Ballcaps & Bagpipes

Jason and John are joined by Sophie Hollis, founder of the Glasgow Sunflowers who played their first ever games this past Saturday as hosts to the Leicester Diamonds. Sophie will be accompanied on the show by Andy Sweeney of Glasgow Galaxy who has helped with the coaching of the new club. We'll update everyone on the last two weeks of Baseball Scotland National League action and preview this c...

Jason and John are joined by veteran Glasgow Umpire Bill Sheldrick for a chat about his relationship with the game of baseball, how his involvement in Glasgow evolved over the years and his current role as main Triple A Umpire in the city. Also this week: recaps of weeks 5-6 and a preview of week 7 of the 2023 Baseball Scotland calendar.

Jason and John are joined by Aberdeen Oilers Manager Casey Mackenzie and Tayport Breakers Manager Jason West for a chat about their teams' offseasons and 2023 goals.

Recap of Opening Day in Baseball Scotland and preview of week three's games after a week off for Easter. Jason and John are joined by representatives of the Glasgow Baseball Association, Jacob Wright (Galaxy) and Danny Quinn (Comets) to chat about their respective teams' off-seasons and goals / expectations for the season ahead.

Opening Day in Scottish baseball is coming up on Sunday the 2nd April. Jason and John are joined by managers from Edinburgh for a preview of the Opening Day livestream between the Devils and Cannons and provide a full rundown of the first week of league action in 2023.

Baseball Scotland President Paul Convoy joins the show as always for a review of  the league's offseason and a look forward at what to expect from the 2023 iteration of Baseball Scotland's Single- and Triple-A National  Leagues!

The  finale episode of the fourth season of Ballcaps & Bagpipes.  Baseball Scotland President Paul Convoy joins the show to recap the 2022  Baseball Scotland Awards Ceremony held in Edinburgh. Watch the video edition of this episode on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ti7Tczitgk , We'll see you again in the Spring!

The Scottish baseball season is over, and we're taking a look at the  2022 Single-A Caledonia Classic between the Tayport Breakers and the  Glasgow Comets. Will the Breakers win the double? Or, will the Comets win a first ever championship? Watch the video version on Youtube  

John is joined by Baseball Scotland's Ewan Spence, official scorer for the 2022 Baseball Scotland AAA Caledonia Classic and Marina DeAngelis of the 2022 Caledonia Cup Champion Tayport Breakers. Watch the video edition of this week's show on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgRUe-UVKz8 . Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, both @capsandpipes and subscribe to Ballcaps & Bagpi...

Baseball Scotland AAA scores for 21/8/22: Glasgow Galaxy 22 Granite City Oilers 2 Glasgow Comets 9 Edinburgh Cannons 7 Baseball Scotland A scores for 21/8/22: Glasgow Comets 17 Edinburgh Knights 3 We're back! Apologies for the wait again, but tonight we bring you part two of our interview with Glasgow Comets legend John Nelson and take a look back at this past Sunday's games, as well as a preview...

We're back! Our 49th episode features a recap of the first annual Baseball Scotland All Star Game and the first week of results from the second half. Plus, a long-awaited and eagerly-anticipated interview with all-time single season home run record holder, former Baseball Scotland MVP and Glasgow Comets legend John Nelson! Watch the unedited video version at our Youtube channel .

Jason rolls solo and is joined by Edinburgh Knight Ryan "Mookie" Macfarlane. View the video edition on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP9s_HAY0t8&t=125s

Flying solo this week, John recaps two unforgettable weeks of Scottish baseball and is joined by Mark Joss of the resurgent Oilers for a chat Watch the unedited video version at the Ballcaps and Bagpipes Youtube

Baseball Scotland scores for 1/5/22 AAA Division: Aberdeen Baseball Club 1-29 Tayport Baseball Club , The Glasgow Comets 6-10 Glasgow Galaxy , Edinburgh Diamond Devils 4-7 Edinburgh Cannons A Division: Comets 13-3 Galaxy Join Jason and John tonight from 9pm at the usual channels for the week 5 roundup and an interview with John’s Glasgow Comets Coach and Scottish baseball legend Jason Stott.

With guest Ruari Dunn of the Edinburgh Cannons See the unedited video version at https://youtu.be/cSPpRpu0N38 and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @CapsandPipes

Jason and John are joined by new Granite City Oilers Manager Casey MacKenzie for a chat about the rebuild up north and her thoughts on the '22 season so far.

Baseball Scotland Scores for 10/4/22: A Division - Knights (1-0) 7 Comets (1-1) 6 AAA Division - Cannons (2-0) 19 Comets (0-2) 3 |  Breakers (2-0) 7 Devils (0-2) 3 | Galaxy (2-0) 9 Oilers (0-2) 0 (Forfeit) We are live tonight with Tayport Breakers Manager Jason West for a chat about his team’s excellent start to the 2022 season. Watch the unedited video edition of this episode on our Youtube and p...

Baseball Scotland Scores for Sunday 3rd April 2022: A Division: Glasgow Galaxy (0-1) 3 Glasgow Comets (1-0) 13 AAA Division: Glasgow Galaxy (1-0) 15 Glasgow Comets (0-1) 13 - Edinburgh Cannons (1-0) 7 Edinburgh Devils (0-1) 3 - Tayport Breakers (1-0) 15 Granite City Oilers (0-1) 0 Jason and John are back for season four of the podcast, and are joined by Baseball Scotland President Paul Convoy to c...

Glasgow Comet Chris Kelly joins the show to discuss his new Baseball Scotland documentary 'Three Strikes...and Yer Oot!". Unedited video version available on Youtube at Episode 41 - Chris Kelly on 'Three Strikes...' (Bonus) - YouTube.

Jason and John are joined by Baseball Scotland President Paul Convoy to roundup the 2021 SNBL Awards Dinner and discuss two very major announcements Paul made on the night... Full unedited video version at facebook.com/capsandpipes or at the Ballcaps and Bagpipes Youtube channel. Tweet us at @capsandpipes and subscribe to the show at your podcast platform of choice.

Jason Derr (@bubbaonbaseball) and John Mckellar (@johncapspipes) are  joined by Edinburgh Diamond Devil Panda Alexander for a look at his  Baseball Scotland experience and the 2021 Caledonia Classic final which  saw the Devils complete an impressive league and cup double.   Unedited video version available on the Ballcaps and Bagpipes Youtube.   Facebook - facebook.com/capsandpipes Twitter - @caps...

Jason interviews Ren Quantrill of the Edinburgh Cannons about his time with the Team GB U-23s in a special lunchtime show. Watch the video version at Facebook.com/capsandpipes or on Youtube by searching for Ballcaps and Bagpipes.

Marina DeAngelis of the Tayport Breakers joins the show as we review the final weekend of the '21 regular season.

We're joined by John's Glasgow Comets teammate Andy Vaughn for a chat about his personal baseball journey and the Comets '21 resurgence, we'll review the penultimate weekend of National League play which saw this season's Champions crowned in thrilling fashion and take a look forward to the season's finale and particularly the unfinished business of who takes the inaugural title of Development Lea...

Jason rolls solo this week on the show as he's joined by Edinburgh Diamond Devil Ivan Hernandez.