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Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch

WomensBaseballInsidePitch

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 challenges and motivations, and what drives them each day.

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01:40:02

S02 E07 - Tanith Harley - History Of Australian...

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2022/04/08

In an epic episode, I chat with Australian baseball history enthusiast Tanith Harley who takes us through the origins of baseball in Australia for girls and women which date back to 1909! In the second half of the episode, we bring to you a full rundown of the 1934 All-Australian Women's Baseball Interstate Series held at the University of Sydney including an in-depth discussion on the teams, players, uniforms, equipment and a game-by-game recap! Head to our socials for photos! Facebook

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01:27:36

S02 E06 - Karina Connors (nee Sexton) - Australia

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2022/03/24

Karina Connors My guest today is Karina Connors, or Sexo, cos when I met her she was Karina Sexton so that is what so many of us still call her. A born and bred Lismorian (Lismore is on the far north coast of New South Wales just 100km south of the NSW/QLD border), Karina first picked up a tee-ball bat in the 80s before then taking up softball. Once she switched to baseball as a teenager, Karina begin building one enviable resume which leaves her as the only far north coast baseballer to have been

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S02 E05 - Janine Thompson - Umpire - Australia -...

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2022/03/07

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness against gender bias, and take action for equality. The theme for 2022 International Women's Day (IWD) is #BreakTheBias. In baseball, many women have had to break bias at some point in their baseball journey, whether it has been as a player, an umpire, coach, scorer, in the media or management positions. On 2022 International Women's Day, I have chosen to feature and celebrate three women in

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S02 E04 - Abbey McLellan - Player - Australia -...

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2022/03/07

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness against gender bias, and take action for equality. The theme for 2022 International Women's Day (IWD) is #BreakTheBias. In baseball, many women have had to break bias at some point in their baseball journey, whether it has been as a player, an umpire, coach, scorer, in the media or management positions. On 2022 International Women's Day, I have chosen to feature and celebrate three women in

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S02 E03 - Jennie Moloney - Scorer - Australia - 2022...

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2022/03/07

2022 International Women’s Day: International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness against gender bias, and take action for equality. The theme for 2022 International Women's Day (IWD) is #BreakTheBias. In baseball, many women have had to break bias at some point in their baseball journey, whether it has been as a player, an umpire, coach, scorer, in the media or management positions. On 2022 International Women's Day, I have chosen to feature

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01:20:17

S02 E02 - Tahnee Lovering - Australia

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2022/02/03

S02 E02 - Tahnee Lovering - Australia When you’ve spent 18 years at the highest level of any sport, one thing is clear, you must be one of the very best in the game. And Sydney’s Tahnee Lovering is just that. Tahnee was hooked on baseball from the age of 6 and instantly fell in love with catching. Selected to make her National Championships debut with New South Wales at 16 as a bullpen catcher, in a cinderella story, just six months later, Tahnee found herself in the green and gold of

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S02 E01 - Genevieve Beacom - Australia

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2022/01/20

17-year-old Australian Genevieve Beacom made history in January 2022 as the first female pitcher for an Australian professional baseball team. Gen took to the mound in the sixth inning for the Melbourne Aces in the team's Melbourne Challenge Series game against the Adelaide Giants. She pitched a scoreless inning without giving up a hit at Melbourne Ballpark. It wasn't the first time however that Gen has become the first girl or woman to break a new barrier or set a new milestone in baseball with

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S01 E09 - Loes Asmus (NED)

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2021/09/27

#WomensBaseballInsidePitch Up next on The Inside Pitch, I head to Europe, Rotterdam in The Netherlands to be specific, to chat with five-time World Cup veteran Loes Asmus. Loes chats about her start in baseball at seven years of age, before a switch her sport of choice to softball as there were no opportunities in the Netherlands for girls to keep playing baseball as a teenager. Loes was part of the inaugural Dutch National Team in 2010, and her journey has included five World Cups, the first

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01:00:02

S01 E08 - Kate Psota (CAN)

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2021/08/17

2021 signifies the twentieth anniversary of the inaugural Women's World Series held in July of 2001. The World Series, which was won by the USA and featured games at the Toronto SkyDome, was the precursor of the Women's World Cup as we know it today. The first episode in a special three-part series on the World Series featured Donna Mills of the USA, with episode two featuring Canada’s Kate Psota. At just 15 years of age, Kate was one of the youngest at the World Series, and credits the experience

