Join hosts Rick Becker and Jim Ward as they talk baseball and Ireland on the Irish Baseball Podcast. The Irish Baseball Podcast is a production of the Irish American Baseball Society.
Dan Wallach of the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and Baseball Library in Greenville, South Carolina. Visit the Irish American Baseball Society to learn more about Irish Baseball and baseball in Ireland!
Shane Barclay of JapanBall.com joins us for a discussion about his involvement with the World Baseball Classic and his Chinese and Irish heritage. Visit the Irish American Baseball Society to learn more about Irish Baseball and baseball in Ireland!
On this episode of the Irish Baseball Podcast, host Rick Becker is joined by Waterford-based historian Cian Manning to discuss the story of how baseball got started in Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s. Visit the Irish American Baseball Society to learn more about Irish Baseball and baseball in Ireland!
On this episode of the Irish Baseball Podcast, host Rick Becker continues his conversation with long distance walker and writer Dermot Breen about the therapeutic benefits of walking and his journey on the Ireland Way.
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On this episode of the Irish Baseball Podcast, host Rick Becker talks with long distance walker and writer Dermot Breen about his journey on the Ireland Way.
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On this episode of the Irish Baseball Podcast, host Rick Becker talks with Ukrainian baseball coach Oleg Boyko and author, New York Daily News columnist, and IABS member Larry McShane.
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On this episode of the Irish Baseball Podcast, host Rick Becker continues the conversation with Steve Stanley on the 20th anniversary of Notre Dame's improbable run to the College Baseball World Series.
As the team’s co-captain, Stanley was well aware of the expectations for his club. “We were not well known. We were not supposed to go to the World Series.”
Stanley also found himself immortalized in the classic baseball book by Michael Lewis, “Moneyball.” The Oakland Athletics took Stanley in the second round of the MLB First Year Player Draft the same year that book was being written. Despite having a ton of speed, A’s general manager Billy Beane wanted Stanley for a different reason.
“They felt like it was my on-base that was really going to drive me having success in professional baseball.” He adds, “That was why they drafted me, and I was very thankful that was one of the things that I was able to have success with, even through Minor League Baseball, was getting on base.”
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On this episode of the Irish Baseball Podcast, we're talking with Steve Stanley, on the 20th anniversary of Notre Dame's improbable run to the College Baseball World Series.
As the team’s co-captain, Stanley was well aware of the expectations for his club. “We were not well known. We were not supposed to go to the World Series.”
Stanley also found himself immortalized in the classic baseball book by Michael Lewis, “Moneyball.” The Oakland Athletics took Stanley in the second round of the MLB First Year Player Draft the same year that book was being written. Despite having a ton of speed, A’s general manager Billy Beane wanted Stanley for a different reason.
“They felt like it was my on-base that was really going to drive me having success in professional baseball.” He adds, “That was why they drafted me, and I was very thankful that was one of the things that I was able to have success with, even through Minor League Baseball, was getting on base.”
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On this episode of the Irish Baseball Podcast, Rick Becker speaks with Mike Cronin, w ho is the Academic Director for Boston College Ireland, about baseball's early Irish influence and the GAA.
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