The Highland Bullpen Baseball and Sports Podcast

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An all new baseball-fans podcast from Scotland that focuses on the experience of baseball rather than the stats and in-depth analysis. Four fans, three from Scotland and a proud Yorkshireman, share their experience of following America’s game at home and abroad. The football loving fans from across the pond get into America’s game and seek to understand, explain and enjoy it from a lifetimes experience of watching traditional British sports. The Bullpen bros are rooting for the Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. During the 2023 season we’ll bring you a regular review to help you not just understand what’s happened but importantly help you understand the simple yet complex game. We’ll give you our Heroes, Villains, Highlights, Fantasy Baseball update and our Triple AAA, Ask About Anything to help us all learn. Plenty of laughs along the way and mascot Hamish the Highland Bull makes regular appearances!

Episodes

Wednesday Sep 06, 2023

Bullpen approaches PostSeason (but mostly end of Season)

Wednesday Sep 06, 2023

So it's early September and things are looking good for 1/4 of the Bullpen playing baseball in October. Or will it be 1/2 of us.....?

West Coast Richard on a high as Seattle are on a roll. Red Sox Dave realistic about Boston's chances of playing in October and Dave Junior and Alan, well they follow teams in the AL Central...

We get some World Series predictions, will Daz Cameron get a late call up to the Orioles as this season's form team perhaps could do with a few more homers?

And White Sox fan Dave makes a bold prediction about Shohei Ohtani's future in the Windy City! As we discuss the astonishing implications of his injury and not being traded in July.

So another packed episode from Scotland.
Enjoy, subscribe and share.

Follow The Highland Bullpen via your favourite podcast apps and on Twitter (@HBullpen) and other social media channels.

©Tartan Podcasts 2023

CREDITS
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Shards [Intro Version]
Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic
Video Link : https://youtu.be/1BnmlzuVOCU

Tuesday Aug 08, 2023

The July Transfer Window

Tuesday Aug 08, 2023

Yorkshire Dave and Highlander Alan look to make sense of the Baseball Deadline Day and start to understand why it's so different to Football's transfer windows and why they aren't all trying to improve this years results!

How you build a team seems a more structured process than we're used to but clearly not all our teams can get this right! It's appropriate the Bullpen boys discuss the Farm system but it's not one for Hamish... What is Free Agency all about?

As it's Boston v Detroit on the podcast it's appropriate that Alan is heading over to Fenway this week and hoping to defend an unusual Highland Bullpen record in Boston!

Plus No Hitters, the usual amazing Stats and football in Comerica Park highlighting the one time star of the Scottish Premiership who has now played in both games at Comerica....

Friday Jun 23, 2023

Highland Bullpen baseball podcast - MLB London Series special

Friday Jun 23, 2023

It's the highlight of the year for the Highland Bullpen bros - MLB London is just hours away!

Your baseball fans from across the pond are en route to London for the two-game series between the Chicago Cubs and the St Louis Cardinals.

Alan, Dave Junior, Richard and Yorkshire Dave make their predictions for the series and reveal who they will be cheering for.

Alan also leads off the episode to share his experience of the Tigers' recent slump and tries hard to find a silver lining. The Mariners' frustrating season has left Richard riled up while Boston's bottom-placing in the AL East has Yorkshire Dave longing for the opportunity to talk about Ted Williams ... and the current .400 hitter bidding to make history for the Marlins, Luis Arraez.

While Dave Junior is wondering what might have been for the White Sox.

Wednesday Jun 07, 2023

Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast MLB 2023 - Episode 4

Wednesday Jun 07, 2023

The Bullpen are back with Alan and the two Daves taking over their teams progress in the last couple of weeks.

The Tigers do their usual and move agonisingly close to 500, what will happen next? Injuries won’t help and how tough is their upcoming schedule. But they’re a team on a high.

The White Sox highlight is clearly the return of Liam Hendriks and Dave Junior talks it all through with the astonishing timeline of his diagnosis to the mound.

Young Dave also explains what an Opening pitcher is as opposed to a Starting pitcher and it meets with approval all round. Football six pointers and plays are discussed to explains Games Behind and that not all Play Off entries are desirable.

Yorkshire Dave uses the Memorial Day milestone to review the season to date and what we should expect for our teams going forward. Are the Tigers really our best bet for a play off place? How can that happen?

And when is an out not an out as the wise old owl of the team explains the odd situation he came across watching a ballgame recently.

Wednesday May 17, 2023

Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast MLB 2023 - Episode 3

Wednesday May 17, 2023

It's a big Highland Bullpen welcome back for Dave Junior! Our favourite Chicago White Sox fan returns and swings for the fences with some killer stats.

And it's a quality start to our latest episode with Yorkshire Dave explaining one of the more unusual pitching metrics in the game of baseball.

Host Rich is happy to see Bryce Miller make pitching history for his Mariners. Rich and Yorkshire Dave are also looking to see who comes out on top with their Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox locked at one game apiece in their series.

Highlander Alan isn't a fan of the decision by the Oakland A's owner to take the famous franchise to Las Vegas.

The Bullpen Bros also give their verdict on New York Yankees' Aaron Judge after the recent tipping controversy.

