Baseball Jobs Overseas Podcast

In BBJO podcast episode 14, I interview international baseball coach Trevor Rooper and player Scotty Mulhearn. Trevor has coached in Holland, Austria, Sweden , Brisbane (Australia) and now has signed on with a club in Sydney Australia for the 2013-2014 winter. In 2011, Trevor led the Attnang Athletics of Austria to an all time record of 24-4 and most recently coached Stockholm to the 2013 champion...

I am super stoked about this interview with Perth Heat GM Lachlan Dale as we dive into taking a professional baseball career on and off the field to Australia and using it as a fast track to pro ball in the States. We discuss how many roster spots are typically filled within he Australian Baseball League by foreigners and how to go about getting a shot at one of those spots. We also discuss the op...

The German Bundesliga Baseball 1 is regarded as the next highest level of European baseball below the big two, Italy and the Netherlands. Rob Herrmann spent 2013 playing for one of the frontrunners in recent years, the Paderborn Untouchables. Rob’s story is an inspirational one as he made his way through hard work and perseverance from D3 college ball to Indy ball, to Australia and finally to Germ...

The focus of this interview and many future interviews is to extract more information about the lifestyle of the import player or coach living in various cities around Europe. I also try to get more inside info on what the league is like, the clubs within the league and which clubs are the most desirable to play for when considering level of play, location, facilities and of course pay. In this ep...

Dana brings us 15 years of European baseball knowledge and sheds a lot of light for those of you looking to take your U.S. pro career to Europe. We talk Dutch, Italian, German and Czech baseball in depth. Dana provides some great tips on how to break in, where to break in, and what to expect. We also dive into the top organizations and baseball destinations in Europe.

In this episode I interview pro baseball player Kris Edwards, the 2012 import pitcher for the Attnang Athletic of Austria. Kris made the most of his European pro debut with the Athletics as he used the opportunity to travel Europe and play the game he loves. Kris’ background Kris played for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and then ran into some arm troubles and had to have Tommy John surger...

It was my pleasure to interview Chris, a humble big man standing at 6’10″ (2.09 m), former USC Trojan and soon to be veteran of not only European baseball, but of some of the top baseball Europe has to offer. Chris recently signed for the 2013 season with UVV, a club in the The Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. Chris played with the Rouen Huskies o...

Interview topics: - Experience playing for the Rouen Huskies in the French Elite League. - The South Australian Baseball League; import opportunities, level of play. - Owen’s jump to the Australian Baseball League’s Adelaide Bite. - Owen’s experience playing for the French national team in Florida at the September 2012 WBC qualifier and pitching in the dramatic game vs. South Africa. -Owen’s exper...

This podcast episode is an interview with Owen Reid, an international baseball player who has made stops in Austria, New Zealand, and Australia since 2009. Owen has held jobs as a player and most recently in management with Australia’s most successful professional baseball club, the Perth Heat.

This interview with Nick goes into detail about how he took his baseball career to Europe and what others wishing to do the same can expect.