British Baseball Podcast

British Baseball Podcast

By Matthew MuttonSportsBaseball
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British Baseball Podcast episodes

  • Gary Bedingfield

    "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 getting interested in baseball, Gary started the Enfield Spartans as a 12 year old with local kids in 1976 as the Enfield Chiefs and how it grew and developed into a championship winning team, baseball being more important than a career and how baseball stayed part of his life, learning to play via books and the struggles to get equipment, playing in junior leagues and playing on US air bases against other kids, who he learned the most from, GB Days, the importance of knowing your team mates, what he misses about playing, how he started writing about baseball and military history, "Lefty" Brewer of the Washington Senators, MLB not doing anything to remember pro players killed in the war, how he goes about researching and writing, PLUS his new book Baseball in Hawaii during world war 2 (which can be found here:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baseball-Hawaii-During-World-War-ebook/dp/B094963G9H/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=gary+bedingfield&qid=1629462376&sr=8-6  and much more

    51 min
  • What baseball means to...the british baseball community

    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 Harrold, Ash Waller, Andy Brown, Ian Blease, John McGee, Jon Carter, Mitchell Vom Scheidt, Josh Chetwynd, Jak Ford Lane, Charlie Brown, Andrew Taylor, Chris Gary, Niall Cafferty, Jason Derr, John McKellar, Max Whittle, Aaron Atkins, Chris Knoblock, Danny Quinn, Mark Salter, Lewis Vargas, James Zaidi, Vince Warner, Phil Carus, Neale Raleigh, Fiona Brambley, Earl Dix, Charlie Capener, David Hayes, Bruce Webb, Joe Steward, Michael Finnegan, Nichole Lim, Nathan Fernando, Will Lintern, Tyler Cote, Thomas Haywood and Ren Quantrill

    1 hr 41 min
  • Marianna Casal
    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 podcast after a hard lockdown (please go and have a listen and support - Woke Up a Boss https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z0t6FhYrNjUUkTVOJWjtu?si=CNhnachdTq2caJbexEyaJw&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1), working on the MLB London Series, imposter syndrome and why she wants to be a sports journalist. She also has a website with some great content, be sure to have a look on mariannacasal.com for some great content and see why your host was desperate for her to join the British Baseball Podcast team
    48 min
  • Brendan Power
    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, getting involved with the Irish national team and almost qualifying for the 2021 European championship, leading by example at training, tips and advice for playing 2nd base, how does he keep growing as a player, how the organsiation are trying to form partnerships with schools and what they have been doing to grow baseball at a school level, other sports popularity in this country, the quality of competition in the NBL and the high standard of players in it, what changes he would make to baseball in this country, traveling to Bulgaria with the London Mets for the European championship, chess and listeners questions, PLUS Hearthstone anyone?!
    52 min
  • British baseball week13 round up - weekend of 24th July 2021

    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 Richamond? - > https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/19454162.baseball-monument-leaves-richmond-club-bewildered/?ref=twtrec


    thanks again to Niall at Tonbridge baseball for the content too.


    27 min
  • This month in British Baseball History July

    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, please get in touch via email - [email protected]

    what is your favourite moment/player/team from days gone by and do they deserve their own episode? let me know.

    27 min

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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.