Join Bash and Danny as they welcome 'Makeshift Fields' author, Dale Jacobs on the pod. Dale recaps his journey through UK grassroots baseball in 2023 and shares his insights in sustaining and growing the game here in Scotland. All support is appreciated, please rate, subscribe and share.
Join Danny as he rides solo this week and welcomes 2024 Single A MVP, Caitlin McCaffrey of the Edinburgh Knights onto the pod. Join them as they speak of inclusivity, posh Edinburgh accents, making baseball fun, betting in baseball and more! Rate, Subscribe and Share. All support is appreciated
Join Bash and Danny as they recap the initial two weeks of the 2025 SNBL season. We welcome podcast founder John McKellar on as we catch up about Yankees, mental health, transitions, championships and of course....bezba'. All support is appreciated, please rate, subscribe and share.
Join Bash and Danny as they preview the 2025 season by welcoming on the new President of the Scottish National Baseball League, John Tafe.
Join Bash and Danny as they catch up with league veteran and Edinburgh Knights head coach, Ryan 'Mookie' McFarlane. In this episode Mookie covers his journey into baseball in Scotland, The Knights second half success in the 2024 campaign and finally puts a conclusion to the 12 week debate.... 'Phee dropped that ball at the London series din't he?' This episode was recorded in October of 2024 but due to publishing issues we are only recently getting around to uploading....
Join Bash and Danny as they recap the SNBL AAA Caledonia Classic with special guest, Connor Smith.
Join Bash and Danny as they preview The Caledonia Classic and welcome The Glasgow Comets Single A captain, Craig Phee as he shares in journey in baseball, captaincy and success within the SNBL Single A league.
Join Bash and Danny as they recap the SNBL events of the previous few weeks including, Edinburgh Cannons third successive league title clinch, the MLB trade deadline and more. On this episode we welcome Phillies No9 prospect, Gabriel Rincones Jr to talk about his time in Scotland and his route into minor league baseball.
Catch up with Danny and Bash as they talk shandies, trade deadlines, the British Summer Cup, Iscore, Home Runs and of course, Baseball! Joined by Tayport Breakers own, Aven Fletcher.
Catch up with Danny, Bash and league President Paul Convoy as the preview the upcoming British Summer Cup competition at AAA and AA level. Also making a discursive appearance was pasty skinned Scots, disrespectful baseball, The London Series, rain....lots of rain and of course....baseba'!
We're back for our May round up! Join Danny and Ross as they catch up about all SNBL activity over the course of May and looking forward into June. We welcome Edinburgh Angels coach Rit Zbikowski to discuss his journey into baseball, his passion for the sport and his ambitions for the 2024 season.
Join Danny and Ross as they catch up with Aberdeen Oilers legend Stephen Evans as they talk Aberdeen, Tattie Scones, Death Row Meals, San Diego weather, pitching and of course...Baseball!
Join Danny Quinn and Ewan Spence as they talk bad dad jokes, the difficulties of growing old, weddings, the emotions of baseball and more! Joined by veteran presence Ruari Dunn of Edinburgh Cannons as we cover our final, pre season episode of 2024.
Join Danny Quinn and Ewan Spence alongside our interview guest, Ross Marnie as we talk Spring training, Winning culture, The importance of swag, the mythical 40/40/40 season and of course, baseball!
Join Danny Quinn and Ewan Spence as they catch up with Comets Outfielder, scorekeeper and sometimes Umpire, Andy Vaughan as we talk Stats, Learning the Game, Mediocrity and more. Get in touch with Baseball Scotland if you are interested in playing, spectating or being involved in our 2024 season.
Join Danny Quinn and Ewan Spence alongside special guest, Roy McPherson of The Glasgow Galaxy as they discuss nicknames, javelins, basketball, player development, pitching and of course, baseball.
Join Danny Quinn and Ewan Spence as they kick off Season 6 of Ballcaps and Bagpipes. Welcoming special guest, Laurence Cameron to talk about all things Water Polo, Moustache Growth, Broken phones, championship droughts and of course, baseball.
