Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch
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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Episodes
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
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 3, I chat with Morgan Doty, who launched herself onto the women's baseball world in a big way in 2010 with an epic walk-off double which gave WA their first National Championship victory. That just got Doty's career started, with the Perth-native going on to star for two states - WA and VIC - while also shining for Australia at three World Cups.
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
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!
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
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…….
First up is Carly Moore, the first South Australian woman to represent Team Australia Baseball at a WBSC World Cup.
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
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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Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
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 in Venezuela.
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Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
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 in Venezuela.
#womeninsport #womensbaseball #womensbaseball
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
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
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
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
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
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 played one… they only played one….’ And I figured we need to stop using the word ‘only’... cos I reckon that to reach the heights of national team selection, whether it is for one, or 6, or eight World Cups, well, you can play!
So for this upcoming eight-episode series, I will be sharing the stories of some of Australia’s One Cup Wonders. Eight amazing women who represented Australia at one of these World Cups!
For the first episode, we head back to the inaugural World Cup in Canada in 2004 to hear Kelly Gunn’s story.
A right-handed pitcher from NSW, Kelly Gunn shares her baseball journey which took her from a 13-year-old playing with the boys in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire to one of the country’s leading pitchers in the early 2000s including being the winning pitcher in New South Wales’ first ever Nationals victory in 2003 and on the mound when Australia recorded its first ever victory over Japan at World Cup. #womensbaseball #womeninbaseball #insidepitch
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
🎧 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!
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