make a life in the area. Over the last three years, he has been a coach with the Dawgs Academy and Okotoks Dawgs. He shares some of his favourite stories with Ian Wilson in our latest episode. And speaking of Okotoks, the community will host the Baseball Canada Women's National Championships in early July and one of the young athletes looking to turn some heads is Ellie Jespersen, who will be joined by her two sisters on Team

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Episode 40: The Pioneers - Lethbridge Expos

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/06/25

Southern Alberta's love affair with baseball hit a fever pitch in the 1970's. After years of our own circuits and big league players barnstorming through, relationships were built to bring affiliated baseball to the masses. In the first of our three-part look at the Pioneer League's days in Alberta, we profile the lead-up to the first game for the Lethbridge Expos.

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Episode 39: 7th Inning Stretch

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/06/20

Over the last week, we launched a brand new feature on our website called "7th Inning Stretch". It's a chance for Western Canadian Baseball League fans to get to know some of their favourite players, through chats with our Ian Wilson. Here are the first three he did, in audio form. Fort McMurray's Richard Ortiz, Okotoks' Will Hollis and Edmonton's Taran Oulton join us. And to mark Father's Day this past weekend, we give you a small sample of the chat Ian had with Mike Soroka's father, Gary.

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Episode 38: The Champions

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/06/13

The dream for all athletes is to win a championship. In the case of two young baseball players from our province, that dream has been recognized recently, albeit in different ways. Baseball Canada Women's National Team rising star Madison Willan helped guide her St. Albert Slash hockey team to a third-straight Esso Cup title, while Dawgs Academy product Clayton Keyes was a big part of Central Arizona College winning the JUCO World Series. We caught up with both of them to talk about their

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38:24

Episode 37: MLB Draft Review Part 2

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/06/10

Four Albertans were selected in last week's MLB Draft while several others with ties to this province were also picked. We continue our discussions with some of those players in the second of our two-part review. This time around, we chat with Stony Plain's Adam Macko (Seattle) and Lethbridge's Thomas Little (Philadelphia), both of whom honed their skills with Vauxhall Academy. We also chatted with Lethbridge's Tanner Jesson-Dalton, who was taken by the Chicago Cubs and Ben Thompson, a New Zealand

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Episode 36: MLB Draft Review Part 1

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/06/06

A total of four Albertans were taken in the 2019 MLB Draft as were several players with Alberta connections. In part one of our two-part look at some of those names, we catch up with Vauxhall Baseball Academy alum Josh Burgmann and Dawgs Academy product Matt Lloyd, who were taken by the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds, respectively.

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38:47

Episode 35: M-M-M-M-Mike Soroka

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/05/30

He has been all the rage around Major League Baseball this season. Calgary's Mike Soroka has been achieving great things with the Atlanta Braves, setting records and turning a lot of heads. Ian Wilson and Joe McFarland chat about the phenom's season thus far and are also joined by former coach Brent Cooper. The guys end the show talking about the Western Canadian Baseball League season and what's exciting them most heading into the summer.

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Episode 34: Okotoks Dawgs & Edmonton Prospects

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/05/27

It probably comes as no surprise that there is no shortage of words from two teams involved in one of the Western Canadian Baseball League's biggest rivalries. The head coaches of the Okotoks Dawgs and Edmonton Prospects were pretty thorough in their answers as we previewed the upcoming summer, leading to a longer-than-usual episode to wrap up our look ahead to the season.

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Episode 33: Looking Ahead to the 2019 MLB Draft

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/05/23

2019 could be another good year for Alberta baseball talent being selected in the Major League Baseball draft. Dawgs Academy product Cesar Valero has been projected as one of the top draft-eligible Canadians for quite a while now, but there is also some excitement surrounding teammate Ayden Makarus and Vauxhall Academy pitcher Adam Macko. We sit down with Jeff Duda from Dawgs Academy and Les McTavish from Vauxhall Academy to talk about the draft and what it means to them and their schools to have

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Episode 32: Lethbridge Bulls & Brooks Bombers

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/05/20

The Western Canadian Baseball League season is just a couple of weeks away now. We continue our previews of Alberta's six organizations with two in the sunny south. The Lethbridge Bulls are looking to rebound after a rough 2018 campaign, while the Brooks Bombers are hoping to make the jump into the playoffs after their first three seasons in league. We chat with Bulls head coach Jesse Sawyer and Bombers Vice-President and Director of Baseball Operations Jason Wandler about the upcoming summer.

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Episode 31: Kyran Weemaels & Davis Pratt

Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast ·

2019/05/16

As the US college baseball season winds down, we wanted to throw another spotlight on some of the great stories happening courtesy of Alberta's baseball talent. This week, we chatted with Belgium-born Kyran Weemaels about coming to Alberta and where he actually grew a love for the game (hint: think of a "Queen City"). We also sat down with Edmonton's Davis Pratt as he is one of many from this province who is playing for Cloud County, following a long list of players who have gone there.

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