Irish Baseball Podcast

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We’re talking about all things baseball and Ireland! The Irish Baseball Podcast is a production of the Irish American Baseball Society.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Tara McCarthy, Professor and Author of “Respectability and Reform” I Episode 138

    Tara McCarthy has done a lot of research on Irish American and Irish immigrant women in the 1880s-1920s and the impact they had on Irish Nationalism, labor activism, and women's suffrage.  She is on this week's episode to discuss that impact.

    36 min

  2. 6 APR

    Dr. Lawrence Knorr, Author of a Biography on "Gettysburg Eddie" Plank I Episode 137

    "Gettysburg Eddie" Plank is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and was one of the stars of baseball in the early years of the 20th Century.  While Plank was respected in his day, his legacy hasn't lasted for casual fans as much as some of his contemporaries.  Dr. Lawrence Knorr decided to try and change that by writing a biography of the lefty.

    36 min

  3. 24 MAR

    Ben Anderson: Author of the McGunnegal Chronicles I Episode 136

    Ben Anderson takes real aspects of Irish, Scottish, and Norse folklore and uses them for his series of fantasy books.  The McGunnegal Chronicles started as a way to share his Irish heritage with his children, but the stories have turned into a number of books using actual culture to tell fictional stories.

    32 min

  4. 10 MAR

    Paul Zwirecki, External Relations Officer at SABR I Episode 135

    Paul Zwirecki is the external relations officer for SABR.  He will join host Rick Becker to talk about analytics, history, and so much more.

    36 min

  5. 24 FEB

    Scott Crawford of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame I Episode 134

    Scott Crawford of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame is returning to the Irish Baseball Podcast to talk about the Blue Jays run to the World Series, the recent Netflix documentary about the Expos, and the excitement in Canada for the upcoming World Baseball Classic.

    37 min

  6. 10 FEB

    College Baseball Coach Dirk Baker Talks About His Upcoming Book on Kid Gleason I Episode 133

    Dirk Baker has written a book about Kid Gleason.  Most famous for his time as the manager of the 1919 Chicago White Sox who threw the World Series, Gleason had an illustrious career as a player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball.  Baker wants to share the whole story of the second-generation Irish American.

    35 min

  7. 27 JAN

    Pat Kinney, oral historian for the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum in Waterloo, Iowa I Episode 132

    All five of the Sullivan brothers from Waterloo, Iowa were lost when their ship was blown up in the Pacific Theater of World War II.  The town of Waterloo still does a lot to preserve their legacy.  Pat Kinny, oral historian for the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veteran Museum in Waterloo will be Rick Becker's guest on the Irish Baseball Podcast today to talk about the brothers.

    33 min

  8. 13 JAN

    Sammie Samuels of the Irish American Museum in Baltimore, MD I Episode 131

    Sammie Samuels will be celebrating a different piece of Irish American history every month this year at the Irish American Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.  2026 is the 250th anniversary of the United States.  Many of our podcast episodes this year will be focused on the Irish immigrant and Irish American impact on the country in that time.

    38 min
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We’re talking about all things baseball and Ireland! The Irish Baseball Podcast is a production of the Irish American Baseball Society.

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  • Creator
    irishbaseball
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
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    Irish Baseball Podcast