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
Friday Jul 02, 2021
Friday Jul 02, 2021
The Scottish baseball loving Bullpen Bros are back with their weekly round up in this one hour chat!
The fans of the Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners all the way over in Bonnie Scotland (and indeed Yorkshire) are here to give their unique and fresh insight on America's game from the eyes of British soccer fans.
Our weekly roundup sees delight as all our teams continue to do weel, both Sox looking good for the Play offs, the Mariners battling for a wild card spot plus the 2nd consecutive winning month for the Detroit Tigers.
Spider Tack rears its' head again but firstly in celebration as we recognise fellow Highlander, Tom Stoltman, becoming the World's Strongest Man. Thanks to the sticky substance which was developed for these athletic endeavours and not for more villainous use by Pitchers. Including one of our own who was ejected from a game.
The drop in form of our Fantasy team is arrested as we battle to a draw and give an extended run in the team to the Bullpen's favourite Daz Cameron. Which Tiger we replace him with this week as we fight to get back to a play off spot?
Our knowledge expands via AAA (Ask About Anything) as we discuss the All Star Game, Infield Fly Rule (compared to the Offside rule!) and in addition to discussing our Matching Sox statistics (plus young Archies horror at the actual colour of those teams socks) we review some more of the great stat facts that hot the world of baseball.
And having been back at the football for the Euros you get our predictions, one of which will be wrong by tomorrow morning! Plus Yorkshire Dave remains cautious about England's chances.
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
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
The Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast Series 2 Episode 18 MLB 2021 Week 11 Review
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
The Scottish baseball loving Bullpen Bros are back with their weekly round up in this one hour chat!
The fans of the Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners all the way over in Bonnie Scotland (and indeed Yorkshire) are here to give their unique and fresh insight on America's game from the eyes of British soccer fans.
Our regular weekly round up starts of with delight in the Highland Bullpen as our favourite player and honorary Scot, Daz Cameron, gets called back into the Tigers squad and tops it off with a clutch home run. A delight shared by all, not solely our resident Tigers fan.
Our love of all things Scottish is matched by our love of things statistical! And we discuss a couple of obscure statistical achievements by two our teams that help us love the game of baseball. We even acknowledge Scotland's Euro 2021 disappointing start in the football.
Which mother (or Madre) gets our hero of the week?
Yorkshire Dave delves into Quality Starts, Tough Losses and Cheap Wins. yes, they are official terms!
And Dave Jnr talks us through the All Star Game and vote and questions how we would set up a similar game in Scottish football. Clearly we had to edit out most of the chat here as we figure out the way forward! Red Sox fan Dave also gets his obligatory Ted Williams reference in.
And in our topic of the week we get onto Spider tack, comparisons and major differences with cricket and the use of balls, Cycle Doping, Golf equipment and this random chat ends up explaining the Highland Games. The world's only podcast that takes you from Baseball to Tossing the Caber!
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
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
The Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast Series 2 Episode 17 MLB 2021 Week 9 Review
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
The Scottish baseball loving Bullpen Bros are back with their weekly round up in this one hour chat!
The fans of the Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners all the way over in Bonnie Scotland (and indeed Yorkshire) are here to give their unique and fresh insight on America's game from the eyes of British soccer fans.
Big Highlights for the Bros this week as their four teams all swept over the weekend, although the chat does diverge into a weather forecast.
Heroes of the week include Seattle's Tom Murphy, Daz Cameron and Josh Donaldson, listen n to find out why.
And the lolligagging Yankee, Sanchez, gets a nomination as Villain of the week.
Social media review includes chat on the Mexican wave and Yorkshire Dave gives the insight on cricket screens and their relevance.
Another W for the Fantasy team but what will we do to face up to the League Leaders this week. Our secrets are traded here.
And before we finish with our next week round up we discuss our favourite baseball games scores. everyone has a favourite score, yes?
Cheers and enjoy the chat brought to you by Scotland's baseball podcast for fans around the world. #thescotsheardaroundtheworld (now including Iran!)
