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He's not even 27 years old. Yet, Logan Hofmann can call himself a two-time Hall of Famer. The Muenster native joined the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in 2025 and, just recently, it was announced the former Moose Jaw Miller Express hurler and Pittsburgh Pirates draft pick was being inducted to the Colby Community College Hall of Fame. We sit down with the right-hander for a candid conversation about his journey, which now includes being a coach with Berries Academy and the East Central Red Sox.

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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 brings the end of the 2026 campaign. And so begins awards season, where we’ll start with the Baseball Sask AGM and Awards Gala from last weekend. You can read the full rundown here as we bring you conversations here on the show with Minor Male Player of the Year Tayson Tangjerd (Estevan), Female Player of the Year Criseyde Borthwick (La Ronge) and Male Player of the Year Aiden Kilshaw (Swift Current).

3:52 – Tayson Tangjerd

14:58 – Criseyde Borthwick

27:19 – Aiden Kilshaw

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 Year during his career. He’s worked games across the baseball spectrum in this province and across Canada including the 2025 Canada Summer Games and this summer’s Baseball Canada Men’s Nationals in New Brunswick. Chipley’s been working in the WCBL since 2010 and has seen the league grow leaps and bounds, including in his hometown of Sylvan Lake. He was lauded for working hard on his game over the last few years and his dedication to not just his craft but improving other umpires on his crews. Read the full story here.

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 cap on the week's worth of news + have a trio of great guests join us. Hear from Hudson Harding (Calgary/Webber Academy), Reid MacDonald (P.E.I./Dawgs Academy) and the newly retired Scott Gillespie (Sherwood Park).

5:08 - Hudson Harding

18:30 - Reid MacDonald

33:45 - Scott Gillespie

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 Year Jake Hiromoto of the Swift Current 57s, Top Canadian Ethan Murdoch of the Saskatoon Berries, Coach of the Year Michael Gonzalez of the Moose Jaw Miller Express and Top Reliever Brayden Stewart of the Sylvan Lake Gulls.

2:16 - Jake Hiromoto

14:02 - Ethan Murdoch

30:44 - Michael Gonzalez

40:17 - Brayden Stewart

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 Joe answers a few of his questions about the experience of going to the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase. We talk about the state of the game in this country and get into how this has been a banner year for baseball on the prairies and, by extension, Dugout Stories.

If you haven't already, make sure to check out Joe's editorial with a few more of his thoughts.

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 while Team New Blue won the championship with a decisive 6-1 win over Team Royal. We chat with the new home run king, four members of the New Blue Crew, and the new Showcase MVP, Dayne Liske.

1:32 - Jalen Jacob

3:23 - Gabe Fink

5:50 - Hudson Harding

8:19 - Zach MacDonald

11:00 - Cohen Miller

13:34 - Dayne Liske

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 total of seven guests joining us on the show this time around to get their perspectives on the tournament and how things have gone, including Dayne Liske (Drayton Valley/Gulls Prep), Keaton Lejan (Saskatoon/Going Yard Academy), Jake Trask (Nova Scotia/Dawgs Academy), Gabe Fink (Edmonton/AHP Academy), Tighe Houghton (Calgary/Webber Academy), Jake Carriere (Abbottsford), and former Lethbridge Bulls catcher/current Vancouver Canadians strength and conditioning coach Noah Or.

1:18 - Dayne Liske

3:30 - Keaton Lejan

7:11 - Jake Trask

12:04 - Gabe Fink

17:36 - Tighe Houghton

24:29 - Jake Carriere

30:17 - Noah Or

We continue our daily coverage from the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase with another quintet of guests. Hear from Hudson Nikkel (Vauxhall Academy), Riley Wolbeck (Leduc/Dawgs Academy), Zach MacDonald (Stettler/Webber Academy), Ira Rootman (Toronto/California) and coach Lars Bauck (Moose Jaw/Prairie Baseball Academy/Mid Island Pirates).

1:29 - Hudson Nikkel

3:55 - Riley Wolbeck

9:10 - Zach MacDonald

15:06 - Ira Rootman

21:10 - Lars Bauck

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 fielding drills to show off their talents, then it was onto a pair of games. We'll see games all day on Friday and Saturday before the Home Run Derby and Championship on Sunday. We're focusing on the athletes here on the show, starting with reigning Home Run Derby champion Daril Rodriguez (Red Deer/Gulls Prep), then hearing from Brooks Froese (Red Deer/Dawgs Academy), Xavier Lampshire (Edmonton/ATHX Academy), Dante Dewey (Victoria/AHP Academy) and coach Andrew Albers (North Battleford/Going Yard Academy).

