About this episode

The episode features interviews with players, coaches, and dignitaries during the first day of the Road to Okotoks event.

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

People in this episode

Guests: Jason Dickson, Tanya Thorn, Matt Stairs, Matt ”Tugboat” Wilkinson

Topics covered

• baseball
• Okotoks
• media day
• practices
• interviews

Keywords

• Okotoks
• baseball
• media day
• Jason Dickson
• Matt Stairs
• Tanya Thorn
• Matt Wilkinson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Baseball Canada

Places: Okotoks, Seaman Stadium, Tourmaline Field

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