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01:14:42

S01 E07 - Donna Mills (USA)

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2021/07/27

#WomensBaseballInsidePitch In celebration of the 2021 Women In Baseball Week which runs July 25-31, and in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the inaugural Women's World Series held in July 2001, we bring to you a special three-part mini-podcast series! The theme of Women In Baseball Week in 2021 is 'Breaking Barriers: Women in Baseball Around the World' and the 2001 Women's World Series did just that! In 2000, American Jim Glennie made a call to Japanese, Canadian and Australian baseball

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01:09:42

S01 E06 - Chelsea Forkin (AUS)

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2021/07/06

For Episode 6, we travelled to Ota City, Gunma prefecture, about 80 kilometres outside of Tokyo, to chat with Chelsea Forkin! From her start as the 2003 Baseball.com.au Women's Nationals batgirl to the 2004 World Cup Baseball All-World Team, onto numerous World Championships with Softball Australia and a USA Pro Softball career, before returning to the Team Australia Baseball in 2016, Chelsea's resume with either bat and ball is one to be envied. And on July 1, she was named to the

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S01 E05 - Risa Nakashima (JPN)

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2021/06/16

#WomensBaseballInsidePitch Episode 5 has dropped! After travelling from Australia to the USA, over to the UK, back across to Canada, this week we are off to the land of the rising sun - Japan! We chat with five-time World Cup rep Risa Nakashima who started her Team Japan playing career in 2002 before going on to win four world titles between 2008 and 2014. Moving into the coaching ranks, Risa was an assistant coach for Team Japan in 2016 and Team Australia in 2018. For the 2020/21 World Cup (fingers

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01:19:14

S01 E04 - Daphnee Gelinas (CAN)

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2021/06/01

#WomensBaseballInsidePitch Episode 4 - Bonjour fans! Bienvenue to episode four of Women's Baseball, The Inside Pitch which features Canadian National Women’s Team member Daphnee Gelinas. 24yo Daphnee, who hails from Canada's mostly French-speaking Québec province, talks with us about how she got started in the sport in Canada (teaser - she is actually a leftie who decided to switch so she could catch!), juggling training in sub-zero degree temperatures, her rise through the ranks of the national

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S01 E03 - Amanda ‘Doris‘ Hocking (UK)

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2021/05/18

For episode three of women’s baseball the inside pitch, we travel to Cornwall, a town located on England’s most southwestern tip to catch up with Amanda, Doris, Hocking. It was pretty obvious to most who knew her that Amanda was destined to make a difference in the world of baseball. After getting her first baseball ball and glove at age 7, she took it to school and convinced them to switch from rounders to baseball. And from little things, big things grow. Over the last few years, Amanda founded

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01:19:08

S01 E02 - Veronica Alvarez (USA)

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2021/05/04

My next guest for episode two needs no introduction, mainly because to do so would take longer than the podcast interview! But I wanted to provide a snapshot of what is fast becoming of the most impressive baseball resumes going around, and it is not even close to being complete. To summarise, as a player she was a collegiate softball player with Villanova, a 4 time World Cup representative for USA Baseball Women’s National Team & won two medals. As a coach, she took over the Head Coach role of the

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S01 E01 - Laura Neads (AUS)

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2021/04/20

G'Day! Welcome to Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch. In the leadoff spot is Australia’s Laura Neads, or Lulu as she is known to most! Lulu, 31, has been playing baseball for nearly 25 years, with half of it spent in the Australian squad. In this episode, she tells us about her journey through the sport from a seven-year-old in teeball, to her national team debut, pitching for Australia in a World Cup final, overcoming injuries, and she talks openly about the tragic loss of her best mate, and

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Welcome to the The Inside Pitch!

Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch ·

2021/04/12

G'day everyone, and welcome to the very first episode of Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch! Join host and six-time World Cup representative Amy McCann, for some of the inside stories of the elite players and coaches and a host of trailblazing women making their way in baseball all across the world. Through in-depth interviews, we will learn how they got into the sport, where their passion lies, honed their skills. We will also hear about their challenges and motivations and what drives them each

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