Women's Baseball - The Inside Pitch
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Join Amy McCann, Team Australia alumni (2002-2014) and 6-time WBSC World Cup representative, for a trip around the bases with some of women's baseball's elite players and coaches, in addition to a host of trailblazing women making their way in baseball all across the world.
Learn what got them into baseball, how and where they developed their passion for the game, about their..
Women's Baseball - The Inside Pitch
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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.
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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
Women's Baseball - The Inside Pitch
6M ago
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
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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
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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!
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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
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? 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
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In 1999 in the western suburbs of Melbourne, 20 of the best women’s baseball players in Victoria would step onto the artificial turf at Melbourne Ballpark in Altona which would begin a legacy that remains unrivalled in the sport in Australia today.
The event - the inaugural Australian Women's Championships.
The team - the Victorian Women's Team.
The coach - Grant Weir.
Weir’s squad reigned supreme with an unbeaten run across the first three Australian Championships held from 1999-2001 in Melbourne and Sydney’s Blacktown Olympic Park.
So how did it all begin?
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#AWBC2022 A recap of the final day's WA v NSW game, plus Christina Kreppold, Erin Fox, Laura Neads, Shae Lillywhite and Amy McCann remember Jacinda Barclay & preview the gold medal game.  ..read more
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#AWBC2022 The first sisters to play for Australia in a World Cup together, Kim and Tammy McMillan join the show to recap the clash of QLD v NSW. WATCH the episode here https://youtu.be/-E1aEw9guH8 Kim (2008-2018) and Tammy (2016-2018) are both Country NSW alumni, but the pair later moved to play for NSW and QLD respectively. Hannah Marshall and Jordan Richardson drop in live from Adelaide to recap their games! ------------------------------------------------------ Women's Baseball the Inside Pitch will be coming at you with daily video podcasts during t ..read more