1:38 - Daril Rodriguez

6:11 - Brooks Froese

12:15 - Xavier Lampshire

16:57 - Dante Dewey

20:49 - Andrew Albers

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 conversations from the field throughout the next few days. Before we get there, we bring you a trio of conversations that Joe had with rising stars who he wrote about as part of the tournament's program. Hear from Vauxhall Academy product Calum Andersen as well as Ontario Blue Jays sluggers Jalen Jacob and Mikey Batiste.

2:10 - Calum Andersen

11:21 - Jalen Jacob

25:54 - Mikey Batiste

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 field as all three helped Alberta claim bronze at the Baseball Canada Cup earlier this summer, among other great events. Hear from Nathan Bailey (Edmonton/AHP Academy), Josh Deloise (Edmonton/Vauxhall Academy) and Lucas Carroll (Calgary/Webber Academy) as they get ready to pack their bags for Vancouver. They also share their respective journeys in the game and much more.

5:15 - Nathan Bailey

18:52 - Josh Deloise

33:19 - Lucas Carroll

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 product Keaton Lejan (Saskatoon/Going Yard Academy) and New Brunswick native Nate Hallihan (Fredericton/Dawgs Academy) as they get ready for the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase. Then we hear from All-WCL Second Team reliever Logan Colville (St. Albert) of the Edmonton Riverhawks about his season and getting to play close to home during his college days.

6:15 - Keaton Lejan

21:19 - Nate Hallihan

34:20 - Logan Colville

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 before a trio of national medal winners. Hear from Baseball Canada Cup bronze medalist Mac Warawa (Innisfail/Webber Academy), Baseball Canada 16U silver medalist Gracy Hadwin (Consort/Neutral Hills Academy) and Men's National bronze medalist Tyler McWillie (Watrous, Sask./Red Deer Riggers).

6:19 - Mac Warawa

21:01 - Gracy Hadwin

32:56 - Tyler McWillie

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 campaign is now over after the Saskatoon Berries clinched the Harry Hallis Memorial Trophy with a two-game sweep over the Sylvan Lake Gulls. Joe and Ian sit down to talk about how they will remember the year and things to come as we head towards 2027. We also hear from league president Kevin Kvame on his thoughts with a busy offseason upon us with several major discussions coming to the table.

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 at Cairns Field to witness the Berries complete the two-game sweep of the Sylvan Lake Gulls with a convincing 11-1 win. We recap each of the games and some of the highlights, then hear from seven players as well as head coach Joe Carnahan and president Steve Hildebrand.

2:56 – Ethan Murdoch

10:22 – Wesley Shackelford

13:35 – Aiden Kilshaw

16:13 – Nathan Houston

19:31 – Merek Yeager

23:09 – Brooks Jones

25:18 – Colin Plain

28:48 – Joe Carnahan

32:08 – Steve Hildebrand

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 distance with the Regina Red Sox in the first round, they came up with the sweep of the Moose Jaw Miller Express to claim the East Division crown. We take a look back at that series and ahead to the championship against the Sylvan Lake Gulls with Ethan Murdoch, Nathan Houston and head coach Joe Carnahan.

2:27 - Ethan Murdoch

16:34 - Nathan Houston

25:04 - Joe Carnahan

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 two-game series sweep with wins of 7-2 and 9-8. The second game was a nailbiter with Coleman Parry hitting a solo home run in the eighth inning to break a tie before Brayden Stewart finished up his 2+ innings of relief by striking out Jordan Kievman to end the game and the series. The Gulls will move onto face the Saskatoon Berries in the championship. We hear from both dugouts after Game #2.

2:13 - Coleman Parry

5:18 - Cleary Simpson

8:57 - Kyle Froehlich

13:17 - Matt Hape

17:45 - Connor Crowson

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 Express and Saskatoon Berries emerging victorious. We take a look back at each of their first-round matchups and look ahead to the Division Championship Series, which are set to begin on Tuesday. Joe and Ian had this conversation as part of the latest "WCBL Report" recorded on Monday.

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 WCBL champions.

Over the next couple of weeks, Joe McFarland and Ian Wilson will look ahead to each postseason round, then will bring you full coverage of the championship series, which is set for August 15-17.

But it all starts here with the Division Series. In the East, the #1 Moose Jaw Miller Express will battle the #4 Medicine Hat Mavericks and the #2 Saskatoon Berries face the #3 Regina Red Sox. In the West, the #1 Okotoks Dawgs take on the #4 Energy City Cactus Rats while the #2 Sylvan Lake Gulls and #3 Lethbridge Bulls will lock horns.

