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The British baseball podcast is a weekly show for your british baseball needs. Hosted by Matt Mutton and featuring guests ranging from players, coaches and key influencers with in the British grassroots baseball community. If you have a story to tell or want to reach out, please contact the show on Youtube, twitter, IG, FB @britbaseballpod or email britishbaseballpodcast@gmail.com
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Cory English (Doc Brown in Back to the Future the Musical!)
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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, playi…
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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 a…
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Paul Stodart - Official GB Baseball Photographer
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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 th…
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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.
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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 au…
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Josh Chetwynd rejoins the show to talk about baseballs teams history, he discusses in depth the London Mets Senior teams first season and his memories around it, if you want to come on the show and talk about your teams history, that would be fantastic. Josh also tells us about his SABR LUMPS, Tom Cruise, Air Force One, a little bit about Curling a…
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Bostonian Jake Mitchell has played a few seasons on British Baseball and joins the show to talk us through his life growing up in Boston, his families support, memories of watching baseball games with loved ones, Fenway Park memories, playing baseball in the North West of England, balancing friendships with management of them as team mates and much…
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Whilst I'm on this journey to find some new sports and activities the British Baseball community can try whilst in the offseason, one thing I had noticed during these activities was that I was still 17 stone. I asked Alan Dean from Smarter Performance, who is part of the GB Baseball set-up as their Strength and Conditioning Coordinator, for some ad…
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Gabe Rincones Jr (@GaBeRincones) is the son of former Seattle Mariners Pitcher Gabriel Rincones Sr, he just been drafted for the 2nd time. Gabe tells us about the emotions of draft day and ultimately declining an offer, only to be drafted again in 2022 in the 3rd round by the Phillies. We touch on leaving Venezuela for Glenrothes in Fife and how ba…
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Arthur started his baseball journey in 1963 as a 16 year old in the North West of England and his love of the sport grew from there and took him on many an adventure. We chat about his first game and the Lancashire cup, a visit to the Heineken brewery in Rotterdam before a European game, the Trafford Saints, Great Britain Cadets, his son's involvem…
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GB Legend Daniel Cooper joins the show to talk about his 10 years of pitching with the national team programme, how its evolved over the years, getting a no hitter at the tender age of 10, getting drafted by the Seattle Mariners, off field antics, Oktoberfest, training with NFL legend Tom Brady, Mike Trout not being able to hit off of him, Gavin Ma…
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Michael Cresswell - Herts Baseball Club
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Michael (@MrCresswell) is a passionate and enthusiastic member of the British Baseball Community and joins the show this week to share some stories from his time in baseball.We chat about Home and family life and his dads involvement paying baseball in the states in the 1980s, taking over as player/manager in difficult times, what spurred him into …
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"I'm just a reflection of the things you've taught me" GB Baseball and Blue Crab player, Raul Shah joins the show to chat about life, GB and his mission to be the first Indian Baseball player to reach the show, his memories of the WBCQ, being good to go in 25 mins, spotting pitchers early, 2nd base antics, Also, Lunch with Steph Curry, Being on the…
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"Pressure is a Privilege" GB National Team Head Coach Drew Spencer and Scout Jonathon Cramman join the show to talk about the recent World Baseball Qualifiers in Germany. We hear about the challenges in putting the new squad together, the hard decisions and constructing the team. The common trends between the successful teams they have been apart o…
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Matt Cliff - Blind Baseball Liverpool Trojans feat David Martin-Baez
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Matt Cliff and David Martin-Baez from the Liverpool Trojans join the show to talk about how Matt is working with the Liverpool Trojans to develop and grow Blind Baseball at a club level. We chat about another GB success story as we recap the Blind baseball International cup held in Holland in Sportlandgoed de Haamen, Beek on the 20th of August 2022…
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The First Ball Girl for NY Yankees and the First woman to represent GB men’s baseball, Laura Hirai returns to the British Baseball Podcast for her own feature episode, we talk about her beginnings in Japan as a 6 year old, her parents support, being the only girl playing at a coaching clinic and her dad battling for her to be a part of it, being th…
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GB men's seniors have won the 2022 WBC qualifiers!
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Roundup of the World baseball classic qualifiers held in Germany in September 2022. Who were the people involved? What were the scores and events? Well here you go.
