Russell is joined by Padres Baseball Operations Fellow Samantha Schultz to discuss her role in the San Diego front office.By Thomas Pringle

Tom claims to have hit a home run during the first game of the Softball60 tournament. Ben, John and Darius do their best to ignore him while still discussing the event, as well as what's going on at the London Yards fan event, the ridiculous 2019 Minnesota Twins, and listener questions about Craig Kimbrel, Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, and the most …

Tom claims to have hit a home run during the first game of the Softball60 tournament. Ben, John and Darius do their best to ignore him while still discussing the event, as well as what's going on at the London Yards fan event, the ridiculous 2019 Minnesota Twins, and listener questions about Craig Kimbrel, Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, and the most …

Red Sox big cheese Sam Kennedy joins John to chat about the bonds between the Red Sox and Liverpool FC, the club's strong desire to pioneer MLB's assault on Europe and the logistical hiccups the team is working on as they embark on new waters for the sport.By Thomas Pringle

John chats to Andy Brown, the Korean based British baseball artist about how his passion for painting found a muse in the sport of baseball, his artistic career to date, his current quest to document all 30 MLB ballparks during the 2019 season and the role of artists like him in recording the history of the game of baseball.…

John chats to former Brewers, and current Rangers pitcher - and social media pro - Tim Dillard about making the most of your talent, 'doing something' every day, the importance of kindness and his role as creative mentor to generations of minor league talent. This is a hoot.By Thomas Pringle

Tom returns from his two weeks in Italy and begins by rambling about computer games.Darius then agrees they really should talk about baseball and Tom rambles about the epic start from Steven Matz against the Phillies.The guys talks about the potentially juiced balls, before solving the "During this break in the action..." problem, once and for all!…

The guys get to grips with the weirdness of the new baseball season, in which Tim Beckham is apparently better than Chris Sale...By Thomas Pringle

ESPN Wednesday Night Baseball play-by-play guy Boog Sciambi joins John to reminisce about his time calling the Marlins and Braves, to look forward to the new season and MLB London, and offer some reflections on the state of the game.By Thomas Pringle

Mark and Ben offer insights into the birth of BT and ESPN's new UK baseball show 'Caps Off', including some behind the scenes stories from Spring Training, which players are obsessed with which Premier League teams and some familiar faces popping up on the show.It airs this Thursday at 3.45pm on BT Sport 2.…

The whole team gets together to predict season records for all 30 teams. Darius makes up player names, Ben continues his bizarre Mets love-in, Tom references... erm 'older' adult dating websites and John gets sick of it all (but wants the Reds to know he loves them). Oh and the predictions? Awful. Tell us why we're dead wrong about your favourite t…

John is joined by Jake and Jordan or Cespedes Family BBQ to discuss their path from the wilderness to MLB, and their enduring love of minor league ball, shared experience of watching baseball from the UK and answer some listener questions.By Thomas Pringle

Emily Waldon of The Athletic Detroit and The Athletic MLB joins Tom to talk about her start in Baseball writing and Minor League Players rights.They talk about Ken Rosenthal and his Slack messages, juggling two jobs of Baseball writing and Customer Experience Manager at Mercedes, finally they discuss the struggle Minor League Baseball players face …

Outsoken veteran Aussie reliever Peter Moylan joins John to discuss his career, and to get a few things off his chest about the state of employment for baseball players, and the impact of front office dominance and thirst for new things on consistent, dependable performers. Hold on, he doesn't hold back...…

John is joined by Somerset Patriots ace Rick Teasley to discuss his itinerant career which has taken him from the Rays minors system through Australia and Taiwan to Venezuela. They discuss Rick's approach to pitching in-game and to self-improvement off the mound, and his experiences in different cultures - notably Taiwan's baseball mad populace and…

Darius and Tom break down the Ken Rosenthal article on the major changes proposed in MLB, some as soon as this season!They then answer listener questions on Harper, Machado, Keuchel and Kimbrel - plus many more!By Thomas Pringle

Tom and Darius are here to guide you through the very basics of Fantasy Baseball.What is Fantasy Baseball?What are the different types of leagues?What are the different methods of scoring points?How does the draft work?What are the different types of drafts?All yor questions will hopefully be answered, if not, then please get in touch @batlfips_ner…

Tom is joined by MLB's head groundskeeper, Murray Cook to discuss his role and the upcoming London Series.They start by discovering how Murray got into being a groundskeeper, then his previous projects and finally the London Series. They discuss the challenges, the potential issues and some of the logistical problems he has already faced in trying …

Craig Calcaterra joins John to discuss Britpop, sticking to sports, baseball's faux history, and the fact that the media is obsessed with ill-informed vox pops the world over.By Thomas Pringle

John talks to NBC Sports Lead Baseball Writer Craig Calcaterra about 'sticking to sports', covering baseball from the middle of nowhere and his recent tour of the UK's crappest towns.By Thomas Pringle

It's been a while but Touching Base, the podcast from BaseballSoftballUK, is back with one more episode of 2018. Ahead of the London Series between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox next June, Boston Red Sox centre fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. came to town on 14 December and met up with GB Women’s Fastpitch Team Head Coach Rachael Watkeys i…

Having been talked into starting on short rest, it's episode 12 of Touching Base, a podcast from BaseballSoftballUK.In a bonus podcast to celebrate the 80th anniversary of England winning the inaugural Baseball World Cup we're taking a closer look at the past and future of Baseball in the UK.This week we're joined by 2 guests as Josh Chetwynd makes…

Taking a page from history and using it to shield ourselves from the sun, it's episode 11 of Touching Base, a podcast from baseballsoftballuk. You might not know this, but it's eighty years since England became the surprise winners of the inaugural World Cup, held in 1938 on home soil, and BaseballSoftballUK is celebrating this event all week with …

Taking 'Three Lions' off repeat and now showering with water rather than beer, it's episode 10 of Touching Base, a podcast from BaseballSoftballUK. Whilst the rest of the country was gripped by the FIFA World Cup it's worth reminding ourselves that we're not just good at football. Here to do just that is GBs Matt Tomlin, part of the European champi…

Having been called into the Managers Office and asked to close the door, it's episode 9 of Touching Base, a podcast from baseballsoftballUK. Today marks the first day of UK Coaching Week (#GreatCoaching) and to celebrate, this week's Touching Base podcast features not one but two current GB head coaches.Representing GB Fastpitch we have Rachael Wat…