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 Baseball League season). Then we hear from the Baseball Canada 19U Women's Nationals Hitter of the Tournament and bronze medalist Braidy Birdsall (Saskatoon), Morneau Cup champion and Washington State commit Jack Bello (Richmond/Dawgs Academy) and Morneau Cup silver medalist and USC-Lancaster commit Lucas Gensler (Edmonton/ATHX Academy). 

5:54 - Braidy Birdsall

18:23 - Jack Bello

27:13 - Lucas Gensler

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 Game. We get you all caught up with the news, then hear from Swift Current 57s record-breaker Jake Hiromoto, Parkland Twins extra-innings hero Garet Ostapchuk and Baseball Sask's Greg Brons as we revisit Carter Beck getting drafted by the Atlanta Braves.

7:47 - Jake Hiromoto

14:24 - Garet Ostapchuk

27:23 - Greg Brons

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 a show. It was the first time the league wasn’t in Okotoks since the pandemic. We talk to the players, organizers and check in with Ian Wilson to discuss the weekend and what's to come in 2027.

1:14 - Gael Salinas - Saskatoon - Bunt Competition Champion

3:55 - David Simmons - Energy City - HR Derby Champion

8:32 - Thomas Soto - Moose Jaw - Chasing Stolen Base Records

14:04 - Dallen Rude - Saskatoon - The Muenster Connection

18:49 - Carter Roth - Medicine Hat - All-Star Game MVP

21:08 - Steve Hildebrand - Saskatoon - The Host with the Most

24:47 - Aqil Samuel - Sylvan Lake - Next Year's Host

29:45 - Ian Wilson - Dugout Stories Chief Correspondent

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 of the inaugural Road to Okotoks 19U academy national championship Sunday afternoon. We take a look back at all the action from the day and hear from the champs, go through the tournament all-stars and award winners, then check back in with the namesake of the new tournament, Justin Morneau.

2:17 - Jeff Duda

7:08 - Taye Thierman

9:03 - Cam Gerla

10:54 - Kadyn Armitage

12:29 - L.C. Larouche

15:56 - Rhys Whiteford

19:17 - Justin Morneau

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 from the day, plus get you set for the semifinals, which will feature three Alberta teams: Vauxhall Academy faces Gulls Prep while Dawgs Black battles the Mississauga Tigers. We also sit down with Baseball Canada architect Greg Hamilton to see how he's feeling after seeing a ton of baseball, and we chat with Jaxson Smith Peterson from Prep Baseball Canada about what he's noticed during the course of the inaugural tournament.

3:05 - Greg Hamilton

9:08 - Jaxson Smith Peterson

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 a look at the storylines from each match-up, who is getting the bye to the quarters, who is involved in the play-ins, and who is going home. We also recap the first Home Run Derby, which was won by Dawgs Academy slugger L.C. Larouche after he hit 10 bombs in the final round.

4:07 - L.C. Larouche - Dawgs Academy

8:01 - Tanner Morris - Vauxhall Academy

10:48 - Trentin Kooy - Team Sask

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 the storylines from each of the games, then have eight different guests join us to talk about their thoughts and mindsets during this national championship.

3:41 - Pryor Dyck - Team Sask

6:39 - Cade Britz - Team Sask

9:15 - Calum Andersen - Vauxhall Academy

13:49 - Matthew Getz - Vauxhall Academy

16:44 - Cam Gerla - Dawgs Black

21:47 - Gabe Fink - AHP Academy

24:12 - Dayne Liske - Gulls Prep

27:32 - Tyler McWillie - Gulls Prep coach

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 analysis, and welcome SEVEN guests to the show to talk about their experiences and expectations at the inaugural tournament.

3:43 - Aiden Kilshaw - Baseball Sask

6:49 - Braxton Bussing - Gulls Prep

9:17 - Sam Davis - AHP Academy

13:31 - Tyson Dyck - Webber Academy (drafted by UBC Thunder)

15:47 - Will Zielinski - Vauxhall Academy

19:55 - Jeff Duda - Dawgs Academy

21:05 - Conner Morro - Blue Jays Academy/Brooks Bombers alumni

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 highlights from each game, before chatting with a quintet of players.

3:21 - L.C. Larouche - Dawgs Academy

5:47 - Easton Kitura - Vauxhall Academy

10:54 - Jayden Kane - AHP Academy

14:16 - Ethan Chenard - Medicine Hat Junior Mavericks (drafted by Etobicoke Rangers)

17:45 - Beck Button - Webber Academy (drafted by Abbotsford Cardinals)

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 practices and a media day, giving us an opportunity to chat with players, coaches and dignitaries. We spent most of the day at Seaman Stadium and Tourmaline Field catching up with tons of people. To get us rolling, we hear Baseball Canada's Jason Dickson, Okotoks Mayor Tanya Thorn, Dawgs coach Matt Stairs and we get a surprise visit from Dawgs alum and current San Francisco Giants prospect Matt "Tugboat" Wilkinson.

