Welcome to Season 5 of Women's Baseball the Inside Pitch, “Firsts”, where a host of trailblazing players from around the world share their stories about how and when they became the first woman to…….   In Episode 4, I chat with Laura Hirai from London, England!   Laura has etched her name into the history books as the first women to play baseball for the Great Britain U16/U18 (boys) National teams, the first woman to represent both the Great Britain women's baseball and softball teams, the first ball girl for the New York Yankees, yes the Yankees, at the UK Series in London... a ..read more

Welcome to Season 5 of Women's Baseball the Inside Pitch, “Firsts”   Join me as a host of trailblazing players from around the world share their stories about how and when they became the first woman to…….   In Episode 2, I chat with 17yo Isobel Lambert from New South Wales who in 2023 became the first Australian woman to play at a Senior League World Series.   In 2024, Isobel was also a coach of the NSW team which became the inaugural champions of the Australian Little League Girls National Championships - the world's first national title for girls!  ..read more

Welcome to Season 5 of Women's Baseball the Inside Pitch, “Firsts”   Join me as a host of trailblazing players from around the world share their stories about how and when they became the first woman to…….     ..read more

Stacey Saggus - 2012 - One World Cup Wonders For the fifth episode of this series, we hear the story of NSW's Stacey Saggus who made her Nationals debut at the age of 15 at the 2003 Australian Women's Championship where she won gold!  Stacey shares with us her journey in baseball in NSW and her progression to the 2012 Australian Team at the World Cup in Canada.  #womeninsport #womensbaseball #womensbaseball    ..read more

Part 2 - Kathy Welsh - 2010 - One World Cup Wonders For the fourth episode of this series, we hear the story of Victoria's Kathy Welsh who took up the sport in her early 20s, before making her Nationals debut at the 2005 Australian Women's Championship with Victoria Provincial, before graduating to the Victorian team where she was part of Victoria's three-peat in 2007-08-09.  Kathy shares with us the impact the Doncaster Baseball Club had on her career, in addition to her time in the Czech Republic, and her progression into the 2010 Australian Team where she won silver at the World Cup i ..read more

Part 1 - Kathy Welsh - 2010 - One World Cup Wonders For the fourth episode of this series, we hear the story of Victoria's Kathy Welsh who took up the sport in her early 20s, before making her Nationals debut at the 2005 Australian Women's Championship with Victoria Provincial, before graduating to the Victorian team where she was part of Victoria's three-peat in 2007-08-09.  Kathy shares with us the impact the Doncaster Baseball Club had on her career, in addition to her time in the Czech Republic, and her progression into the 2010 Australian Team where she won silver at the World Cup i ..read more

Ep3 - ‘One Cup Wonders’ - Bec Crosby (2008) For the third episode of this series, sit back and travel to 2008, and to Matsuyama in Japan, for the third IBAF World Cup and a chat with WA's Bec Crosby. Making her Nationals debut in 2006 as a 15yo, Bec was part of WA's stunning 2010 and 2012 nationals winning outfits, before making her Team Australia debut at the 2008 World Cup in Japan.   #womeninsport #womensbaseball #womensbaseball    ..read more

For the second episode in the 'Oe Cup Wonders' Series, we go back to 2006 and to Taiwan for the second IBAF World Cup, for a chat with Victoria's Terina Stokes. Hailing from New Zealand, from making her baseball debut in a pair of trackies in the mid 90s, Terina's baseball career took her to the inaugural Victorian (1999) and Australian (2001) teams. And after becoming a mother of two, she made her World Cup debut at the age 37! #womeninsport #womensbaseball #womeninsbaseball ..read more

2023 will see the return of the WBSC women’s baseball world cup for the first time since 2018, so to coincide with this, this season will focus on each of the eight World Cups held since 2004 …….. but with a twist!  A little background before we dive in. Less than 70 Australian women have donned the green and gold for Australia at a World Cup.  I was privileged and honoured to represent Australia at the first six World Cups between 2004 and 2014 and it got me thinking about all the great team mates I had, many of which played one World Cup.  Sometimes I hear people say “I only ..read more

? New Episode Alert ? Jason Pospishil - Team Australia Baseball Emeralds Manager.   From how Jason started playing baseball in Sydney, his move into coaching and across to the Emeralds, his coaching philosophies and of course the shaping of the Australian Squad for the 2023 WBSC World Cup, this episode sure has a lot packed into an hour!   Enjoy!   ? iTunes https://apple.co/39RLF6T ? Spotify https://spoti.fi/3u2DTOc ? Podbean https://bit.ly/39Suemx   #WomenInBaseball #WomenInSport #SportPodcasts ..read more