British Baseball Podcast

weekly roundup show

week 5 from around the leagues and the Battle for Britain tournament from Farnham Park

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with many leagues having a bye week due to fathers day, here's all the action from the teams involved in the British Baseball Federation divisions for the weekend of the 19th of June 2021 featuring roundup chat from Marianna from Herts Baseball Club, Niall from Tonbridge Baseball Club and Jim from Brighton Baseball Club.  if you or your club want to get involved in the roundup show, get in co...

"it looks like something RoboCop would go on holiday in" Everyone's favourite trivial pursuit answer @andybisanartist is back to talk about what he's been doin since we last spoke, how he's been keeping busy including traveling to UK ballparks to paint them, card art and the exciting @JoshGibson_1911 MVP project for #JG20MVP You can follow Andy and his work via twitter, but don't forget to check o...

the weekly round up show

What an absolute blast with the London Mets Bash Brothers!  Jordan and Zach take us on a journey involving cycling in skinny jeans, playing for rival youth teams and how they became team mates, rising through the GB baseball ranks and their debuts, playing in Germany, sacrifices, plus tips and advice for outfielders and overseas adventures, plus away days.

Around the bases is back with the weekends action from the 5th of June featuring Baseball Scotland, BBF, BBL, WMBL, WCBL, EoEBL and.....I think that's them June. Big thanks to John McKellar and Niall Cafferty for their contributions!

Mario (IG - Marioso3011) is well known in the British Baseball community, but why? Hear the Venezuelan pitchers story and travels from his small hometown to Manchester and all the stops in between, we talk about who is Mario Escobedo? his favourite teams and players in the UK, the different leagues hes been in and how they stack up against each other, what makes him tick and his passion for the sp...

A brief overview of some historical events from the month of May in British Baseball History.  if you have any information or facts that have been missed or challenge what has been presented, please let us know and we can add the into future segments.  if you have a favourite period of history in British baseball you'd like a deeper dive on or maybe a team or region, let me know and ill...

Big weekend of British Baseball with the opening games from the historic WBUK League along with more action from the BBF, 

Scott Mackay of the Kent Mariners joins the show to tell us how the Mariners managed to forge an alliance with the the Lake Erie Crushers,  a professional baseball team based in Avon, Ohio, a city on the southern shore of Lake Erie. The Crushers are members of the Can-Am Division of the Frontier League, an independent baseball league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball.  W...

as much action as i could ring out of a rained off weekend of British baseball can offer, plus a run down of the South West and Wales Baseball Leagues teams courtesy of Richard Evans of Bristol Baseball Club

Jessica Vernon (@jesicamaevernon) returns to the British baseball podcast and Matt is joined by special guest co-host Paul Vernon.  We find out how hard Jessica has been working on the off season and setting the bench mark for other athletes with her work ethic, a catch up with the Belles baseball club (@bellesbaseball) and how they are preparing for the new season, having Farnham Park as a home g...

All the 2021 week 2 action from the british baseball season including a single players 4 home runs in 1 game. dont forget to nominate your player of the week by going to bsuk.wufoo.com to submit your nominations and if you want to be a part of the british baseball community round up show, DM me on social media or email me a video clip talking about the games, plays and box scores and i will includ...

"baseball in Britain keeps going because there are people that are willing to go out and help baseball..." This week, John lets me gatecrash his Friday night bubble fun by letting me interview him about his playing days and his transition into umpiring. Along the way, we chat about his time in Brighton with some of British Baseballs greats, making a grand entrance and lasting first impression with...

the weekly round up show returns with several BBF teams in action, find out which player made history and which teams set their debuts alight with a double win, runs galore in this episode!

Sheffield Bruins Neil Davies is the new coach of the Northern Knights Baseball Team (https://m.facebook.com/groups/14058239431?group_view_referrer=search). I have the pleasure of chatting to Neil about his early baseball days, how his friend got the baseball bug and passed it on to him, his "rude awakening" into British baseball, the story behind the Northern Knights and if they're a travel team/a...

Ever wonder what its like in a teams war room when your MLB team drafts its prospects? Kevin Mahoney and Craig Savage of the British Knights in the ESLB return to the show to talk us through their big day with the International player selections for the Knights Franchise in the European Super League of Professional Baseball. You'll get a fascinating insight into the prep and the day of the initial...

come and take a look at the happenings inside British Baseball throughout time, this month we visit April.  there is an extract from "What About the Villa?" by Joe Gray which can be found, for free, over at Project Cobb or via this link - http://www.projectcobb.org.uk/ebooks/WatV.pdf if you have anything you want to contribute towards the history of British Baseball, please get in touch - bri...

"Your work is you, you are your product"  Sky Sports presenter and MLBs Bases Covered Host Max Whittle joins the podcast (@maxwhittle on Instagram and @max_whittle on twitter) to give us an insight into the coolest job in the world, chatting to sporting icons for a living, the steps he took to get there, spending a weekend with Shad Khan (the owner of Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham FC which can b...

Matt is joined this week by former Enfield Spartans and Portland Mavericks (this team will be familiar if you've seen the Netflix documentary Bastard Bastards of Baseball) pitcher and the creator of Big League Chew, Mr. Rob Nelson (@rxnelson, @bigleaguechew). in this episode, you can hear all about Robs time with the iconic Mavericks and Spartans and how they were both very similar teams, his earl...

"its not about talent, its about hard work". Steve joins the show with special guest co-host Richard Chesterton to discuss Steves 50 years in the sport, from humble beginnings to his current gig with the Essex Redbacks, along the way we talk about his dads influence and impact on him and his playing, how every team hes played for has folded, trophy etiquette, playing in breakaway leagues in the 80...

This weeks episode is a glance over key events and happenings in British Baseball for the month of March. Matt Thomas (@AngelsandOwls) has written a great piece on British Baseball history and it can be found here at his website: https://angelsoverthepond.com/2021/03/28/baseball-in-britain/ be sure to check out his work and his pocket money packs/fan club for the LA Angles and give them a follow w...

Birmingham baseball club have been rebranded and are now in the west midlands baseball league, find out how they began and what they're planning in the future. Nathan Fernando talks us through the recent rebranding of the team and also a bit about university baseball. if you want your club to be on the monthly focus, please get in touch britishbaseballpodcast@gmail.com