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 May 17, 2023
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.
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©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
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.
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©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
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
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
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.
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©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
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
The Bullpen Bros are back and one of them has been our man in Seattle, after taking in four Mariners game during his recent trip to the USA (spoiler alert, it's NOT who you think!). He shares his thoughts on the Mariners and whether or not they will achieve their play-off dream, plus his take on the charms of the city of Seattle.
Yorkshire Dave meanwhile isn't quite ready to give up on the Red Sox for the season, despite the troubles at Fenway.
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
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
The Bullpen Bros are back and loving the stats! Red Sox fan Dave recounts a previous episode (season 2 episode 17) where we discussed our favourite scores and common scores. His was 6-5, only happens once in every 33 games but it’s been a lot more this season for the Sox. Alan chimes in with a not unsurprising remark on his favourite score vis a vis how the Tigers are doing.
The White Sox meander along unsuccessfully to young Dave’s continued frustration after a couple of promising season, but why does he still hold out hope? You can listen in. He also spouts forth on his love of pitching and how his appreciation has changed by his regular late night TV watching.
The All Star Game is coming up and an interesting feature of the picks from Richard’s all conquering (well just now) Mariners plus we chat about the Commissioners Picks.
Minor League mentions for Ripken at Durham Bulls, who is he? And why are another North Carolina team, Burlington Sock Puppets represented over in 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
Friday Jun 24, 2022
Friday Jun 24, 2022
The Bullpen Bros are back for another week of chat. Alan reveals the standings in the Division just involving our four teams, which explains Richard's absence from the chat as his Mariners are down with the Tigers. But who of Red or White Sox currently tops the table?
We chat about what yo'd do with a Home Run baseball after some surprising negotiations involving the Astros and a 16 year old lad.
Optimism remains that the two versions of the Sox will make the play offs.
The importance of Run Differential, aka goal difference.
And in covering other sports we touch on all things Yorkshire with test cricket, US Open golf and of the course the Leeds Rhinos.
Did we also mention our very first mention of the Sugar Land Space Cowboys?
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
We're now into the heart of the 2022 MLB season and the baseball action has been hotting up. Apologies for the delay with this episode due to technical issues, but it is definitely worth the wait.
The Bullpen bros pay tribute to Field of Dreams hero and Hollywood star Ray Liotta.
Alan and Dave Junior reflect on their magical trip to Seville to see their soccer heroes Rangers come agonisingly close to glory in the 2022 Europa League Final.
While Yorkshire Dave leads the round-up of the latest action in MLB.
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 Apr 30, 2022
Saturday Apr 30, 2022
How is your season going? The Bullpen Bros get together to discuss the early start for each of their teams
Richard makes sure everyone knows the Mariners re doing the best.
Young Dave is disappointed in how the White Sox have gone on a poor run.
Tigers fan Alan only wants to talk about Miggy.
Yorkshire Dave is the voice of reason with the Red Sox.
And we slag of the damn Yankees a couple of times.
Enjoy, subscribe and share.
Follow The Highland Bullpen via your favourite podcast apps and on Twitter (@HBullpen) and other social media channels.
©Tartan Podcasts 2021
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