Episodes

5 days ago
5 days ago
Irish Baseball Podcast host Rick Becker sits down one more time with Steve Steinberg to talk about the author's book about Mike Donlin, and some of his other projects. Mike Donlin is such an interesting character that this conversation has lasted three episodes of the show.

Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Rick Becker, host of the Irish Baseball Podcast, welcomes back Damian Shields, author of the book “Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865 (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War).”

Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
John Fitzgerald, founder of the Irish American Baseball Society, sits down with former-MLB executive Dan Evans for a conversation spanning topics like Shohei Ohtani, scouting, and Irish heritage.

Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Rick talks with Damian Shiels, author of the book “Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865 (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)." Hear first-hand accounts from the letters of the soldiers themselves.

Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Host Rick Becker will talk with Colleen Monahan who is the chairwoman of the Baltimore Saint Patrick's Day Parade on this week's episode. Monahan is in charge of the event which will take to the streets of Charm City on Sunday, March 16th of 2025.

Monday Feb 10, 2025
Gabriel Fidler of mister-baseball.com I Episode 107
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Gabriel Fidler is an expert in European baseball. If Ireland is ever to make the World Baseball Classic, Fidler knows the pitfalls the team would face along the way. Host Rick Becker discusses that with him, and other topics, as well.

Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Steve Steinberg, along with his co-author, Lyle Spatz, Steinberg wrote the book “Mike Donlin: A Rough and Rowdy Life From New York Baseball Idol to Stage and Screen.” Host Rick Becker talks with Steinberg today about Donlin's transition from baseball to the stage.

Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Rick talks with Steve Steinberg, co-author of “Mike Donlin: A Rough and Rowdy Life From New York Baseball Idol to Stage and Screen.”

Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Eamon Fitzgerald, head of games for New York GAA I Episode 103
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Host Rick Becker talks with Eamon Fitzgerald, head of games for New York GAA.

Monday Dec 02, 2024
Author Robert McLaughlin on Danny Murtaugh I Episode 102
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Based on their true stories, Robert McLaughlin wrote a novelization of the lives of Danny Murtaugh and Mickey Vernon. In today's episode, Robert talks with Irish Baseball Podcast host Rick Becker.