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this week on the British Baseball Podcast, Matthew is joined by Great Britains Kennard Dawson. KD takes us through his baseball journey, from 3 years old to present. They talk about the state of baseball in the British Virgin Islands and how it compares to Britain's baseball scene. Hurricanes destroying the fields, relocating to play baseball at 15…
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GB Women in Montpellier in Historic Debut
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Head Coach Carlos Casal brings along a player and coach to talk about the historic debut tournament for the GB Women's National Team.
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Tayport Breakers Jason West joins the show to talk about life, technical writing, powerlifting, the Scottish Field of Dreams that is Tayports home ground, youth setup in Fife and growing the sport in the region, influences, balancing parenting and creating a baseball team, whiskey and much more. Jason has also appeared on Ballcaps and Bagpipes, be …
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"You're playing against the game of Baseball..." A very special series of interviews kicks off with the GB u18s Skipper Jonathan Rodriguez, Captain Max Manoff and player Tucker Stockman as they chat about the on field fun and share off field stories surrounding the 2022 European Qualifiers in Sweden, waiting 2 years to play, Getting their Mitochond…
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Gary Anderson - Head of Performance GB Baseball
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the newly appointed Head of Performance for Great Britain Baseball joins the show to talk about his background in Olympic Performance and his route to Gb Baseball, his interesting career path so far, trying and failing at retirement, the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games and Russias interference, "Getting Stuck in" with up skilling and up scaling a sport to…
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Manchester Baseballs Dave Gould joins the show to talk about 25 years in the sport. He tells us how he got into the game, finding Manchester Baseball Club, playing with his sons, his MBC all time 9, his baseball cap collection and much more
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Great Britain U23 Pitcher Iain Isdales (@isdale17) the show to talk about his GB debut in Verona in 2021 in the U23 European Championships, playing at the university of Northern Colorado and his tips for players trying to get into college ball in the states, mentoring new players and kids at camp, his Scottish and Welsh roots and the support he get…
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Dad jokes a plenty with GB National Team player and London Met's Fred Mosier! we also chat about his baseball beginnings playing in Russia, joining the London Mets and the impact of Liam Carroll and Eric Hansen, Laura Hirai striking out the Italians, fake moustaches and real moustaches, Gb baseball memories, the 2021 European Championships for the …
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Former Great Britain pitcher Alex Smith joins the pod to talk about his decade long adventure in the national team program starting in 2001 and highlights of major tournaments including being a top SP in the 2005 euros, Limiting Puerto Rico to 5 runs in the 2009 Baseball World Cup and getting the W over Israel in the 2011 European Qualifier. We als…
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"I started rehab late June and I did whatever it take to be back...it was a miracle that I caught the last game of the AA season" Bournemouth Bears Head Coach Jose Lopez joins the show to talk to us about: * his journey to the Houston Astros organisation * the ups and downs of being in the Minor League system * overcoming fear in AAA * having a str…
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Local Development Leagues with Tom Thornhill
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Norwich Icini Chairman Tom Thornhill has had an idea:do you want to grow your club?do you want your players to get better?worried that players are going to leave the team as they cannot commit to a full Sunday away for the game they love?do you want to have all your players playing and developing whilst reducing numbers of players sat on benches?if…
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the 2021 BSUK Volunteer of the year, Al Binns joins thew show to tell us how a joke at a 5 a side football game lead to him falling in love with Baseball, how a new Newcastle Nighthawks team beat the odds, building team spirit over service station breakfasts, playing for Long Eaton Storm and now the Wragby Warhammer's (and their massive fan turn ou…
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Artist Andy brown has been busy since his last appearance on the show and the man himself is back to tell us all about it.From the European Championships with the Gb National team and having a lot of access to players to painting stadiums, players and the country in the Dominican Republic, Andy shares it with us.From Pitching in carparks in Italy t…
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Former Cartmel Valley Lion and Great Britain Infielder Richard Klijn joins the show to talk about his time playing in the UK, Germany and with the National team, North v South Culture shocks, hitting baseballs at his schools maths class windows in BP, moving to Germany at 17, how cutting his foot open opened a door, MLB HoFers swearing at him, gett…
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Joining a cold riddled Matt for the last episode of season 2 is new Great Britain Baseball player Aaron Singh (@AaronSinghhh) to talk about this time in baseball, the route through high school and college, the move into coaching and then a surprise call up to the GB Baseball Mens Senior National Team for the 2021 European Championships in Italy. We…
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This month in British Baseball History September
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This month in British Baseball History September