2:52 - Jason Dickson

11:55 - Mayor Tanya Thorn

16:18 - Matt Stairs

25:07 - Matt "Tugboat" Wilkinson

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 Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game is set for next weekend. To get you all set up, we hear from Baseball Sask rising star Beth Sarauer (Clavet) about her excitement to play for three provincial teams, Kaleb Bozek (Castor) of Vauxhall Academy and the Brooks Bombers on all the things he's up to this summer, and our Ian Wilson stops by for a mid-season(ish) check in on the WCBL and his excitement for the All-Star Weekend in Saskatoon.

7:26 - Beth Sarauer

17:20 - Kaleb Bozek

27:59 - Ian Wilson

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 McMurray), Baseball Alberta rising star Avery Mullin (Leduc) and we catch up with Saskatoon Berries hurler Adam Korte (Muenster).

5:50 - Caleb Mercer

19:46 - Avery Mullin

33:54 - Adam Korte

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 and 19U women's national events coming up later this summer and one familiar face is Airdrie's Natalie Kerr, who joins us to talk about her journey in the game. Then we head to the Western Canadian Baseball League to hear from one of the leading hitters in Swift Current 57's star Jake Hiromoto and one of the circuit's top pitchers in Okotoks Dawgs hurler Wyatt Sadleir.

7:39 - Natalie Kerr

21:33 - Jake Hiromoto

37:38 - Wyatt Sadleir

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 League has granted approval to the Energy City Cactus Rats hosting home games for the rest of the season. We provide a lot of context and some lengthy clips from league president Kevin Kvame's news conference on Wednesday. After that, we hear from Regina Red Sox veterans Justin Simard and Colton Bank, Medicine Hat Mavericks infielder Johnny Vulcano, and we catch up with Cochrane's Simon Baker after his award-winning college season.

11:54 - Justin Simard

15:53 - Colton Bank

19:08 - Johnny Vulcano

27:37 - Simon Baker

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 pitching in the MLB Draft League right now and is also getting ready for The Road to Okotoks. Then Ian Wilson kickstarts our season of “In The Dugout” with a quartet of guests: Thomas Soto and William Edwards of the Moose Jaw Miller Express and Rydell and Kyrell Adair of the Swift Current 57’s. We also have a bit of a mailbag segment to round out the show.

6:40 – AJ Rogers

20:03 – Thomas Soto

28:35 – William Edwards

33:06 – Rydell Adair

37:10 – Kyrell Adair

40:15 – Mailbag Questions

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. Then we dive into The Road to Okotoks and last weekend's Prairie Qualifiers, which were rained out on the final Sunday. In the end, Baseball Canada opted to allow all four semi-final teams to get to the main event in July. We get to know a player from each of the teams on the latest edition of the show. Read "Next Stop: Okotoks" for more on the Prairie Qualifiers.

7:08 - Hudson Nikkel - Vauxhall Academy

19:10 - Cale Harsch - AHP Academy

30:34 - Rhett Anderson - Baseball Sask

44:23 - Owen Coumont - Gulls Prep

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 Classic. A massive tip of the cap to everyone involved in organizing yet another memorable day in celebrating the past, present and future of baseball in Carnduff and southeastern Saskatchewan. Last year’s inaugural event in Oyen was fantastic and this season’s was another spectacle with a packed house coming to see the Saskatoon Berries and Weyburn Beavers do battle. Check out the photo gallery here.

1:10 - Ian Wilson

13:05 - Ethan Murdoch

20:23 - Jackson Fox

23:30 - Garnet Hansen

27:14 - Blair Beck

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 of weeks. We have a quartet of guests joining us to get through it all, including a new league in Calgary, a new academy in Saskatoon, an update from the Women's National Team, and a long-time national team member who made a special appearance in Lethbridge over the past week.

2:02 - Sydney Barry

10:55 - Addie Ziebart

19:27 - Julianna Scott

27:08 - Nicole Luchanski (via the Bullhorn in Lethbridge)

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 summer. Joe and Ian are the special guests for the WCBL Report’s Season Preview Show, hosted by Clark Monroe. Thanks to the league and IKS Media for sharing the audio so that we can bring all our thoughts to you. Enjoy!

Check out our one-stop-shop for all our written WCBL season preview stories here.

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 Division with a guest from each of the six teams and their expectations heading into the summer.

