In Season 6, we travel around Australia's diamonds chatting to the people, clubs, organisations and players doing great things down under for Aussie women's baseball.  For episode 3, we hit the top end to hear about all things Northern Territory women's baseball, significantly the Darwin Women's League. Listen to Kai Meuronen, Participation & Pathways Manager at Baseball NT, Head Coach of the Stingers Gemma Scales (16:50), and Cyclones player Templar Murrell (29:55). 

In Season 6, travel around Australia's diamonds chatting to the people, clubs, organisations and players doing great things down under for Aussie women's baseball.  For episode 2, we travel to Perth, Western Australia, to speak with Baseball WA CEO Lachlan Dale about the new WA Elite Women's Series, and all things WA Women's Baseball.  We also have a chat to rising stars Ava Tyson (23:46) and Chloe Atkinson (34:51)  who featured in the opening game for the Melville Braves and Wanneroo Giants. 

In Season 6, we travel around Australia's diamonds chatting to the people, clubs, organisations and players doing great things down under for Aussie women's baseball.  For episode 2, we talk all things The Barclay Cup, which is an epic week of baseball honouring Jacinda Barclay, a standout Australian athlete, one heck of a ballplayer, and an even better person off the field, who sadly passed away in 2020. The Cup brings together female ballers aged 13-16 for a week of fun on and off the field...

Welcome to Season 5 Episode 8 of Women's Baseball the Inside Pitch.   Season 5 is all about 'Firsts' and in the eighth and final episode for the season, we chat with Maddi Erwin from Canberra who became the first Canberran female to play in a World Cup game for the Australian Emeralds. 

Welcome to Season 5 Episode 7 of Women's Baseball the Inside Pitch.   This season is all about 'Firsts' and in this episode we chat with 12-year-old Emma Gainsford from Sydney, Australia, who in July 2024 became the first Australian female to participate in the Little League World Series in the USA! 

Welcome to Season 5 Episode 6 of Women's Baseball the Inside Pitch.   This season is all about 'Firsts' and today's episode talks all things about the first major documentary on the modern-day international women's baseball community.     In this episode, Amy McCann chats with acclaimed sports photographer Jean Fruth who with Jeff Idelson, former president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, has directed and produced See Her Be Her, a documentary on women’s baseball around the...

Welcome to Season 5 of Women's Baseball the Inside Pitch, “Firsts”, where a host of trailblazing players from around the world share their stories about how and when they became the first woman to…….   In Episode 5, I chat with Amy Collins, now Cannington, from Australia.    One half of the first sister duo to play for Australia, Amy has won nationals with Victoria and NSW and has played three World Cups for Australia. Enjoy! 

Welcome to Season 5 of Women’s Baseball the Inside Pitch, “Firsts”, where a host of trailblazing players from around the world share their stories about how and when they became the first woman to……. In Episode 4, I chat with Laura Hirai from London, England! Laura has etched her name into the history books as the first women to play baseball for the Great Britain U16/U18 (boys) National teams, the first woman to represent both the Great Britain women’s baseball and softball teams, the...

Welcome to Season 5 of Women’s Baseball the Inside Pitch, “Firsts”, where a host of trailblazing players from around the world share their stories about how and when they became the first woman to……. In Episode 3, I chat with Morgan Doty, who launched herself onto the women’s baseball world in a big way in 2010 with an epic walk-off double which gave WA their first National Championship victory.  That just got Doty’s career started, with the Perth-native going on to star for two states -...

Welcome to Season 5 of Women's Baseball the Inside Pitch, “Firsts”   Join me as a host of trailblazing players from around the world share their stories about how and when they became the first woman to…….   In Episode 2, I chat with 17yo Isobel Lambert from New South Wales who in 2023 became the first Australian woman to play at a Senior League World Series.   In 2024, Isobel was also a coach of the NSW team which became the inaugural champions of the Australian Little League Girls National...

Welcome to Season 5 of Women's Baseball the Inside Pitch, “Firsts”   Join me as a host of trailblazing players from around the world share their stories about how and when they became the first woman to…….   First up is Carly Moore, the first South Australian woman to represent Team Australia Baseball at a WBSC World Cup.

Stacey Saggus - 2012 - One World Cup Wonders For the fifth episode of this series, we hear the story of NSW's Stacey Saggus who made her Nationals debut at the age of 15 at the 2003 Australian Women's Championship where she won gold!  Stacey shares with us her journey in baseball in NSW and her progression to the 2012 Australian Team at the World Cup in Canada.  #womeninsport #womensbaseball #womensbaseball   

Part 2 - Kathy Welsh - 2010 - One World Cup Wonders For the fourth episode of this series, we hear the story of Victoria's Kathy Welsh who took up the sport in her early 20s, before making her Nationals debut at the 2005 Australian Women's Championship with Victoria Provincial, before graduating to the Victorian team where she was part of Victoria's three-peat in 2007-08-09.  Kathy shares with us the impact the Doncaster Baseball Club had on her career, in addition to her time in the Czech...

