John Fitzgerald, founder of the Irish American Baseball Society, interviews Scott Orgera, author of the book “976-1313: How Sports Phone Launched Careers and Broke New Ground."

For our 100th episode, Irish American Baseball Society Founder John Fitzgerald joins the show to interview the host, Rick Becker!

Irish American Baseball Society founder John Fitzgerald interviews Scott Orgera.  Scott wrote the book "976-1313: How Sports Phone Launched Careers and Broke New Ground." 

Zak Ford, author of “Called Up: Ballplayers Remember Becoming Major Leaguers.”

Click here to listen to the first part of this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w9KjqIt_H4

Our guest is Rich Popovic from the New York-based Irish band Shilelagh Law. Visit them online at HalftheBottle.com.

Our guest this week is Eilidh McRae. Eilidh is a professional harpist and harp teacher living in Darien, CT. 

Host Rick Becker talks with Gabriel Fidler of the European Baseball website Mister-Baseball.

Our guest is Chris Woodward,  Senior Advisor to MLB and Player Development for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Our guest is Eddie MacIntosh, tattoo artist, musician, and designer of the Irish Wolfhounds logo.

Our guest is Darren Murphy, head baseball coach at South Hills High School in California.

Host Rick Becker talks with Eddie MacIntosh. Eddie is an artist, musician, and writer, as well as a proud member of the Irish American Baseball Society. Eddie is also the designer of the Irish Wolfhounds logo! Follow him at  @eddiemacintoshtattoo on Instagram and check out his band, The Pepperbot Bats.

Shauna Scanlon, a singer-songwriter from County Donegal, is Rick's guest on this episode of the Irish Baseball Podcast.

Los Angeles Dodgers Senior Advisor to MLB and Player Development Chris Woodward is our guest on this week's episode of The Irish Baseball Podcast. 

Matthew Repplinger, who has served a number of different roles in baseball, is our guest on this episode of The Irish Baseball Podcast. Matthew discusses the history of the game in Denver, Colorado before the 1993 inaugural season of the Rockies.  "Rep"  is the manager of the Martinez Sturgeon of the Pecos League.

Stephen Jenkins of the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma is our guest on this episode of The Irish Baseball Podcast.   The Bob Dylan Center is currently running the exhibit on The Pogues the late Shane MacGowan, titled “They Gave the Walls A Talking.” 

In this episode, Rick Becker talks with Eamon Fitzgerald. Eamon is the Head of Games for New York GAA.

Rick talks with Steven Jenkins of the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, OK, about the The Pogues and Shane MacGowan.  MacGowan is the subject of the exhibition, "They Gave the Walls A Talking."

MLB Network's Brian Kenny talks with Shaun Clancy about baseball, Ireland, and growing up Irish.

Ailísh Conneely joins Rick to discuss her work at the Aisling Irish Community Center and the importance of passing on the Irish language.

Dirk Baker joins us to discuss his research on Kid Gleason. Gleason spent a number of seasons in the major leagues, primarily as a pitcher, before becoming a coach and manager. He is best known for being the manager of the 1919 Chicago White Sox.

Ailísh Conneely is the Cultural Development Officer at the Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers, NY. Ailísh has been teaching the Irish language to members of the Irish American Baseball Society in our virtual Irish language classes. Ailísh was born in New York and grew up in Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny. She is a musician and multi-instrumentalist, specialising mostly in piano accordion, piano, flute and tin whistle. She is also a fluent Irish speaker. When she was growing up, she competed in...

Rus Bradburd, author of the book “Patty on the Hardwood,” joins host Rick Becker to discuss his writing career.