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
Friday May 28, 2021
Friday May 28, 2021
The Scottish baseball loving Bullpen Bros are back with their weekly round up in this one hour chat!
The fans of the Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners all the way over in Bonnie Scotland (and indeed Yorkshire) are here to give their unique and fresh insight on America's game from the eyes of British soccer fans.
The Bros are all in with the Scottish chat this week
- Wearing trousers in sport, brings us to Shinty!
- A Gaelic lesson for novices and some insights as to who is crooked.
- We rename our friend at Astros Baseball Rob to Rab, it's an honour!
Plus an Umpire gets the Hero of the week award whilst disappointment in the Bullpen sees the villain of the week award not travel far.
Honourable mention in heroes to Danny Santana for how manky (all in Scttish) his kit was after sliding into base and Rico recommends getting cleaner gear from our friends at Dugout Classics.
Defeat in the Fantasy League but we are talking and learning ERA v WHIP, Saves v Holds.
No hitters - good thing or bad thing? Do people really not want to see great pitching?
The Detroit Tigers rock on in the Al(an) Bullpen Division.
Cheers and enjoy the chat brought to you by Scotland's baseball podcast for fans around the world. #thescotsheardaroundtheworld (now including Iran!)
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
Sunday May 23, 2021
Sunday May 23, 2021
The Scottish baseball loving Bullpen Bros have a special episode catching up with Rob Fontenot of Astros Baseball podcast and learning more about baseball, the Astros and indeed Texas.
Rob is the co host of Astros Baseball podcast with his side kick Michelle.
It's a great listen for all fans of baseball, not just the Astros. We talk
- The Killer B’s and is there a 2021 version?
- Souvenir Beer Mugs in the garage.
- Which teams fans talk about the Astros the most? And the joys of twitter.
- Some sort of controversy around the Astros World Series win.
- Rob’s introduction to baseball and his heroes.
- Why we play soccer on “astro” turf.
- The best players in Houston baseball history.
- Ballpark collecting and Groundhopping.
- And we finish with our chance to ask Rob “fair or foul” questions. He got them right!
Give it a listen and pick up their Astros Baseball podcast from time to time.
Cheers and enjoy the chat brought to you by Scotland's baseball podcast for fans around the world. #thescotsheardaroundtheworld (looking to increase our numbers in the Great State of Texas!)
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
Thursday May 20, 2021
The Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast Season 2 Episode 14 MLB 2021 Week 7 Review
Thursday May 20, 2021
Thursday May 20, 2021
The Scottish baseball loving Bullpen Bros are back with their weekly round up and it's an action packed 52 minutes!
The fans of the Tigers, Red Sox, White Sox and Mariners all the way over in Bonnie Scotland (and indeed Yorkshire) are here to give their unique and fresh insight on America's game from the eyes of British soccer fans.
We interrupt the “old” lads having a chat about dealing with modern technology to start the podcast. It deserves a listen for these guys who average age over 50!
We pay tribute following the passing of Rennie Stennett of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Rennie is the only ball player to go 7 for 7.
Dave Snr talks through scoring a game at the start of the weekend, find out how that goes and get some tips!
Who makes the heroes of the week? And did our Red Sox fan follow through with his Yankee Villain nomination?
How did the Bullpen Bros do in week 6 of the Fantasy League? Are White Jox running away with the Highland Bullpen Division?
AAA Ask About Anything, Richard goes back to some essential rules written over 100 years ago!
As usual cricket, golf and football chat to help everyone understand more of the nuances of the great game of baseball.
Cheers and enjoy the chat brought to you by Scotland's baseball podcast for fans around the world. #thescotsheardaroundtheworld (now including Iran!)
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
Thursday May 13, 2021
The Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast Season 2 Episode 13 MLB 2021 Week 6 Review
Thursday May 13, 2021
Thursday May 13, 2021
The Scottish baseball loving Bullpen Bros are back with their weekly round up and give you what you need to know in the time of your 36 minute commute.
