Softball great Cat Osterman on The Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL)

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Episode 514 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Cat Osterman, one of four general managers for The Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). Osterman is one of the greatest pitchers in the history of softball, a four-time All-American pitcher for Texas who also starred for Team USA. The AUSL begins play on June 7 and games will air on ESPN and MLB Network among other entities. In this podcast, Osterman discusses why 2025 is the right time for the American sports public to support a pro softball league; why the league is not city-based in Year 1; the funding for the league; games airing across ESPN Platforms, MLB Network, MLB.com, FanDuel Sports Network and All Women’s Sports Network, with regional coverage across MSG Network, NESN, Fox 32 Chicago; what kind of player access the broadcasters will have; the robust viewership for the Women College World Series; softball returning to the 2028 Olympics; wanting to face Jeff Bagwell and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:14.0	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:17.0	One guest this week, but if you are familiar at all with softball, it is one of the most famous names in the sport.
0:25.9	The Athletes Unlimited Softball League, you'll see the anachronom, AUSL, begins its inaugural season on June 7th.
0:34.6	That league's season will involve four teams playing 24 games apiece
0:38.7	in 10 different cities, and then
0:41.4	it culminates in a Best of 3 championship
0:43.6	series on July
0:45.2	26th and July 28th, through 28th,
0:47.6	I should say. Kat
0:49.1	Osterman is the general manager for the
0:51.1	Volts, one of the four teams in that
0:53.3	league. She's one of the
0:54.3	greatest pitchers in the history of softball, four-time All-American pitcher for University of Texas,
1:00.5	starred on Team USA when they won the gold in 2004, and then silver in 2008 and 2020. So she's
1:08.0	been obviously invested in this sport, and now the sport is at a moment where,
1:13.6	at least from my perspective, it has its greatest investment ever and it has a real shot
1:17.2	in terms of a pro league to succeed. And with that, I bring in Kat Asterman. Welcome to the
1:21.7	sports media podcast. Thank you. I'm excited to be here, talk with you all things,
1:26.2	AUSL, because yeah, it's an exciting time for pro softball.
1:30.3	I can imagine. Okay, so let's start big picture here. Why in 2025? Why at this moment do you think this is the right time for the American sports public to support a professional softball league? Because we have seen this obviously in sort of different stops
1:46.1	and starts before but this feels different and at least from my perspective it feels different
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