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Bill Gibson is joined by pinch hitter Bill Hunt as episode co-host.  Guest import pitcher Nathan Van Putten joins the Late Scratches crew to chat about his journey through baseball, how he came to be a member of the Royals, the outlook on the season and the team.   The co-hosts review the recent happenings across the local sporting scene - including a marathon rant by Bill G and the remarkable achievements by local athletes.

Tom Liston from the World’s Oldest Basketball Court joins co-hosts Bill and Brad to share the World’s Oldest Court story, talk about the history of initiative, the Archie Golf Tourney and the upcoming World’s Oldest Basketball Cup - a pre-season MWBA tournament in St Stephen featuring all 4 New Brunswick MWBA teams.  In the rapid fire questions segment find out Tom’s favorite Raptor of all time and the one song that gets Tom right in the feels.

Brad Janes joins Bill Gibson in the downtown Marysville studio to catch up on local sports post his South Beach location.  The hosts discuss UNB and STU athletic awards, job openings at STU and Mount Allison and the build up to the upcoming MWBA season.

Brad Janes and Bill Gibson are all over the map (literally and figuratively) in their recap of local and not so local sports.  Despite the lull in local sports there is no shortage of news to talk about from pro sports betting scandals to local rugby, volleyball and baseball seasons gearing up.  Bill and Brad talk about a large under the radar Fredericton event. The MWBA season draws closer.  And Bill shares some of his local sporting heroes in the rapid fire segment.

Outgoing STU Athletics Marketing and Events Coordinator Eric Moffat joins Brad Janes and Bill Gibson in the Marysville studio to discuss his upcoming transition to become the new Executive Director of the NBIAA.  Eric looks back on a quarter century of involvement with post secondary sports starting at UNB and moving to STU over 12 years ago.  We chat on the scope of the NBIAA role, recap local sports, and chat about our favorite play-by-play announcers.  In the short snappers segment we find out who hasn’t seen Star Wars and what flavour of ice cream Eric prefers.

Brad and Bill return to the downtown Marysville studio with guest Bill Hunt to discuss the upcoming 2024 Fredericton Sports Investment Wall of Fame induction class and run down the recent happenings in local sports.  In the overview of the upcoming action the group run downs the hockey playoffs, national curling event, and the upcoming MWBA season including the pre-season Battle at the Border tourney.