British Baseball Podcast

Harvey (@BlokesOfSummer) is a former British baseball player and author. His British baseball stories have been published in Britain, the USA, and Canada. He played baseball in England from 1988 to 2000, as an outfielder for the Croydon Blue Jays, Croydon Pirates, and Southern Tigers. Whilst in the UK he did extensive research into the history of British baseball where he was lucky enough to have...

former british baseball player, coach and umpire shares some tales from his time and involvement in the british game. 

"You realise right there that it's something more than just a baseball field" Roman Weinberg, the Regional Director of Operations for 'Go the Distance Baseball' who own the Field of Dreams movie site (@fodmoviesite), chats to Matt about his time at the movie site, the amazing things he's seen, different types of baseball and what would need to be done if we found a bored multi-millionaire or billi...

"being able to button up a country on your chest is one of the most amazing baseball experiences I've ever had..." Drew delivers some audio gold in our conversation where he gives us great insight into the London mets team and also the team GB under 23 team, he shares some amazing stories and how people are sharing with him their #baseballmemories. Drew also offers great advice, I guarantee you wi...

This episode, Matt chats with Guildford Head Coach and fellow podcaster, Chris Ward in an interesting and thought provoking deep dive into coaching the kids and why he sets his youth players homework.  you can find Chris on twitter @FreeReinUK, the team at @guildfordMavs and also give his show a listen, its a UK Yankees podcast, but he has had some great guests on there you might like even if you...

Those who know that know your host know that he loves Scotland, this week Matt is joined by President of Baseball Scotland Paul Convoy (@scots_baseball and www.baseballscotland.com), they chat about the beautiful game played in a beautiful country, if you're a fan of British baseball, be sure support them and their teams. If you want some more and exclusive Scottish baseball chatter, have a listen...

This week Matthew chats with John Eaton about blind baseball in its early stages of development and how they are trying to grow the sport in Britain. Show them some love at @UKblindbaseball. Also check out @britishbaseball, @will_lintern @smarttobefit and @aIRdEE for the webinar info and content. If you want to befriend the show, you can find me on the social medias at @britbaseballpod

"Worth staying home for" Great Britain Manager Liam Carroll makes his BBP debut where he talks about his history in the game, his involvement in GB baseball, mentoring, he takes listener questions and we chat about whats keeping him occupied during the lock down. you can follow Liam on Twitter at @liamcarrollGB and send him your cooking show suggestions there. Check out Liam's writing on his Linke...

Bruins GM Kelly Wright is joined by players Josh and Tim as they chat from their spanish training camp before the pandemix took over, in this episode, they talk about trainnig on astro turf fields, their club history and success over such a short period of time and what they have learneds from their Spanish opposition. follow the team @sheffbruins and check out their travel documentary which is on...

If you haven't seen Andy's work, you're missing out, hes lived many peoples bucket lists by travelling the globe and painting players and stadiums on his way. In this weeks episode, this talented fellow talks about police escorts, Cubans and their toilet, which countries ballparks have the best atmospheres and fans, the troubles with hire cars and wet paint and future projects, plus much more make...

British baseball legend Vince Garcia (@vince646), talks about his coaching residency for the MLB, playing baseball all over the UK and some tales from Europe, the 'play ball' program and what not to wear when preparing a field. If you want to befriend the show, you can find me on the social medias @britbaseballpod on twitter, FB and IG, come and say hi and send in show suggestions and feedback! Or...

Friend of the show Charlie Batho joins Matthew in a chat about his year long venture with some team mates and the steps that were taken to create the Sheffield Bruins baseball team. Special thanks to Dave - @hayesunit for getting my behind into gear to get this bit of content out there. you can find Charlie on twitter @charliebatho and the team on@sheffbruins If you want to befriend the show, you...

Gabor Erdos is an Umpire for the British game, he shares stories and gives insight into the game from behind the mask! He also answers all (and there were lots!) of listeners questions.  if you'd like to message Gabor or find out more about his free umpire webinars, you can reach him on @aIRdEE on twitter or to find out more about the webinars email umpiring@britishbaseball.org. Thank you to...

In Part 2, Team GB pitching and catching coordinator shares some tips on Pitching and Catching fundamentals, answers some excellent listener questions and also a new segment debuts. You can follow Will on twitter @will_lintern and also the Great Britain national team on @gb_baseball If you want to befriend the show, you can find me on the social medias @britbaseballpod on twitter, FB and IG, come...

Part 1 of a fascinating chat with Will Lintern (@will_lintern) where he discusses whats expected at national level for catchers and pitchers, his vision in his new role in the Great Britain Baseball national team (@gb_baseball) and how he has introduced Meditation and mindfulness into his training sessions. Part 2 drops next Monday. If you want to befriend the show, you can find me on the social m...

Ian (@bleasedog) and Matt talk about the history of the iconic baseball team @liverpooltrojans and a quick glance at their season in review and what the club has planned in the future. Ian takes listeners questions and doesn't disappoint. If you want to befriend the show, you can find me on the social medias @britbaseballpod on twitter, FB and IG, come and say hi and send in show suggestions and f...

Matt is joined by British baseball royalty as British baseball hall of famer, novelist, channel 5 broadcaster and curling enthusiast Josh Chetwynd talks about his experience in the British game and his involvement in MLB broadcasting with channel 5 and at the world series. Special thanks to Kevin Macadam for arranging this interview. If you want to befriend the show, you can find me on the social...

Matthew has an insightful chat with British Baseball League commissioner Kevin Macadam about his involvement in British baseball, the BBL over the years and why as a Boston redsoxs fan, he thinks Matthew should follow the NY mets as he continues to look for a MLB team to follow If you want to befriend the show, you can find me on the social medias @britbaseballpod on twitter, FB and IG, come and s...

Matthew hosts his first "Chat with Matt" with Joelle Watkins (@joelleW) from BaseballSoftballUK.com (@bsuk) gives up some of her valuable time to  discuss the up and coming coaching summit and coaching awards that are taking place on 25/01/20, head on over to www.baseballsoftballuk.com for more information and tickets.  If you want to befriend the show, you can find me on the social medi...

Thanks for tuning in to episode 1, in this show, your host Matthew (@salcitybiggie) takes a look at the origins of baseball in the UK and also a little bit about what the sport of baseball means to him. Special thanks to the BBF and BBL for information about the leagues and teams that play in them and also to the Wikipedia article on the history of the sport (it's from the internet so it must be t...