Ballcaps & Bagpipes

Join us as we welcome along James and Cameron from the Out At First podcast.We talk about their respective journeys into baseball, the creative process behind their new podcast and the initial successes of their launch.Please rate, share and follow

Join Bash and Danny as they kick off the 2026 series by welcoming Martin Walker, first baseman of the leagues newest single A outfit, The Glasgow Eclipse.We talk about hitting, transitioning into sports in your adult years, cool uniforms and all things baseball.If you'd like to appear on the show we'd love to hear from you, shoot us a message!Liking, rating, commenting and sharing this podcast creates a better profile and visibility for our independent podcast. All support is appreciated.

Join Bash, Danny and League President John Tafe as they discuss the 2025 season.In addition, we recap the SNBL 2025 award ceremony, held in Dundee in October.Like, share and subscribe. All support is appreciated

He's better than the boy! He's better than the boy!Join Bash and Danny as they welcome Glasgow Comets veteran, Craig Waddell on the show to recap the comets successes this season and speak about all things bezba'Like, share and comment

Ahead of The British Summer Cup, we caught up with Scottish Werewolves Manager Aven Fletcher about the teams hopes and ambitions this weekend and beyond.We also had the pleasure of welcoming Ryan 'Mookie' McFarlane back into the fold as he discusses the double A aspirations for The Saltire Sluggers.If you're interested in appearing on the podcast or maybe just about finding out more about baseball here in Scotland, feel free to reach out to us privately.

Join Bash and Danny as they welcome 'Makeshift Fields' author, Dale Jacobs on the pod. Dale recaps his journey through UK grassroots baseball in 2023 and shares his insights in sustaining and growing the game here in Scotland. All support is appreciated, please rate, subscribe and share.

Join Danny as he rides solo this week and welcomes 2024 Single A MVP, Caitlin McCaffrey of the Edinburgh Knights onto the pod.Join them as they speak of inclusivity, posh Edinburgh accents, making baseball fun, betting in baseball and more!Rate, Subscribe and Share. All support is appreciated

Join Bash and Danny as they recap the initial two weeks of the 2025 SNBL season. We welcome podcast founder John McKellar on as we catch up about Yankees, mental health, transitions, championships and of course....bezba'. All support is appreciated, please rate, subscribe and share.

Join Bash and Danny as they preview the 2025 season by welcoming on the new President of the Scottish National Baseball League, John Tafe.

Join Bash and Danny as they catch up with league veteran and Edinburgh Knights head coach, Ryan 'Mookie' McFarlane.In this episode Mookie covers his journey into baseball in Scotland, The Knights second half success in the 2024 campaign and finally puts a conclusion to the 12 week debate....'Phee dropped that ball at the London series din't he?'This episode was recorded in October of 2024 but due to publishing issues we are only recently getting around to uploading.

Join Bash and Danny as they recap the SNBL AAA Caledonia Classic with special guest, Connor Smith.

Join Bash and Danny as they preview The Caledonia Classic and welcome The Glasgow Comets Single A captain, Craig Phee as he shares in journey in baseball, captaincy and success within the SNBL Single A league.

Join Bash and Danny as they recap the SNBL events of the previous few weeks including, Edinburgh Cannons third successive league title clinch, the MLB trade deadline and more. On this episode we welcome Phillies No9 prospect, Gabriel Rincones Jr to talk about his time in Scotland and his route into minor league baseball.

Catch up with Danny and Bash as they talk shandies, trade deadlines, the British Summer Cup, Iscore, Home Runs and of course, Baseball! Joined by Tayport Breakers own, Aven Fletcher.

Catch up with Danny, Bash and league President Paul Convoy as the preview the upcoming British Summer Cup competition at AAA and AA level. Also making a discursive appearance was pasty skinned Scots, disrespectful baseball, The London Series, rain....lots of rain and of course....baseba'!

We're back for our May round up! Join Danny and Ross as they catch up about all SNBL activity over the course of May and looking forward into June. We welcome Edinburgh Angels coach Rit Zbikowski to discuss his journey into baseball, his passion for the sport and his ambitions for the 2024 season.

