Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast

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. READ MORE: From the Vault with Logan Hofmann

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