The Highland Bullpen Baseball and Sports Podcast Highland Bullpen

ore the differences and similarities between baseball and football playoffs. We discuss the drama of relegation and promotion in football and its hypothetical impact on MLB.

Innovative Ideas: What if MLB had a cup competition? We brainstorm exciting concepts like shorter games, showcasing AAA players, and even awarding draft picks to the winners.

Listener Engagement: We’re calling out to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred with our innovative ideas, ready to transform America’s pastime for the better.

Join us for another insightful and entertaining episode of the Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast!

London Series approaches and they are playing it in a football stadium!

What’s the differences between football (sorry soccer...) stadiums and baseball ballparks. 200 years of being in football stadiums we give our take after getting around 20 ballparks between us.

Old versus new ballparks differences, differences in catering (the merits of hot dogs versus Scotch pies), differences in getting in to the game. 

And what makes the fan experience different. Plus Dave Junior tells us how Scottish football should move forward in allowing alcohol in the ground.

A massive reveal from the Bullpen on an exciting Summer 2024 plan!

Catch up the form of the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox.

And then we chat about pitching a complete game and why we don’t see it so often now.

Welcome to a new episode of the Highland Bullpen baseball podcast from Scotland. We discuss how the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, and Seattle Mariners have performed over the first weeks of MLB 2024. 

Our review starts with the Boston Red Sox, taking an in-depth look into their current performance and the challenges posed by mounting injuries. We also examine the Seattle Mariners’ worrying start, the White Sox’ early troubles and finally, the Detroit Tigers’ positive start to the season.

Step up to the plate with The Highland Bullpen’s MLB 2024 Opening Day Special. The Bullpen bros - Alan, Yorkshire Dave, Richard and Dave Junior - share their predictions, heartfelt fandom, and add a distinctive Scottish twist to the Spring spectacle of Opening Day.

The Bullpen Bros have a special guest tonight in Kevin Doig, a former professional footballer in Scotland (playing for Kilmarnock and Queen of the South) Kevin joins us to talk about life on the West Coast and how he’s built his passion for baseball.

It’s allowed him to travel the USA seeing different ballparks, learning about the game and generally enjoying the lifestyle. Kevin lives in Tacoma and talks Rainiers and of course the Seattle Mariners.

His views on his baseball bucket list item, cities he would and wouldn’t have at the top of his visit list are of course of interest to our Bros covering Boston, Chicago and Detroit.

And he spills the beans on not actually catching that Ty France home run ball he has!

Spring Training is here and so are the Bullpen Bros! 

Dave Junior catches up with us to lament on where the White Sox are and remind us of the excitement fans had only a couple of years ago. What has happened?

Dave Snr chats through the Red Sox and what’s going on with their finances, can Mr Henry direct more of his money towards his original baseball investment?

Rich highlights there are only two games of interest to the Bullpen on Opening Day (and that we are guaranteed two Bullpen wins on Day 1...). What does he think is the secret to the Mariners getting back to the play offs?

And Alan tells us a bit about Spring Training and hopes for a Detroit sporting Dynasty led by the Lions recent achievements.