The Highland Bullpen Baseball and Sports Podcast

A trio of Bullpen Bros as Rich spends too much celebrating the fact only his Mariners boast a winning record within the Bullpen. White Sox fan Dave Jnr is relieved that his Chicago team MLB scpreline only shows the last 10 games and currently isn't changing. Alan tells us that the Tigers once again hit 500, will they stay there? And Red Sox fan, Yorkshire Dave, chats to us about Bunts and Brawls a...

Welcome baseball fans to this week's episode of the Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast! We have a packed show for you with a deep dive into the latest happenings in the world of MLB. Team Roundups: Get updates on the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, and Boston Red Sox. We analyse recent performances, key stats, and upcoming games. Playoff Fever: Explore the differences and simil...

London Series approaches and they are playing it in a football stadium! What's the differences between football (sorry soccer...) stadiums and baseball ballparks. 200 years of being in football stadiums we give our take after getting around 20 ballparks between us. Old versus new ballparks differences, differences in catering (the merits of hot dogs versus Scotch pies), differences in getting in t...

Welcome to a new episode of the Highland Bullpen baseball podcast from Scotland. We discuss how the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, and Seattle Mariners have performed over the first weeks of MLB 2024.  Our review starts with the Boston Red Sox, taking an in-depth look into their current performance and the challenges posed by mounting injuries. We also examine the Seattle Marin...

Step up to the plate with The Highland Bullpen’s MLB 2024 Opening Day Special. The Bullpen bros - Alan, Yorkshire Dave, Richard and Dave Junior - share their predictions, heartfelt fandom, and add a distinctive Scottish twist to the Spring spectacle of Opening Day. From the anticipation of spring training in sunny Florida to the hallowed grounds of America's beloved ballparks, this special is a ho...

The Bullpen Bros have a special guest tonight in Kevin Doig, a former professional footballer in Scotland (playing for Kilmarnock and Queen of the South) Kevin joins us to talk about life on the West Coast and how he's built his passion for baseball. It's allowed him to travel the USA seeing different ballparks, learning about the game and generally enjoying the lifestyle. Kevin lives in Tacoma an...

Spring Training is here and so are the Bullpen Bros!  Dave Junior catches up with us to lament on where the White Sox are and remind us of the excitement fans had only a couple of years ago. What has happened? Dave Snr chats through the Red Sox and what's going on with their finances, can Mr Henry direct more of his money towards his original baseball investment? Rich highlights there are only two...

The Super Bowl is done and we can focus on proper sport now as the MLB season is around the corner. The boys get together to discuss win projections for our teams in 2024. Are we really all sufficiently pessimistic about the year ahead. And importantly Yorkshire Dave is here to rate the various Brown Bars we sampled on our most recent Dutch trip. Oh and a bit of chat about the groundhopping and th...

The Boys from the Bullpen return for 2024 although sadly our Chief, Richard, is waylaid by work commitments.  Not to worry we are on our way back to the Netherlands very shortly for our annual football extravaganza. So importantly Yorkshire Dave is here to tell us about our trip schedule and of course which pubs and brown bars we will visit on the trip. Yes, he has a book to help these important d...

So it's early September and things are looking good for 1/4 of the Bullpen playing baseball in October. Or will it be 1/2 of us.....? West Coast Richard on a high as Seattle are on a roll. Red Sox Dave realistic about Boston's chances of playing in October and Dave Junior and Alan, well they follow teams in the AL Central... We get some World Series predictions, will Daz Cameron get a late call up...

Yorkshire Dave and Highlander Alan look to make sense of the Baseball Deadline Day and start to understand why it's so different to Football's transfer windows and why they aren't all trying to improve this years results!  How you build a team seems a more structured process than we're used to but clearly not all our teams can get this right! It's appropriate the Bullpen boys discuss the Farm syst...

It's the highlight of the year for the Highland Bullpen bros - MLB London is just hours away!   Your baseball fans from across the pond are en route to London for the two-game series between the Chicago Cubs and the St Louis Cardinals.   Alan, Dave Junior, Richard and Yorkshire Dave make their predictions for the series and reveal who they will be cheering for.   Alan also leads off the episode to...

The Bullpen are back with Alan and the two Daves taking over their teams progress in the last couple of weeks.   The Tigers do their usual and move agonisingly close to 500, what will happen next? Injuries won’t help and how tough is their upcoming schedule. But they’re a team on a high.   The White Sox highlight is clearly the return of Liam Hendriks and Dave Junior talks it all through with the...

