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Pietro Sollecito along with, John Baxendale, Lorenzo Pieri, Dani Briggs, Erick "two golds"Henson, Gaetano Cristiano and Alex Pike join the podcast to celebrating history as the Great Britain Women’s National Baseball Team has just won gold at the European Championships. We talk about what was different with this squad vs the one that made its debut a few years ago, biggest challenges in preparing the team for this tournament, building team chemistry, pivotal moments, helping woes baseball thrive domestically, funny moments, off field heroes, and much more.

Gb u23 Head Coach Jonathon Cramman rejoins the podcast to talk about GBs first ever gold medal since 1938! The teams expectations, handling pressure, tactical decisions, unsung heroes, the character of this U23 squad, standout leadership moments on and off the field, what this gold medal means for British Baseball as a whole, funny and unexpected dugout moments, keeping this momentum going for future competitions, who could make the step up to the Mens Senior National Team, Keanu Reeves, Sir Terry Pratchett and much more.

Dr Dale Jacobs is an author and Creative Writing teacher at Windsor University, one day he accidentally searched for the wrong topic online and stumbled across baseball in the UK and Ireland, he then went on a seven week trip interviewing people and watching Baseball from Dublin to cork, Aberdeen to Slough and a few other stops in between. we chat a to his works, teaching comic books and his love for grassroots baseball, the challenges he faced when writing the book, research, the amazing people involved in British and Irish Baseball and lots more.the book is available in the UK from the 15th of May 2025 via the below link -https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chasing-baseball-dale-jacobs/7724356?ean=9781778430619or https://neighborhoodbooksmaine.com/ in the USADr Jacobs is going to be on a book tour too, you can find him at:17/05/2025 - Leicester - The Exchange at 15:0024/05/2025 - Dundee - St Andrews Brewing (Fundraiser in support of Baseball Scotland)29/05/2025 - Edinburgh - The Orchard Bar at 19:00 (Fundraiser in support of Baseball Scotland)31/05/2025 - Cork - The Long Valley Bat at 19:00 (Fundraiser in support of Baseball Ireland)05/06/2025 - Dublin - The Back Page at 19:00 (Fundraiser in support of Baseball Ireland)

Mark Borley, Will Lintern, Alex Malihoudis, Nick Carter, Jon Carter and Craig Savage join the show from all over the globe to share their personal stories, historical moments, memories and what made Mrs Borley so special and unique.

This new season starts with a banger as host Matthew is joined by The Coaching Unions very own Jonathan "J-Rod" Rodriguez and Charlie Batho. This collaboration brings you conversations about coaching philosophies, active listening, the struggles of being a parent and a podcaster and finding balance, how can British Baseball be more accessible? The importance of local team and developing youth and much much more.please follow and support The Coaching Union Podcast, this podcast and your favourite podcasts by liking them, following them and spreading the word of their existence.you can find The Coaching Union Podcast here - https://open.spotify.com/show/09UABzAQKYXn498g1UyZ5D?si=97443bfdcc5e473f

Ron Blackwood takes us on his baseball journey that started off as a fan in the states when he moved there as an 18 year old and then playing in the UK when he returned, did I mention that his "rookie of they year" season came when he was in his 50s? He gives tips on if you think you are too old, playing through the season and what's in store for the future and also some great chat about Baseball Cards and much more.

all round top dude Said Bayan joins the show to talk about the Birmingham Metal Heads, Starting up a youth training session purely out of the love of wanting to help kids develop, an unusual way to find a love of baseball after not being into it previously, his passions away from the diamond, Anime chat and much, much more.

Kieran is this weeks special guest on the British Baseball Podcast where he talks about starting 2 ball clubs in the UK (Wragby Warhammer and Newark Nationals), why he started the teams and what he learned from Wragby when starting a new team in Newark, 2 Baseball Truths and a Lie and much much more.if you're a fan of Pop Punk, be sure to check out his band Parallel States wherever you listen to your tunes.

I had the pleasure if chatting with Jon Gulliver recently about Brighton Baseball, GB Baseball, Family and giving back to baseball by running the London Marathon. It was a fantastic conversation, I hope you can listen and share it too.you can still donate to Jon on https://2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/jon-