We’re into the final few games of the regular season and three of our four teams are competing for the play off spots. Although Detroit Tiger Alan isn’t so sure about the competing aspect as the early season form of the roaring Tigers is turning into a wimper. Richard’s Mariners are sailing up fast towards the Tigers and if they can secure the Division could push a Division winning Tigers into a Wild Card game. And as always Yorkshire Dave’s Red Sox are hanging around in the last few weeks and looking to make a push. With some big games against the Tigers to close the season. White Sox Dave might not have a personal interest in this year’s Play Offs but provides great and impartial insights as to what is and might happen.

A ”heatwave” hits Scotland (yes, temperatures in the 70s!) are our teams and pitchers bringing the heat to the ballpark? The Tigers still lead their Division but is Alan feeling a different sort of heat? Yorkshire Dave sees the temperature rising for his Boston Red Sox and also updates us on his adventures in Czechia and some baseball watching there too. Richard wonders if the Mariners are sailing towards the play offs. And dave Junior expresses his optimism that the recently cold White Sox are starting to burn a little bit!

We’re all in this together as all four Bullpen Bros manage to catch up and discuss how the season is going, both individually and collectively. Although Highlander Alan perhaps only arrived with his Detroit Tigers sitting atop of the Bullpen standings. Dave Junior discusses how the White Sox are now matching his expectations whilst Rich’s Mariners and Yorkshire Dave’s Red Sox perhaps have the juries out so far. We recognise the importance of Jackie Robinson Day and discuss how it unifies the sport of Baseball and whether other sports could achieve this? Thanks for listening.

Rich, Dave Junior and Alan catch up discuss what the start of the season holds for the Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers. A mix of hope, excitement and the odd bit of Scottish realism and pessimism. We also give you our predictions for the whole of the season and let’s see who is correct! Alan quickly catches up with Yorkshire Dave to get his similar thoughts on the Boston Red Sox. Are we really getting three Bullpen teams into the Play Offs....

Welcome back to the latest Bullpen Bros chat as ”the Two Daves” join up with Alan to discuss what’ll be coming up in 2025 for the Boston Red Sox - and Yorkshire Dave talks through their Trades and Prospects for the year ahead with air of confidence Dave Junior prefers to focus on what actually is Spring Training for our audience than focussing too much on how last seasons Record Breaking Chicago White Sox will do And Highland Alan approaches the season with the trepidation of can the ”Detroit Tigers actually repeat their amazing 2024 run and get back to the Play Offs?” Marquee Signings, Top Prospects, Pitching Rotations, Who is making the 40 man roster. For the players and fans alike it’s a point in the year when we all (almost) have some form of hope and aspiration. Listen now.

Dave Jnr injures himself on the way to the gym, Rico is out keeping society functioning it’s the old guard of Yorkshire Dave and Highland Alan joining Hamish on the podcast this week. And his injury was nothing to do with the Chicago White Sox losing streak but he will be fit enough to return to Guaranteed Rate Field later this month to help the Sox! We chat through the wonderful inconsistencies of results in this sport, how rare these streaks are, but how can the Tigers blow so hot and cold. We just don’t understand it. And our regular update of the Red Sox play off push and what’s hot in Boston!

The woes of the Bullpen teams expand as we include a faltering Mariners in our round up of doom. Will the Trade deadline looming add some inspiration to the Seattle line up? Will the Tigers keep their stars for us to see in just under a months time and will the White Sox have players left for us to cheer on? But the Red Sox are trading up and keeping Alex Cora as Yorkshire Dave brings the good news! So it was appropriate to discuss Errors in here and should we be measuring our football stars in the same way? The Bullpen try to fathom that all out. And with less than a month to go to our Chicago trip watching the AL Central’s ”finest”we need your input as to where and what to drink at Guaranteed Rate Field and beyond in Chicago. Hit us up with your cultural advice too!

Are the White Sox really now better than the Tigers? Who can stop our play off chasing duo of the Mariners and Red Sox? Dave gives a great scoring account of the London Series and some of it sounds just like a Champions League night! Some great plays and fan experiences recounted reminding us that sport and its’ emotions are universal.  Alan recounts his visit to the famed Durham Bulls. Pitching challenges in the MiLB, Negro Leagues Appreciation Night, Who’s aiming for our Bull friend? And he’s still waiting on a Grand Slam! We finish with discussing phrases you’ll hear in football but not baseball and some light hearted chat about potential similarities. Join us for another insightful and entertaining episode of the Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast!

A trio of Bullpen Bros as Rich spends too much celebrating the fact only his Mariners boast a winning record within the Bullpen. White Sox fan Dave Jnr is relieved that his Chicago team MLB scpreline only shows the last 10 games and currently isn’t changing. Alan tells us that the Tigers once again hit 500, will they stay there? And Red Sox fan, Yorkshire Dave, chats to us about Bunts and Brawls and completes the alliteration bringing the Brewers into it. We’re heading off in different directions shortly to watch both the London Series with the Phillies and the Mets and we’ll see the Durham Bulls too host the Charlotte Knights who might have some good news for the White Sox coming up! The Trade Deadline looms and we try to figure out the team’s strategies here as question marks over teams who should be contending will potentially trade their star players. As soccer fans we make it make sense! And there is a trophy in the clubhouse as Dave Jnr brings home the Football Quiz Cup as the Bros enjoy a night out and support children with cancer. Join us for another insightful and entertaining episode of the Highland Bullpen Baseball Podcast!

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.

The Super Bowl is done and we can focus on proper sport now as the MLB season is around the corner. The boys get together to discuss win projections for our teams in 2024. Are we really all sufficiently pessimistic about the year ahead. And importantly Yorkshire Dave is here to rate the various Brown Bars we sampled on our most recent Dutch trip. Oh and a bit of chat about the groundhopping and the games!

The Boys from the Bullpen return for 2024 although sadly our Chief, Richard, is waylaid by work commitments.  Not to worry we are on our way back to the Netherlands very shortly for our annual football extravaganza. So importantly Yorkshire Dave is here to tell us about our trip schedule and of course which pubs and brown bars we will visit on the trip. Yes, he has a book to help these important decisions. Highlander Alan chimes in with the smaller detail of the trip that will see us watch Top Oss, Nijmegen and Vitesse Arnhem. In addition to some important town facts we also remark on a poignant part of the trip where we will pay respect to a Highland League footballer killed in the Battle at Arnhem. Keeping us up to date on the baseball front Young Dave talks us through the draft lottery, what, why and how. A recent addition to the MLB world and one that produced a quite surprising result in the recent lottery.

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.

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....

It’s the highlight of the year for the Highland Bullpen baseball 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.