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My guest this week is Great Britain Baseball Hall of Famer Cody Cain (@CodyLCain), we chat about his start in the states and college, the College World Series, finding British Baseball and the London Warriors, no hitter vs Enfield Spartans, epic battles vs Rob Nelson, Cobham Baseball, Brad Thompson and Alan Smith, can the baseball and softball comm…
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British Baseball Extra Special Roundup - WBUK and Mens Senior Euros
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roundup from the remaining BBF championships games, the Historic WBUK final between Belles baseball and London Mayhem and the GB Mens Senior European Championships
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Andrew Taylor and the Folkstone Baseball Chronicle
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i had the pleasure of chatting to Andrew Taylor of the Folkstone Baseball Chronicle about his passion for British Baseball History, how he discovered baseball in Britain, how Folkstone seemed to be the centre of all things baseball in Britain in the early 1900s, thoughts on how we can get more people to take interest in British baseball history sta…
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British baseball weekly round up 19 - weekend of 3rd Sept 2021
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playoffs and finals round up from BBF
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Michael Harrold was the Great Britain national team's longest tenured manager, leading the squad to a European title in 1988 and the juniors to a championship in 1993. His exceptional career also included stints as a distinguished player at both the national and domestic levels, as well as success as a manager in domestic league play. A talented ca…
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British baseball weekly round up 18 - weekend of 29th August 2021
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final few games before the playoffs staring next week
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This month in British Baseball History August
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some historical moments from the ages of British baseball history from the month of August
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British baseball weekly round up 17 - weekend of 22nd Aug 2021
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domestic roundup and also the u23 european national championships
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"There were 13 Hall of Famers in Hawaii during the war" I had an absolute blast talking to Author and former Enfield Spartans player Gary Bedingfield on the show this week, it was one where time got the better of us, but theres definite room for another show soon. Gary talks us through how his dad played in bands at airbases after the war and getti…
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British baseball weekly round up 16 - weekend of 14th August 2021
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all the british baseball action from week 16
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What baseball means to...the british baseball community
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back in 2020, GB National Team Manager Drew Spencer asked the question, if you never got to play baseball again, what memories would you have that would make you grateful to the game? So for episode 100, i asked all of you, what does baseball mean to you? Drew Spencer, Travis Harfield, Alan Dean, Laura Hirai, Gavin Marshall, Said Bayan, Michael Har…
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British baseball weekly round up 15 - weekend of 8th August 2021
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A very rainy week 15 of british baseball saw not a lot of british baseball action, but you still get news and trivia and action from the games that took part. https://www.leicesterbluesox.co.uk/post/blue-sox-15th-anniversary-event-legends-game-sunday-22nd-august-2021
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Sports Journalist student and Baseball player Marianna Casal (@mariannacasal6 and Instagram: @mariannacasalmedia) joins Matt to talk about her baseballing family and how she got into the sport after finding the game late and making a big impact in it. She talks about how important baseball is to her, her hobbies away from baseball, starting her own…
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British baseball weekly round up 14 - weekend of 1st August 2021
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All the latest news, scores and trivia from around the british baseball leagues
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Who is Brendan Power and how did he find himself on these shores and playing baseball?i had a great chat with the Ireland international and London Mets 2B player about how he fell in love with the game as a 5 year old reading box scores and then picking up a bat as a 10 year old, coming to London to teach, playing American Football in the UK, getti…
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British baseball week13 round up - weekend of 24th July 2021
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week 13 is in the books, but whos the BSUK player of the week? nominations can be made here -> linktr.ee/britbaseballpod or via baseballsoftballuk.com/playeroftheweek the GB womens national team registration for tryouts form is also here -> https://web2.teamo.chat/club/register/gbb want to know more about weird baseball monuments popping up in Rich…
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This month in British Baseball History July
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quite a lot has happened in British baseball history for the month of July, here's a little taster of the action! from the first ever box scores appearing in British print to baseballs introduction to the UK, plus GB action in European adventures, hear about it and more right here. if you have any british baseball history you'd like to share, pleas…
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