Irish Baseball Podcast

Stephen Moylin is one of the men credited with coining the term United States of America.  The Cork-born Patriot was close friends with General George Washington and used his experience growing up in Ireland to help his new country.  Michelle O'Mahony of University College Cork will talk about how Cork helped shape the man who would help shape a nation.

90s Grunge music is labeled "The Seattle Sound," but the bands that dominated Alternative radio for the decade came from all over the world.  Kerbdog went from the pubs of Kilkenny, Ireland to become a major player in the aftermath of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains changing the face of rock.  Darragh Butler is our guest on the show this week.  Butler was the drummer for Kerbdog.

Dublin's Clive Barnes wrote a book about the early-90s phenomenon of Grunge and Alternative music.  In this week's episode of the podcast, host Rick Becker talks with Barnes about Grunge and how Ireland reacted to the trend.

All four members of The Beatles had Irish heritage, and they grew up in Liverpool surrounded by Irish culture.  On the podcast this week, Rick talks with David Bedford about the Fab Four.

One day while she was on her lunch break, Liz sent out a Tweet saying she wanted more women baseball fans to follow her on social media.  What happened next led to her creating a community of fans like her and had caused her to do more research into the ways baseball could better market to a large percentage of the fanbase.

Rick Becker, host of the Irish Baseball Podcast, talks with former New York Post baseball reporter Ken Davidoff who is one of the co-authors for "101 Lessons from the Dugout."  This book is designed to help young athletes see the benefits of competing in baseball and softball.

Mother Jones was born in Ireland.  Her efforts organizing labor groups in the United States made a big impact on workers' rights to the present day.  In "Kids on Strike!" author Susan Campbell Bartolletti covers an important crusade of Jones' when she marched with a group of child workers.  

Bill Barry has worked hard to commemorate the lives of the working-class people in Baltimore who started a labor movement that rippled through the United States in the late-19th Century.  Most of these railroad workers in Baltimore were Irish immigrants and Irish Americans.  Barry even got a special plaque placed in the shadow of one of the best ballparks in MLB.

Christopher Kline is making his second appearance on the Irish Baseball Podcast to talk about when a group of Irish veterans of the American Civil War decided to invade Canada.  The plan was a roundabout way to try to gain independence for Ireland.  

Mark Warren is an historian who used his knowledge of Billy the Kid's real life to write a fictional story about the legend of the Old West.  Billy the Kid was another key figure in American history with Irish roots.  Warren will talk about his book and the true historical figure of Billy the Kid.  He uses a novel to separate fact from fiction about this misunderstood character.