Episode 81 - Matt Palazzo

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01/24/22 • 61 min

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Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2 time ISC World Champ and US Men’s National Team member, Matt Palazzo.

Matty has had a stellar career to date as he is a 2 time ISC All World selection, 9 time ASA All American, as mentioned earlier, a 2 time ISC World Champ with the New York Gremlins and a Pan Am Games Silver medalist in 2019 with the US Men’s National Team.

We’re gonna talk to Matty about growing up watching his Dad play Fastpitch in Iowa, making that transition from Baseball to Fastpitch, , his first impressions of the ISC circuit, of course, being named to the US National Team and much, much more.

Matt was an absolute pleasure to chat with and we shared a lot of laughs in this episode. Definitely one of the good guys in this game.

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2 time ISC World Champ and US Men’s National Team member, Matt Palazzo.

Matt was an absolute pleasure to chat with and we shared a lot of laughs in this episode. Definitely one of the good guys in this game.

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Episode 80 - Danielle O’Toole

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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.

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Episode 82 - Sarah Pauly

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Texas A&M Corpus Christi alum and the All Time Career Wins leader in National Pro Fastpitch League history, Sarah Pauly.

Sarah has had an absolute amazing career. She set every conceivable pitching record in Texas A&M Corpus Christi school history during her 4 years there, while also becoming an All-American. From there she went on to an incredible pro career that saw her win two league championships, be named to 8 All-Pro NPF Teams, winner of the 2006 Most Outstanding Pitcher award and as mentioned earlier, she went on to win the most games in NPF history. Sarah also went on to play overseas in Japan, Italy, New Zealand and Australia where she would also see great success.

Sarah and her dad, Rick, who is a former great Men’s Fastpitch player that played for the Farm, based out of Wisconsin, currently run Pauly Girl Fastpitch High Performance Pitching, where they run clinics all over the US. You can check them out at paulygirlfastpitch.com

We’re gonna talk to Sarah about getting her start in the game, the journey to Texas A&M Corpus Christi, all of her travel stories from her years of playing pro, and of course, Pauly Girl Fastpitch.

Sarah was such a pleasure to sit down and chat with and it was awesome to hear about her journey in our great game.