The fans of the Tigers, Red Sox, White Sox and Mariners all the way over in Bonnie Scotland (and indeed Yorkshire) are here to give their unique and fresh insight on America's game from the eyes of British soccer fans.
White Sox fan Dave sings the praises of the MLB in their approach to key events and people specifically how they promoted Mothers Day before nominating his own Manager as Villain of the week.
Of course his own management skills are demonstrated with his focus on the Bullpen Bros Fantasy league. But did the Bros continue their unbeaten streak in the UK Baseball Podcasters Fantasy League this week?
Excitement for Tigers fan as Alan as his team improve their recent weekly record 100% and current team legend Miggy Cabrera overtakes Babe Ruth in total hits.
Richard takes us to a listeners question in Triple AAA "ask about anything" on the Simple Rating System which leads to a great chat on MLB scheduling and how can the third best team be considered the best.
Dave Snr takes us to the world of Boston and even this wily veteran is learning and was delighted to learn about "Web Gems" this week!
Cheers and enjoy the chat brought to you by Scotland's baseball podcast for fans around the world. #thescotsheardaroundtheworld (now including Iran!)
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
Thursday May 06, 2021
The Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast Season 2 Episode 12 MLB Week 5 Review 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
In under an hour the Scottish baseball loving Bullpen Bros are back with their weekly round up.
The fans of the Tigers, Red Sox, White Sox and Mariners all the way over in Bonnie Scotland (and indeed Yorkshire) are here to give their unique and fresh insight on America's game from the eyes of British soccer fans.
There's an unfortunate entry for villain of the week (sorry Hamish, it's only a little bit folks) but the boys review Heroes and compare some of the heroics with similar situations in soccer.
What are their weekly highlights and how do they feel their own teams did in week 5 and will Tigers fan Alan have more than one win to review in Week 6?
What did the Bros learn about baseball this week? Our learning zone discusses a listeners question in Triple AAA "ask about anything".
Plus all the latest from our Fantasy Baseball action, where the Highland Bullpen continue to beat the odds with our team comprised only of Red Sox, White Sox, Tigers and Seattle Mariners. Unbeaten WDWW to be continued.
Cheers and enjoy the chat brought to you by Scotland's baseball podcast for fans around the world. #thescotsheardaroundtheworld
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
Friday Apr 30, 2021
The Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast Season 2 Episode 11 Week 4 MLB Review
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
In under an hour the Scottish baseball loving Bullpen Bros are back with their weekly round up.
The fans of the Tigers, Red Sox, White Sox and Mariners all the way over in Bonnie Scotland (and indeed Yorkshire) are here to give their unique and fresh insight on America's game from the eyes of British soccer fans.
Preferring to spend more time focusing on Heroes of the Week, (who makes the nominations?) the boys still find a nomination for Villain of the week too.
How do they feel their own teams did in week 4 and what will week 5 bring?
What did the Bros learn about baseball this week? There's always loads happening and plenty to find out.
Plus all the latest from our Fantasy Baseball action, where the Highland Bullpen continue to beat the odds with our team comprised only of Red Sox, White Sox, Tigers and Seattle Mariners continuing their unbeaten start to the season, WDW to be continued.
In Triple AAA "Ask About Anything" listeners give us their questions. And we invite listeners to give us their views on whether a power shift will happen in NYC baseball given the recent ownership changes in the Mets? Host Richard reluctantly compares it to the current changes in Scottish football.
News on a change to our quizzing which will now be a Twitter picture feature!
Cheers and enjoy the chat brought to you by Scotland's baseball podcast for fans around the world. #thescotsheardaroundtheworld
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
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
The Bullpen bros pull no punches when discussed the controversial plans for a European football (soccer) Super League!
Europe's biggest and richest clubs were forced to shelve their plan this time but Alan, Yorkshire Dave and Dave Junior reckon Juventus, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Liverpool are unlikely to abandon plans to grab a greater share of football's billions.
And the Bros call out some of the hypocrisy flying around among pundits and broadcasters who have suddenly discovered that greed and money is increasingly controlling the people's game.
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