1:19 - Sylvan Lake Gulls - Kai Rempel

7:22 - Okotoks Dawgs - Brody Forno

12:39 - Lethbridge Bulls - Cardel Dick

19:32 - Brooks Bombers - Deri Steiert-Couture

25:01 - Fort McMurray Giants - Jordan Breen

30:13 - Energy City Cactus Rats - Hudson Kozicki

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 each team to look ahead to the summer and what they're expecting out of their respective teams. Today, we focus on the East Division, while the West Division comes tomorrow.

1:09 - Regina Red Sox - Brady Bye

6:34 - Saskatoon Berries - Aidan Marien

12:34 - Medicine Hat Mavericks - Evan Morrison

18:13 - Moose Jaw Miller Express - Nathan Pisio

25:24 - Weyburn Beavers - Brayden Mayencourt

30:40 - Swift Current 57s - Hudson Unger

For the first time since 2017, the Canadian College Baseball Conference championship belongs to Prairie Baseball Academy. After the last few years of hosting the CCBC World Series but not making it to the big game, head coach Todd Hubka and company claimed first place in the regular season and made it count this past weekend, finishing it up with a 12-7 win over the Edmonton Collegiate Hawks. During this episode, you'll hear from Hubka and several PBA players as well as EC head coach Jake Lanferman following an outstanding season.

2:18 - Todd Hubka

5:28 - Aiden Beck

8:13 - Will Paterson

10:28 - Declan O'Kane

12:51 - Logan Heaney

15:11 - Nate Garth

17:49 - Tetsu Nishida

19:49 - Jake Lanferman

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 edition of the show as we go through all the news from the past week before we catch up with someone we've always wanted to have on the show. Dave Robb checks in to talk about his journey in the game, how he ended up in Alberta in the first place, his coaching philosophies and much more!

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, farmyards to maintain, and there’s never an end to the oddball jobs you can find. But when you love it, you find the time. Such was the case with Skyler Stromsmoe. Born and raised on the family farm just outside Etzikom in southeast Alberta, he was willing to do anything to play the game he loved. We sit down for a great conversation about his days in the San Francisco Giants organization, representing Canada on the international stage, and what he's up to today back on the farm.

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) as he's putting together a great CCBC season, University of Mary senior Kalem Haney (Lethbridge) discusses setting records down south, and Geoff Seto stops by to talk about the upcoming Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase tryout camps that are set for Sylvan Lake (May 19) and Saskatoon (May 20) ahead of their big event in September.

8:21 - Nick Sauve

17:08 - Kalem Haney

30:38 - Geoff Seto

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 first. With Baseball Canada's Junior National Team heading off to the Dominican Republic, we thought we'd check in with head coach and men's team director Greg Hamilton to talk about what he's seeing with this year's edition of the team, the World Baseball Classic, look ahead to the inaugural Road to Okotoks and the growth of baseball that's he's seeing from coast-to-coast-to-coast.

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 slugger Caedyn Colford (Lacombe/Drayton Valley) after he set the CCBC single-season record for home runs, University of Calgary Dinos utilityman Mason Bristow (Calgary) talks about repping his hometown team, and Miles Community College rising star Chance Descalchuk (Regina) looks back at his unbelievable freshman season.

9:36 - Caedyn Colford

22:00 - Mason Bristow

36:22 - Chance Descalchuk

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 us in Wyatt McKeen (Calgary) of the University of Fraser Valley Cascades and Kaden Prosofsky (Saskatoon) of the College of the Desert Roadrunners. Then Joe McFarland talks about families making their summer plans and the opportunity that many sports and teams should be seizing as we continue to navigate this wild and wacky world we seem to be living in.

9:28 - Wyatt McKeen

24:30 - Kaden Prosofsky

35:40 - Joe talks baseball's opportunity this summer

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 you all the news and notes from the last seven days, then we bring you three great conversations. Hear from Edmonton Collegiate Hawks utilityman and record-holder Brayden Morris, Aqil Samuel of the Sylvan Lake Gulls, and former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar as he gets ready to visit Lethbridge at the end of May.

11:17 - Brayden Morris

21:57 - Aqil Samuel

30:07 - Kevin Pillar

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 putting up an amazing season in the CCBC. Then we catch up with Ryan Kucy (Edmonton/AHP Academy) as he's now into his senior season at St. Bonaventure University, where he's taken on a new position on the field. And we wrap things up by welcoming long-time supporter and friend of the show Shari Reiniger (Edmonton) as she shares her experiences from the World Baseball Classic.

7:56 - Declan O'Kane

22:01 - Ryan Kucy

35:39 - Shari Reiniger