An episode that features pets! Between Carrlyn's dogs making a surprise appearance and Shannon's cat making her first cameo on the pod, it was a show full of our favorite fur friends. When the attention wasn't on them, which was shockingly a lot of the time, the girls talked about getting into Twitch during the pandemic, their shared admiration of Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout, what the future of intersecting sports and video games could look like and of course, MLB's Creators Cup.    Follow Carrlyn on Twitter: @CarrlynBathe Follow her on Instagram: @carrlynbathe Follow Shannon on Ins ..read more

Sonja Chen is a reporter and producer for MLB.com based in the Bay Area. She mostly covers the visiting teams, and most recently covered the spectacle that was the Astros getting swept by the Oakland A's.  This weeks episode covered everything under the sun- how trading Shohei Ohtani for Juan Soto would be the fairest trades of them all, why the A's have such fast rebuilds and of course, the debate about whether the Angels are some complex performance art piece that no one is aware of. Afterall, there's striking similarities between them and the famous Taylor Swift/Tom Hiddleson shirt dra ..read more

Jean Fruth is on this week. It was a long time coming and worth the wait. The girls chatted about everything under the sun- what to eat at Citi Field, the Midwest Baseball scene, and of course,  her ever expansive career that spans from working with La Vida Baseball, the Baseball Hall of Fame, and of course, Grassroots Baseball. Learn more about Grassroots Baseball: https://www.grassrootsbaseball.org/ Buy her Grassroots Baseball books here: https://www.grassrootsbaseball.org/store La Vida Baseball: https://www.lavidabaseball.com/ Follow Jean on Instagram: @jeanfruthimages   ..read more

This weeks episode features Jennifer Mercedes, a producer and host at La Vida baseball and the founder of Chica Deportes. We spoke about why its important for players to have reporters who have similar backgrounds as them, success and of course, Chica Deportes.   Jennifer's Twitter: @chica_deportes Jennifers Instagram: @lachicadeportes La Vida Baseball's Twitter: @lavidabaseball La Vida Baseball's Instagram: @lavidabaseball   Bat'HER Up's Instagram: @batherup_pod   ..read more

Julia Kreuz makes a ton of podcast appearances, so its super lovely that she made the time for Shannon. When she's not on pods, she writes for MLB.com. She recently covered for Bryan Hoch on the Yankees beat, has an adorable dog that we somehow did not talk about and a very charming friendship with fellow baseball writer Keegan Matheson.  Follow her on Twitter: @juliackreuz Read the piece on Gabriel Moreno: https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/gabriel-moreno-journey-from-venezuela-to-top-prospect The elusive Substack: https://batherup.substack.com/ Follow the pod on Instagram: @batherup_pod ..read more

Kelsie Heneghan does social media and features for Minor League Baseball and MLB Pipeline. In this weeks episode, Bat'HER Up's first in a hot minute, we talked about the upcoming draft, what some players from prior draft classes are up to now, what makes captivating picks and of course, how on earth she manages the Minor League and MLB Pipeline social channels.  Follow Kelsie on Twitter: @kelsie_heneghan Follow Bat'HER Up on Instagram: @batherup_pod Subscribe to the Substack: batherup.substack.com   ..read more

Caitlin an ambassador for Major League Baseball, which basically means she makes baseball Tik Toks and then gets to do insanely fun baseball activities like take batting practice at Wrigley. We touched on that, whether she goes for the big can of Bud Light or the smaller can of fancy schmancy IPA at games, why it's so easy to poke fun at the Oriole's and how on earth she landed in the ambassador program to begin with.  Follow Caitlin on Instagram: @caitlin_hendricks Follow her on TIk Tok: @caitlin_hendricks Caitlin's website: www.caitlinhendricks.com Follow Bat'HER Up on Instagram: @bathe ..read more

Toni Nocita owns Impact Sports Marketing- a sports agency centered around sports philanthropy.    You can find learn more about it here: https://www.impactsportsmarketing.com/our-story ..read more

Veronica Alvarez is a spring training catching instructor for the Oakland A's. She manages the USA Baseball Women's National Team and she quoted Shannon's forever fave Taylor Swift without any prompting what so ever.  Check out the Women's National Team: https://www.usabaseball.com/events/girls-baseball-development/about Follow them on Twitter: @USABaseballWNT Follow Veronica on Instagram: @veronicaoalvarez   ..read more

Ariel Epstein shares how she landed into the world of sports betting, the invisible line in the Yankees clubhouse and what on earth a prop is.  Follow Ariel on Twitter: @ArielEpstein  Ariel's Yahoo page:  https://www.yahoo.com/author/ariel-epstein/ Follow Chelsa Messinger on Twitter: @chelsamessignger Follow Kelly in Vegas on Twitter: @Kellyinvegas Follow Bat'HER Up on Instagram- @batherup_pod ..read more