It's a big Highland Bullpen welcome back for Dave Junior! Our favourite Chicago White Sox fan returns and swings for the fences with some killer stats. And it's a quality start to our latest episode with Yorkshire Dave explaining one of the more unusual pitching metrics in the game of baseball. Host Rich is happy to see Bryce Miller make pitching history for his Mariners. Rich and Yorkshire Dave a...

We're now 30 games into the 2023 Major League Baseball season and the boys in the Highland Bullpen have plenty to discuss. Host Rich's bold claims that the Mariners can go deep into the post-season are not looking too hot - as Julio is yet to ignite and Robbie Ray is out for the year, not to mention that Seattle's finest keep coming up short in close games.   Highlander Alan talks us through the D...

Major League Baseball is back on Opening Day 2023! And so is the Highland Bullpen - the baseball podcast from bonnie Scotland. Host Rich takes a look back through the history books to find out if the omens are good for our favourite teams. Spoiler alert - not so much for the Bullpen bros who follow the Sox (any colour)! Highlander Alan talks us through his Spring Training trip to Florida where he...

The Bullpen Bros expand their sporting travels as the Rugby League World Cup visits the North east of England. Tickets were bought in 2020 for the 2021 event which we saw in 2022! Dave Senior is a season ticket holder at Leeds Rhinos and entertained Alan over 4 days with some class action and sport (and alcohol...) with young dave joining us in Newcastle and Middlesbrough. Rugby League is differen...

After a roller-coaster regular MLB season, the Seattle Mariners are carrying the hopes of the Highland Bullpen in the post-season. Richard is celebrating the end of a 20-year postseason drought but can his boys beat the Toronto Blue Jays in the play-offs? Yorkshire Dave reckons there are positives despite the Boston Red Sox' bruising season while Chicago White Sox fan Dave Junior sheds a tear or t...

The Bullpen Bros are back and one of them has been our man in Seattle, after taking in four Mariners game during his recent trip to the USA (spoiler alert, it's NOT who you think!). He shares his thoughts on the Mariners and whether or not they will achieve their play-off dream, plus his take on the charms of the city of Seattle.  Yorkshire Dave meanwhile isn't quite ready to give up on the Red So...

The Bullpen Bros are back and loving the stats! Red Sox fan Dave recounts a previous episode (season 2 episode 17) where we discussed our favourite scores and common scores. His was 6-5, only happens once in every 33 games but it’s been a lot more this season for the Sox. Alan chimes in with a not unsurprising remark on his favourite score vis a vis how the Tigers are doing.   The White Sox meande...

The Bullpen Bros are back for another week of chat. Alan reveals the standings in the Division just involving our four teams, which explains Richard's absence from the chat as his Mariners are down with the Tigers. But who of Red or White Sox currently tops the table? We chat about what yo'd do with a Home Run baseball after some surprising negotiations involving the Astros and a 16 year old lad....

We're now into the heart of the 2022 MLB season and the baseball action has been hotting up. Apologies for the delay with this episode due to technical issues, but it is definitely worth the wait. The Bullpen bros pay tribute to Field of Dreams hero and Hollywood star Ray Liotta. Alan and Dave Junior reflect on their magical trip to Seville to see their soccer heroes Rangers come agonisingly close...

How is your season going? The Bullpen Bros get together to discuss the early start for each of their teams Richard makes sure everyone knows the Mariners re doing the best. Young Dave is disappointed in how the White Sox have gone on a poor run. Tigers fan Alan only wants to talk about Miggy. Yorkshire Dave is the voice of reason with the Red Sox. And we slag of the damn Yankees a couple of times....

The Bullpen Bros from Scotland catch up on their first live Baseball match post pandemic as our native Highlander Alan visits Durham, NC and goes to see Durham Bulls on Opening Day Alan and Dave Snr chat through the evening at the wonderfully named Durham Athletic Park. The baseball didn't go so well for the Bulls, getting easily beat and waiting a while for former Detroit Tiger Isaac Paredes to g...

The Bullpen Bros from Scotland share their excitement at the news the season is happening. But with so many rule changes that they need to figure them all out! But of course it needs some New York dramas first.. Did no one realise until now that New York ball players couldn't work in New York, how is it suddenly a story? No one follow the NBA? The early season action sees plenty of inter Bullpen m...