Ballcaps & Bagpipes

Join Danny Quinn and Ewan Spence as they talk bad dad jokes, the difficulties of growing old, weddings, the emotions of baseball and more!

Joined by veteran presence Ruari Dunn of Edinburgh Cannons as we cover our final, pre season episode of 2024.

Join Danny Quinn and Ewan Spence alongside our interview guest, Ross Marnie as we talk Spring training, Winning culture, The importance of swag, the mythical 40/40/40 season and of course, baseball!

Join Danny Quinn and Ewan Spence as they catch up with Comets Outfielder, scorekeeper and sometimes Umpire, Andy Vaughan as we talk Stats, Learning the Game, Mediocrity and more.

Get in touch with Baseball Scotland if you are interested in playing, spectating or being involved in our 2024 season.

Join Danny Quinn and Ewan Spence alongside special guest, Roy McPherson of The Glasgow Galaxy as they discuss nicknames, javelins, basketball, player development, pitching and of course, baseball.

Join Danny Quinn and Ewan Spence as they kick off Season 6 of Ballcaps and Bagpipes.

Welcoming special guest, Laurence Cameron to talk about all things Water Polo, Moustache Growth, Broken phones, championship droughts and of course, baseball.

Join Danny, Jason and John for the final episode of Ballcaps & Bagpipes of 2023 (and John's last episode on the show!) as your hosts are joined by Baseball Scotland President Paul Convoy for a wrap up of the 2023 Caledonia Cup playoffs and last Saturday's Baseball Scotland Awards event in Glasgow.

Jason Derr and John McKellar are once again joined by guest co-host Danny Quinn, as well as Glasgow Galaxy player and umpire Brian Clark for a chat about Clark's baseball journey.

We bring you a very special episode of the show as we're joined by photographer John Linton for a chat about his time photographing baseball in Scotland. We're joined by a guest co-host in Danny Quinn of the Glasgow Comets.

Jason and John are joined by Sophie Hollis, founder of the Glasgow Sunflowers who played their first ever games this past Saturday as hosts to the Leicester Diamonds. Sophie will be accompanied on the show by Andy Sweeney of Glasgow Galaxy who has helped with the coaching of the new club. We'll update everyone on the last two weeks of Baseball Scotland National League action and preview this coming Sunday's games. There's a massive announcement about the future of the show incoming as well.

Jason and John are joined by veteran Glasgow Umpire Bill Sheldrick for a chat about his relationship with the game of baseball, how his involvement in Glasgow evolved over the years and his current role as main Triple A Umpire in the city. Also this week: recaps of weeks 5-6 and a preview of week 7 of the 2023 Baseball Scotland calendar.

Jason and John are joined by Aberdeen Oilers Manager Casey Mackenzie and Tayport Breakers Manager Jason West for a chat about their teams' offseasons and 2023 goals.

Recap of Opening Day in Baseball Scotland and preview of week three's games after a week off for Easter. Jason and John are joined by representatives of the Glasgow Baseball Association, Jacob Wright (Galaxy) and Danny Quinn (Comets) to chat about their respective teams' off-seasons and goals / expectations for the season ahead.

Opening Day in Scottish baseball is coming up on Sunday the 2nd April. Jason and John are joined by managers from Edinburgh for a preview of the Opening Day livestream between the Devils and Cannons and provide a full rundown of the first week of league action in 2023.

Baseball Scotland President Paul Convoy joins the show as always for a review of  the league's offseason and a look forward at what to expect from the 2023 iteration of Baseball Scotland's Single- and Triple-A National  Leagues!

Jason rolls solo and is joined by Edinburgh Knight Ryan "Mookie" Macfarlane. View the video edition on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP9s_HAY0t8&t=125s

With guest Ruari Dunn of the Edinburgh Cannons

See the unedited video version at https://youtu.be/cSPpRpu0N38 and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @CapsandPipes

This week, Jason ( @bubbaonbaseball ) and John ( @johncapspipes ) are catching up on the last two gamedays in Scottish baseball. The pair also talk baseball equipment. The essentials, how to kit yourself out and some of Jason's favourite gear. The first ever episode of the show recorded by the guys in-person!

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