Join Danny, Jason and John for the final episode of Ballcaps & Bagpipes of 2023 (and John's last episode on the show!) as your hosts are joined by Baseball Scotland President Paul Convoy for a wrap up of the 2023 Caledonia Cup playoffs and last Saturday's Baseball Scotland Awards event in Glasgow.
Jason Derr and John McKellar are once again joined by guest co-host Danny Quinn, as well as Glasgow Galaxy player and umpire Brian Clark for a chat about Clark's baseball journey.
We bring you a very special episode of the show as we're joined by photographer John Linton for a chat about his time photographing baseball in Scotland. We're joined by a guest co-host in Danny Quinn of the Glasgow Comets.
Jason and John are joined by Sophie Hollis, founder of the Glasgow Sunflowers who played their first ever games this past Saturday as hosts to the Leicester Diamonds. Sophie will be accompanied on the show by Andy Sweeney of Glasgow Galaxy who has helped with the coaching of the new club. We'll update everyone on the last two weeks of Baseball Scotland National League action and preview this coming Sunday's games. There's a massive announcement about the future of the show incoming as well....
Jason and John are joined by veteran Glasgow Umpire Bill Sheldrick for a chat about his relationship with the game of baseball, how his involvement in Glasgow evolved over the years and his current role as main Triple A Umpire in the city. Also this week: recaps of weeks 5-6 and a preview of week 7 of the 2023 Baseball Scotland calendar.
Jason and John are joined by Aberdeen Oilers Manager Casey Mackenzie and Tayport Breakers Manager Jason West for a chat about their teams' offseasons and 2023 goals.
Recap of Opening Day in Baseball Scotland and preview of week three's games after a week off for Easter. Jason and John are joined by representatives of the Glasgow Baseball Association, Jacob Wright (Galaxy) and Danny Quinn (Comets) to chat about their respective teams' off-seasons and goals / expectations for the season ahead.
Opening Day in Scottish baseball is coming up on Sunday the 2nd April. Jason and John are joined by managers from Edinburgh for a preview of the Opening Day livestream between the Devils and Cannons and provide a full rundown of the first week of league action in 2023.
Baseball Scotland President Paul Convoy joins the show as always for a review of the league's offseason and a look forward at what to expect from the 2023 iteration of Baseball Scotland's Single- and Triple-A National Leagues!
The finale episode of the fourth season of Ballcaps & Bagpipes. Baseball Scotland President Paul Convoy joins the show to recap the 2022 Baseball Scotland Awards Ceremony held in Edinburgh. Watch the video edition of this episode on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ti7Tczitgk , We'll see you again in the Spring!
The Scottish baseball season is over, and we're taking a look at the 2022 Single-A Caledonia Classic between the Tayport Breakers and the Glasgow Comets. Will the Breakers win the double? Or, will the Comets win a first ever championship? Watch the video version on Youtube
John is joined by Baseball Scotland's Ewan Spence, official scorer for the 2022 Baseball Scotland AAA Caledonia Classic and Marina DeAngelis of the 2022 Caledonia Cup Champion Tayport Breakers. Watch the video edition of this week's show on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgRUe-UVKz8 . Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, both @capsandpipes and subscribe to Ballcaps & Bagpipes on Youtube and at your chosen podcast platform....
Baseball Scotland AAA scores for 21/8/22: Glasgow Galaxy 22 Granite City Oilers 2 Glasgow Comets 9 Edinburgh Cannons 7 Baseball Scotland A scores for 21/8/22: Glasgow Comets 17 Edinburgh Knights 3 We're back! Apologies for the wait again, but tonight we bring you part two of our interview with Glasgow Comets legend John Nelson and take a look back at this past Sunday's games, as well as a preview of the final make-up week of 2022. — YouTube video version available at https://youtu.be/N0c-N5dw6tA...