So another packed episode from Scotland.
Enjoy, subscribe and share.

Follow The Highland Bullpen via your favourite podcast apps and on Twitter (@HBullpen) and other social media channels.

©Tartan Podcasts 2023

CREDITS
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Shards [Intro Version]
Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic
Video Link : https://youtu.be/1BnmlzuVOCU

Wednesday May 03, 2023

Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast MLB 2023 Episode 2

Wednesday May 03, 2023

We're now 30 games into the 2023 Major League Baseball season and the boys in the Highland Bullpen have plenty to discuss.

Host Rich's bold claims that the Mariners can go deep into the post-season are not looking too hot - as Julio is yet to ignite and Robbie Ray is out for the year, not to mention that Seattle's finest keep coming up short in close games.

Highlander Alan talks us through the Detroit Tigers' opening to the season, as a tough start has the men from Michigan on course for another tough year. But at least the Tigers are in better shape than Dave Junior's Chicago White Sox, who have made a nightmare start to the 2023 season.

Elsewhere, Yorkshire Dave is hopeful that the underachieving Boston Red Sox can keep on the right side of .500 and he reviews his recent trip to Fenway, including Monster tickets and good times in the Bleachers Bar.

There's also quality chat about the upcoming London Series between the Chicago Cubs and the St Louis Cardinals, and a discussion on the new 'pizza box' bases!

So another packed episode from Scotland.
Enjoy, subscribe and share.

Follow The Highland Bullpen via your favourite podcast apps and on Twitter (@HBullpen) and other social media channels.

©Tartan Podcasts 2023

CREDITS
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Shards [Intro Version]
Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic
Video Link : https://youtu.be/1BnmlzuVOCU

Thursday Mar 30, 2023

Opening Day Special for MLB 2023

Thursday Mar 30, 2023

Major League Baseball is back on Opening Day 2023! And so is the Highland Bullpen - the baseball podcast from bonnie Scotland.

Host Rich takes a look back through the history books to find out if the omens are good for our favourite teams. Spoiler alert - not so much for the Bullpen bros who follow the Sox (any colour)!

Highlander Alan talks us through his Spring Training trip to Florida where he packed in tons of sporting action, as per usual. He also reveals his hopes for the Detroit Tigers as they embark on another AL Central campaign. Last year, Dave Junior's Chicago White Sox took the Bullpen bragging rights, but Al is hoping his Tigers can turn the tables in 2023.

Elsewhere, Yorkshire Dave is hopeful that the underachieving Boston Red Sox can get Fenway rocking after a lacklustre 2022. He's also looking forward to his own US trip.

And Rich makes a bold claim about the Seattle Mariners, backing his favourites to unseat the Astros and be World Series contenders.

There's also quality chat about the success of baseball players from Japan.

So another packed episode from Scotland.
Enjoy, subscribe and share.

Follow The Highland Bullpen via your favourite podcast apps and on Twitter (@HBullpen) and other social media channels.

©Tartan Podcasts 2022

CREDITS
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Shards [Intro Version]
Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic
Video Link : https://youtu.be/1BnmlzuVOCU

Saturday Nov 19, 2022

Rugby League World Cup 2021 in 2022!

Saturday Nov 19, 2022

The Bullpen Bros expand their sporting travels as the Rugby League World Cup visits the North east of England. Tickets were bought in 2020 for the 2021 event which we saw in 2022!

Dave Senior is a season ticket holder at Leeds Rhinos and entertained Alan over 4 days with some class action and sport (and alcohol...) with young dave joining us in Newcastle and Middlesbrough.

Rugby League is different from Rugby Union in several ways and we reckon a game our American friends would enjoy more and we are not biased.

Our games were New Zealand All Blacks v Ireland at Headingley, Scotland v Fiji at Kingston Park, Tinga V Cook Islands at the Riverside finishing with Papua New Guinea and Wales in Doncaster.

Rugby, travel, groundhopping, friendship and a few beers and other stuff (it was on offer...) along the way.

Friday Oct 07, 2022

Highland Bullpen 2022 post-season special - can Seattle Mariners keep dream alive and who will win World Series?

Friday Oct 07, 2022

After a roller-coaster regular MLB season, the Seattle Mariners are carrying the hopes of the Highland Bullpen in the post-season. Richard is celebrating the end of a 20-year postseason drought but can his boys beat the Toronto Blue Jays in the play-offs?

Yorkshire Dave reckons there are positives despite the Boston Red Sox' bruising season while Chicago White Sox fan Dave Junior sheds a tear or two as his first baseball hero bids farewell to the Windy City.

Detroit Tigers fan Alan is still on a high from his recent road trip to Seattle and admits he's rooting for Seattle's finest ahead of tonight's play-off opener.

Enjoy, subscribe and share.

Follow The Highland Bullpen via your favourite podcast apps and on Twitter (@HBullpen) and other social media channels.

CREDITS

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Shards [Intro Version]

Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

Video Link : https://youtu.be/1BnmlzuVOCU

Monday Aug 22, 2022

Bullpen bro does Seattle and what’s up with those Red Sox!