Part 1 - Kathy Welsh - 2010 - One World Cup Wonders For the fourth episode of this series, we hear the story of Victoria's Kathy Welsh who took up the sport in her early 20s, before making her Nationals debut at the 2005 Australian Women's Championship with Victoria Provincial, before graduating to the Victorian team where she was part of Victoria's three-peat in 2007-08-09.  Kathy shares with us the impact the Doncaster Baseball Club had on her career, in addition to her time in the Czech...

Ep3 - ‘One Cup Wonders’ - Bec Crosby (2008) For the third episode of this series, sit back and travel to 2008, and to Matsuyama in Japan, for the third IBAF World Cup and a chat with WA's Bec Crosby. Making her Nationals debut in 2006 as a 15yo, Bec was part of WA's stunning 2010 and 2012 nationals winning outfits, before making her Team Australia debut at the 2008 World Cup in Japan.   #womeninsport #womensbaseball #womensbaseball   

For the second episode in the 'Oe Cup Wonders' Series, we go back to 2006 and to Taiwan for the second IBAF World Cup, for a chat with Victoria's Terina Stokes. Hailing from New Zealand, from making her baseball debut in a pair of trackies in the mid 90s, Terina's baseball career took her to the inaugural Victorian (1999) and Australian (2001) teams. And after becoming a mother of two, she made her World Cup debut at the age 37! #womeninsport #womensbaseball #womeninsbaseball

For the first episode in this series, we head back to the inaugural World Cup in Canada in 2004. Kelly Gunn shares her baseball journey which took her from a 13-year-old playing with the boys in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire to the winning pitcher in New South Wales’ first-ever Nationals victory in 2003 and on the mound when Australia recorded its first win over Japan at a World Cup.

🎧 New Episode Alert 👉 Jason Pospishil - Team Australia Baseball Emeralds Manager.   From how Jason started playing baseball in Sydney, his move into coaching and across to the Emeralds, his coaching philosophies and of course the shaping of the Australian Squad for the 2023 WBSC World Cup, this episode sure has a lot packed into an hour!   Enjoy!   🎧 iTunes https://apple.co/39RLF6T 🎧 Spotify https://spoti.fi/3u2DTOc 🎧 Podbean https://bit.ly/39Suemx   #WomenInBaseball...

In 1999 in the western suburbs of Melbourne, 20 of the best women’s baseball players in Victoria would step onto the artificial turf at Melbourne Ballpark in Altona which would begin a legacy that remains unrivalled in the sport in Australia today.  The event - the inaugural Australian Women's Championships. The team - the Victorian Women's Team. The coach - Grant Weir.  Weir’s squad reigned supreme with an unbeaten run across the first three Australian Championships held from 1999-2001 in...

#AWBC2022 A recap of the final day's WA v NSW game, plus Christina Kreppold, Erin Fox, Laura Neads, Shae Lillywhite and Amy McCann remember Jacinda Barclay & preview the gold medal game. 

#AWBC2022 The first sisters to play for Australia in a World Cup together, Kim and Tammy McMillan join the show to recap the clash of QLD v NSW.   WATCH the episode here https://youtu.be/-E1aEw9guH8    Kim (2008-2018) and Tammy (2016-2018) are both Country NSW alumni, but the pair later moved to play for NSW and QLD respectively.   Hannah Marshall and Jordan Richardson drop in live from Adelaide to recap their...

#AWBC2022 WOW! Baseball WA walk it off for the second straight night in Adelaide! Joining us to recap a stunning two days for the Perth HEAT is team leader Kaila Borgomastro and team alumni Natalie House (nee Rawlings).   The episode can also be viewed on YouTube here https://youtu.be/LnOSSyEWfl4   Also, apologies for the slight audio lag on Borgs’ video There was a lot going on at the ballpark last night! ****   #womensbaseball...

#AWBC2022 South Australia's Bianca Smith joins the show to chat about the rise of women's baseball in the state, her work developing the state league, repping the red and blue at Nationals and her work with the Grow Her Game initiative.   #womensbaseball  

#AWBC2022 I chat to 12x Nationals rep and 2012 Team Australia World Cup rep Amanda Torrington who is repping the maroon for Queensland at the 2022 Australian Women's Championships in Adelaide this week.   WATCH THE INTERVIEW https://youtu.be/WOAKf4lvNHc    Torro's nationals career started with Queensland in 2010, before she moved to Victoria where she pulled on the blue and claimed the national title in 2017.   Torro chats to us about providing leadership to the young Queensland team and...