Outside The Chute

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Arizona Alum, current Cal State Fullerton Pitching Coach and 2021 Olympian, Danielle O’Toole.

Tooly has had a remarkable career to date. She earned Mountain West Pitcher of the Year honors in 2014 and Mountain West Freshman of the Year recognition in 2013 while with San Diego State. After transferring to Arizona, Tooly became one of the best pitcher in the Wildcats rich tradition of great hurlers. In 2017, she would go on to be named a first team All-American, Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year, as well as, one of 10 Finalists for USA Softball Player of the Year. From there she would go on to be drafted 8th overall into the NPF by the Chicago Bandits and was selected to Team USA where she helped lead the team to a silver medal at the International Cup and a gold medal at the World Cup of Softball. Tooly most recently competed in her second season at Athlete’s Unlimited, and also, for Mexico at the 2021 Olympic Games where she would post a stellar 1.23 ERA with seven strikeouts and only 3 earned runs over 17 innings of work.

We’re gonna talk to Tooly about getting her start in the game, her time playing under legendary coach, Mike Candrea, the roller coaster ride of emotions to the 2021 Olympics and of course we have to talk about her pets and the sitcom Friends.

Tooly was an absolute pleasure to chat with and I’m so excited to see what’s in store down the road for one of the great one’s in our game.

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former guest, Blair Setford, as we preview and give our prediction's for the 2022 WBSC Men's World Cup taking place in Auckland, New Zealand.

This was a fun one! Make sure to check it out!

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Louisiana and Oregon alum, Athletes Unlimited mainstay and current Assistant Coach at University of Memphis, DJ Sanders.

DJ has had a very accomplished career to date. She was a 2017 NFCA 1st Team All-American, 2017 Sunbelt Conference, and also led the entire NCAA in Homeruns and RBI’s that season as well. She has been playing pro now for the last 5 years. Two years with the Bandits and Chicago and the last three with Athletes Unlimited. DJ has also moved into the coaching side of things, making stops with Missouri, Mississippi State and now, as I previously mentioned, with the University of Memphis.

We’re gonna talk to DJ about getting her start in the game, how she landed with the Ragin Cajuns in Louisiana, the transfer to Oregon, her time in the pro game and a fair bit of talk about hot sauce for some reason. You need to listen to find out why.

DJ was so awesome to chat with. We had quite a few laughs on this episode

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Founder and Owner of UMR Sports, Florida Vibe Team President, and the Executive Director of the American Collegiate League, Ryan Moore.

In the last couple years Ryan has been making his mark on the softball world. With his formation and success of the Florida Gulf Coast League, it has given way to the Heartland Collegiate League, the Music City Collegiate League and the Vegas Collegiate League that all run under the same umbrella, called the American Collegiate League or ACL. These leagues give college athletes the opportunity to continue playing when their college season is over and goes a long way in helping with their development and success. Ryan is also instrumental in the formation of the Florida Vibe Professional Team who are set to begin their 3rd season this summer.

We’re gonna talk to Ryan about how he got involved in the softball side of things, his amazing UMR Sport facility in Bradenton, Florida, how the ACL got formed, what the future holds and much, much more.

Ryan was an absolute blast to chat with. Definitely, one of the good guys in our game. I’m so excited to see what else is in store down the road, actually, he does drop a little breaking news in this, so keep your ears open for that one.

Outside The Chute had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with one of the great guys in our game, the New York Gremlins own, Vahram Mateosian.

I can’t even begin to say how much we laughed during this episode and even after this episode. For those that don’t know, but I’ve mentioned it on here before that I don’t actually listen to any of our podcasts after we do them. I make mental notes during the actual talk of when or if, something needs to be edited,I go to that spot and do it but this one here I listened to it all again and I think I laughed even more than when we were doing it. Its frigging hilarious.

If any of our listeners aren’t familiar with the men’s game, Vahram is a long time, player, assistant coach and sponsor with the ISC World Champion, New York Gremlins and he is one of the funniest and quick witted guys in our game, and you’ll definitely find that out in this chat.

We talk to Vahram about how he got his start in fastpitch, the growth of the Gremlins, his custom Men’s Suit business, Mr. Ned, which if you’re listening to us in the New York area, head on down to 137, 5TH Ave in NYC, if you’re looking for that right suit you’ve always wanted, we chat about winning those ISC Championships and we have a Player’s Association at the end of the show that is just epic.

We are so happy Vahram took time to come on with us and chat because this one here will go down as an all timer.