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Lifelong British Soccer fan trying to navigate the fun, exciting, and eccentric game of Baseball - one cool story from each MLB team each week
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The pod returns with an interview with New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski! Joe tells Stuart about his baseball journey, the similarities with soccer, and his books The Baseball 100 and Why We Love Baseball - which is out now in the UK!
Joe will be travelling to the London Series this weekend, and you can meet him at Waterstones Trafalgar Square on Friday 7th June at 5pm for a signing!
Joe also joins Kelley Franco for a pre-game special event on Saturday at noon, at Riverside East Bar in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, to discuss the Mets v Phillies rivalry!
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Stuart Levy (podcast host!) was mistakenly tagged in a tweet last week congratulating him on his baseball career! A quick search found the other Stuart Levy, who agreed to join the podcast to discuss all aspects of his career! Stuart tells Stuart all about high school, the draft, Spring Training, life in the independent leagues and much, much more!
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Chad Morrissey has experienced it all as a Royals fan! From being a kid as his parents went out to watch the Royals in the World Series, to being a long-suffering fan in one of the one of the longest postseason droughts during baseball's current wild-card era, Chad has seen it all!
Hear him describe his joy as that play-off drought finally ended in the hot-streak of 2014, to his jubilation at being crowned World Champions the following year - and how he is still having plenty of fun taking his kids now and his enthusiasm and optimisim for the current team.
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John has had an interest in baseball through his dad since before he could walk - in his first baseball game, he fell asleep in his puschair at an Angels game!
Eventually, through playing games and fortunate business trips, the Cubs became his team, and he has experienced the very highs and the very lows of the sport!
His love of baseball led him into a great career in sport, and his curiosity into why that might be - and if others have the same thought - has inspired his masters dissertation idea. If you also watch baseball at least once per week, on either side of the Atlantic, give him an email!
j.a.dickinson@northumbria.ac.uk
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Alan and his friends have always been fans of groundhopping - making frequent trips around the world watching their favourite sports! Here he share his baseball story, how he became a Tigers fan, his memories of the sport and more!
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Jo Lenton - not to be confused with Joelinton! - is a long-suffering Newcastle United fan who has found her sporting home at Citi Field!
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In part 2 of the All-Star Week episode, Charlie introduces Stuart to new concepts such as the All-Star Futures Game, a Celebrity Softball quiz, Home Run Derbies and score predictions.
Can YOU beat Stuart's score in naming the celebrities?
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Charlie Baldwin returns to the podcast to tell Stuart all about the All-Star Game. From the first edition in 1933, through the records and scandals, up until today's voting process, it's a full journey into this special date in the calendar of all baseball fans!
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Iain McArthur is sport and travel mad - he's watched 27 different sports in 12 different countries! - and was the obvious choice to write The Baseball Stadium Guide. He joins the podcast to chat about his experiences writing the book, his adventures in attending some of these stadiums (and many, many others), as well as sharing his favourite moments as a Rays fan!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baseball-Stadium-Guide-Aspen-Collection/dp/1914536711/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YDTNK2MWGOH&keywords=The+Baseball+Stadium+Guide&qid=1688212890&sprefix=the+baseball+stadium+guide%2Caps%2C86&sr=8-1
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Host Stuart already had plans for this weekend so missed the 2023 London Series - Al Galpin, a volunteer at the event, tries to convince him to ditch the stag do he has on the dates of the 2024 Series and to make sure he's there! From getting high 5s from fans of all 30 teams, to walking 25km and getting to his seat just as Cardinal get their only run on the Saturday, Al had a great weekend!
He also shares his baseball journey, from missing out on the chance to see Roger Clemens' 20-strikeout performance to playing for the New Forest Thunder Knights,
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Tommy Canale knows his sport! After a career coaching basketball and golf at college level, he now works for RecruitLook, scouting the next talent for college level baseball. He is also a prolific podcaster, interview many distinguished baseball guests such as Aaron Rowand, Rollie Fingers, Chuck Garfien and more on his Before The Lights show!
https://www.beforethelightspod.com/
https://recruitlook.com/
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Dave Shaw runs the UK's number 1 team fan account! He recounts the story of how he first got into the sport, his early years following the team and how his network enables him to crash on couches when he returns every year!
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Braves fan Gaurav supports the entire organization - including (and even, some years, especially) the minors! He shares his baseball story, including time spent as a blogger and podcaster, where he was able to witness the likes of Ozzie Albies and Ronald Acuña Jr. in their very early days, before they became the world champions that they are today. Gaurav even seems pretty confident the team will be winning pennants and challenging for the world title for years to come.
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Jeremy Feador knows his baseball - he does, after all, work as a Team Historian and Comms Coordinator for the Guardians! However, in recent years, he's found himself following more soccer, and in this podcast episode, he tells Stuart about how his passion for baseball has helped him understand the quirks, trials and tribulations of Everton FC.
This episode was recorded before the final day of the Premier League season - luckily for Jeremy, Everton stayed up!
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Stuart's old friend Jason Mahoney joins to give further insights on the true Canadian baseball experience! Wherever you are in Canada, it just isn't summer without the Jays!
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Matt Casbolt joins to talk about why he runs the British Orioles Twitter page - and what this involves! He also tells the story of how he ended up interviewed by MLB.com - and looks forward to his visit to Camden Yards next month, which he says is one of the most beautiful in the sport!
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Ross Marnie is pretty lucky that he has family in Toronto! His first trip visiting them in 1992 coincided with them winning the 1992 World Series, and when he visited them again in 1993, they won the Series again! Ross watched the win on a screen in the Skydome, and he has since visited countless times - as well as following them on the road all across the USA!
In Scotland meanwhile, he is a key player for the Tayport Breakers and tells us all about the progress of the sport north of the border.
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The pod's 2nd Dodgers fan, Tom O'Gorman joins to share how he follows the team and the sport from Sweden. He talks about the highs and lows of his 10 years of following the sport, and gives Stuart some crucial advice on how best to manage fandom when there is so much going on!
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MLB.com Senior Writer Anthony Castrovince joins the pod to tell us all about his journey in the sport - from growing up watching his team, to working as a beat reporter for Cleveland, Anthony is now working for MLB.com and shares his fascinating insights and expertise on the sport.
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Fans-Guide-to-Baseball-Analytics/Anthony-Castrovince/9781683583448
https://www.mlb.com/video/anthony-castrovince-on-standings?t=mlb-network
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Harry Shirt is a baseball fan who happens to own a travel agency! Here he shares his story on how he got into the sport, and to how that fandom developed to visiting ballparks, playing the sport, and even running a company aiming to share his passion with other UK-based fans!
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https://www.baseball-roadtrip.com/
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