Show overview
Irish Baseball Podcast has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 113 episodes. That works out to roughly 50 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 20 min and 32 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Sports show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 20 episodes already out so far this year. Published by irishbaseball.
From the publisher
We’re talking about all things baseball and Ireland! The Irish Baseball Podcast is a production of the Irish American Baseball Society.
Latest Episodes
View all 113 episodesDarragh Butler, Drummer of the 90s Alternative Rock Band Kerbdog I Episode 150
"The Year Grunge Broke" Author Clive Barnes Talks 90s Alternative Rock
Expert on The Beatles David Bedford Talks About the Fab Four's Irish Heritage I Episode 148
Liz, Founder of the Social Media Community “Baseball Girlies” I Episode 147
Ken Davidoff Talks “101 Lessons from the Dugout” I Episode 146
Susan Campbell Bartolletti, Author of “Kids on Strike!” I Episode 145
Bill Barry, Author of "The 1877 Railroad Strike of Baltimore" | Episode 151
Christopher Kline, Author of “When the Irish Invaded Canada” I Episode 143
Mark Warren, Author of "A Last Serenade for Billy Bonney" I Episode 142
Tony Bucher and Paul Cunnie Representing the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco I Episode 141
Keith Carney of the AOH on Commodore John Barry I Episode 140
Scott Bush, Chief Executive Officer for SABR I Episode 139
Tara McCarthy, Professor and Author of “Respectability and Reform” I Episode 138
Ep 130Dr. Lawrence Knorr, Author of a Biography on "Gettysburg Eddie" Plank I Episode 137
"Gettysburg Eddie" Plank is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and was one of the stars of baseball in the early years of the 20th Century. While Plank was respected in his day, his legacy hasn't lasted for casual fans as much as some of his contemporaries. Dr. Lawrence Knorr decided to try and change that by writing a biography of the lefty.
Ep 135Ben Anderson: Author of the McGunnegal Chronicles I Episode 136
Ben Anderson takes real aspects of Irish, Scottish, and Norse folklore and uses them for his series of fantasy books. The McGunnegal Chronicles started as a way to share his Irish heritage with his children, but the stories have turned into a number of books using actual culture to tell fictional stories.
Ep 140Paul Zwirecki, External Relations Officer at SABR I Episode 135
Paul Zwirecki is the external relations officer for SABR. He will join host Rick Becker to talk about analytics, history, and so much more.
Ep 134Scott Crawford of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame I Episode 134
Scott Crawford of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame is returning to the Irish Baseball Podcast to talk about the Blue Jays run to the World Series, the recent Netflix documentary about the Expos, and the excitement in Canada for the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
Ep 144College Baseball Coach Dirk Baker Talks About His Upcoming Book on Kid Gleason I Episode 133
Dirk Baker has written a book about Kid Gleason. Most famous for his time as the manager of the 1919 Chicago White Sox who threw the World Series, Gleason had an illustrious career as a player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball. Baker wants to share the whole story of the second-generation Irish American.
Ep 133Pat Kinney, oral historian for the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum in Waterloo, Iowa I Episode 132
All five of the Sullivan brothers from Waterloo, Iowa were lost when their ship was blown up in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The town of Waterloo still does a lot to preserve their legacy. Pat Kinny, oral historian for the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veteran Museum in Waterloo will be Rick Becker's guest on the Irish Baseball Podcast today to talk about the brothers.
Ep 138Sammie Samuels of the Irish American Museum in Baltimore, MD I Episode 131
Sammie Samuels will be celebrating a different piece of Irish American history every month this year at the Irish American Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. 2026 is the 250th anniversary of the United States. Many of our podcast episodes this year will be focused on the Irish immigrant and Irish American impact on the country in that time.