British Baseball Podcast

Pietro Sollecito along with, John Baxendale, Lorenzo Pieri, Dani Briggs, Erick "two golds"Henson, Gaetano Cristiano and Alex Pike join the podcast to celebrating history as the Great Britain Women’s National Baseball Team has just won gold at the European Championships. We talk about what was different with this squad vs the one that made its debut a few years ago, biggest challenges in...

Gb u23 Head Coach Jonathon Cramman rejoins the podcast to talk about GBs first ever gold medal since 1938! The teams expectations, handling pressure, tactical decisions, unsung heroes, the character of this U23 squad, standout leadership moments on and off the field, what this gold medal means for British Baseball as a whole, funny and unexpected dugout moments, keeping this momentum going for fut...

Dr Dale Jacobs is an author and Creative Writing teacher at Windsor University, one day he accidentally searched for the wrong topic online and stumbled across baseball in the UK and Ireland, he then went on a seven week trip interviewing people and watching Baseball from Dublin to cork, Aberdeen to Slough and a few other stops in between. we chat a to his works, teaching comic books and his love...

Mark Borley, Will Lintern, Alex Malihoudis, Nick Carter, Jon Carter and Craig Savage join the show from all over the globe to share their personal stories, historical moments, memories and what made Mrs Borley so special and unique.

This new season starts with a banger as host Matthew is joined by The Coaching Unions very own Jonathan "J-Rod" Rodriguez and Charlie Batho. This collaboration brings you conversations about coaching philosophies, active listening, the struggles of being a parent and a podcaster and finding balance, how can British Baseball be more accessible? The importance of local team and developing youth and...

Ron Blackwood takes us on his baseball journey that started off as a fan in the states when he moved there as an 18 year old and then playing in the UK when he returned, did I mention that his "rookie of they year" season came when he was in his 50s? He gives tips on if you think you are too old, playing through the season and what's in store for the future and also some great chat about Baseball...

all round top dude Said Bayan joins the show to talk about the Birmingham Metal Heads, Starting up a youth training session purely out of the love of wanting to help kids develop, an unusual way to find a love of baseball after not being into it previously, his passions away from the diamond, Anime chat and much, much more.

Kieran is this weeks special guest on the British Baseball Podcast where he talks about starting 2 ball clubs in the UK (Wragby Warhammer and Newark Nationals), why he started the teams and what he learned from Wragby when starting a new team in Newark, 2 Baseball Truths and a Lie and much much more.if you're a fan of Pop Punk, be sure to check out his band Parallel States wherever you listen to y...

I had the pleasure if chatting with Jon Gulliver recently about Brighton Baseball, GB Baseball, Family and giving back to baseball by running the London Marathon. It was a fantastic conversation, I hope you can listen and share it too.you can still donate to Jon on https://2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/jon-

I was asked not too long ago if I would like to interview a New York Best Selling Author, I wasn't sure how I could work it into British Baseball, but I didn't have to, but there are elements of British Baseball in Joe's book and it even has a segment dedicated to it, sounded like a fun idea and having had the chance to interview writers in the past, I found them and their subjects extremely fasci...

Big focus this week on youth baseball, the life blood of our clubs here in Britain and I cannot think of a better person to have on than the great Will Lintern. You'll want a pen and paper (or any note taking device0 for this episodes as we chat about T-Rex T-Ball and how it has grown into a 30 kid strong Greenwich Giants club and how you can do it. Will has developed baseball players of all ages...

Charlie is the District Administrator for Little League Baseball and Softball in the UK, I had the chance to sot down and chat with him and the teams plans to start and grow Little League here in Britain.you can find Charlies on Linked in and feel free to email him and chat about what we can do to help start this off in our local areas and ball clubs.

GB Mens National Team Manager Drew Spencer joins the show that was live streamed to talk about everything that's taken place in 2023 for him and GB baseball, the WBC, London Series, Bill Murray, its all here

John return to the show to talk to Matt and Gilles about his eventful 2023, his highlights of WBC fame, outfits and games, tips for following GB overseas, pink hot pants, u14 and u16 European and African qualifiers in Prague, Confederations cup fun in Croatia and being the home plate ump for the gold medal game plus more! if you'd like to share your 2023 highlights, please feel free to get in...

GB player Rose Bhanji joins the show to talk about issues for female players in British Baseball, London Mets and the creation of Mayhem, her dance background, how bouncy balls can transcend language barriers and become ice breakers, inclusion, small things that can make a big difference, the drew Spencer effect, being part of the first ever GB women senior national team in Montpellier, her intera...

Jonathan Rodriguez and Gabriel Fidler (@ExtraInningsUK and Mr Baseball) join to give us an insight into University Baseball in the UK, some history, the drunken cup era, what you can do if you're going to a university, or you know someone who is going to uni that doesn't have a baseball team, how uni teams can help grow the sport and help GB players, BUCS and a tonne more.

Pavel Chadim is the National Team Manager of the Czech Republic National Baseaball Team, he took time out of his busy schedule (its Prague Baseball Week at the time of the recording) to talk about how the Czech Mens Senior Team qualified for the World Baseball Classic with Homegrown players. His baseball journey at the age of 16 and how it lead to the national team, what keeps him motivated and ho...

a new audio news letter invites members of the governing bodies of all the British baseball federations and leagues to come together to share news, updates, results and up and coming events in a new monthly fanzine segment. This month we have BBs President, Tom Thornill talking about the British Baseball Federation Our Future 2023-2035 release.

Former Broadway and current Westend Star, Cory English joins the show to talk about growing up in Rochester New York, playing sports in his basement, having to pick between his passion for dance and his love of baseball, a difficult conversation with his coach that helped to forge a life long friendship, how dancing made him a better athlete, playing in a broadway softball league as a way to netwo...

Essex Redbacks and GB Baseball Veteran Vince Warner joins the show to talk all about his time in British Baseball, from 'being born' into the sport, he talks about how the game has changed over the years, his dads playing days, old grounds, the baseball scene in the UK in the 70s and 80s, the lack of youth baseball, GB debut, Catching for his dad at home and for GB, getting MVP in his fina...

Recorded before the WBC 2023 in Arizona, Official GB Baseball Photographer Paul (@Paul_baseball and photo.stodart.nl) tells us about how he got into via photography, the differences in youth training in UK and Holland and the kids not having to travel more than 20 mins to play, photographing the Pro Wrestling Association of Holland, getting into the GB national setup at a few various levels, where...

the newly elected member of the British Baseball Hall of Fame Stephan Rapaglia joins the show to take us through his time in British Baseball including the silver medal win in the Euros and so much more.

this week sees Matt joined by Great Britain Baseball players Justin Wylie, Alex Crosby, Donovan Benoit, Nick Ward, Mckenzie Mills  a week before they are about to head off to the 2023 World Baseball Classic in Arizona!  Mckenzie and Donovan had practise and could only stay for a while, but their contribution was mutely appreciated. There were some audio issues, but we managed to get 3 zo...