Join Danny and Ross as they catch up with Aberdeen Oilers legend Stephen Evans as they talk Aberdeen, Tattie Scones, Death Row Meals, San Diego weather, pitching and of course...Baseball!

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!

The  finale episode of the fourth season of Ballcaps & Bagpipes.  Baseball Scotland President Paul Convoy joins the show to recap the 2022  Baseball Scotland Awards Ceremony held in Edinburgh. Watch the video edition of this episode on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ti7Tczitgk, We'll see you again in the Spring!

The Scottish baseball season is over, and we're taking a look at the  2022 Single-A Caledonia Classic between the Tayport Breakers and the  Glasgow Comets. Will the Breakers win the double? Or, will the Comets win a first ever championship? Watch the video version on Youtube 

John is joined by Baseball Scotland's Ewan Spence, official scorer for the 2022 Baseball Scotland AAA Caledonia Classic and Marina DeAngelis of the 2022 Caledonia Cup Champion Tayport Breakers. Watch the video edition of this week's show on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgRUe-UVKz8. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, both @capsandpipes and subscribe to Ballcaps & Bagpipes on Youtube and at your chosen podcast platform.

Baseball Scotland AAA scores for 21/8/22: Glasgow Galaxy 22 Granite City Oilers 2 Glasgow Comets 9 Edinburgh Cannons 7 Baseball Scotland A scores for 21/8/22: Glasgow Comets 17 Edinburgh Knights 3 We're back! Apologies for the wait again, but tonight we bring you part two of our interview with Glasgow Comets legend John Nelson and take a look back at this past Sunday's games, as well as a preview of the final make-up week of 2022. — YouTube video version available at https://youtu.be/N0c-N5dw6tA

We're back! Our 49th episode features a recap of the first annual Baseball Scotland All Star Game and the first week of results from the second half. Plus, a long-awaited and eagerly-anticipated interview with all-time single season home run record holder, former Baseball Scotland MVP and Glasgow Comets legend John Nelson! Watch the unedited video version at our Youtube channel.

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

Flying solo this week, John recaps two unforgettable weeks of Scottish baseball and is joined by Mark Joss of the resurgent Oilers for a chat Watch the unedited video version at the Ballcaps and Bagpipes Youtube

Baseball Scotland scores for 1/5/22 AAA Division: Aberdeen Baseball Club 1-29 Tayport Baseball Club, The Glasgow Comets 6-10 Glasgow Galaxy, Edinburgh Diamond Devils 4-7 Edinburgh Cannons A Division: Comets 13-3 Galaxy Join Jason and John tonight from 9pm at the usual channels for the week 5 roundup and an interview with John’s Glasgow Comets Coach and Scottish baseball legend Jason Stott.

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

Jason and John are joined by new Granite City Oilers Manager Casey MacKenzie for a chat about the rebuild up north and her thoughts on the '22 season so far.

Baseball Scotland Scores for 10/4/22: A Division - Knights (1-0) 7 Comets (1-1) 6 AAA Division - Cannons (2-0) 19 Comets (0-2) 3 |  Breakers (2-0) 7 Devils (0-2) 3 | Galaxy (2-0) 9 Oilers (0-2) 0 (Forfeit) We are live tonight with Tayport Breakers Manager Jason West for a chat about his team’s excellent start to the 2022 season. Watch the unedited video edition of this episode on our Youtube and please hit like and subscribe.

Baseball Scotland Scores for Sunday 3rd April 2022: A Division: Glasgow Galaxy (0-1) 3 Glasgow Comets (1-0) 13 AAA Division: Glasgow Galaxy (1-0) 15 Glasgow Comets (0-1) 13 - Edinburgh Cannons (1-0) 7 Edinburgh Devils (0-1) 3 - Tayport Breakers (1-0) 15 Granite City Oilers (0-1) 0 Jason and John are back for season four of the podcast, and are joined by Baseball Scotland President Paul Convoy to chat about the offseason, Opening Day 2022 and plans for the league moving forward. Watch the video version on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/capsandpipes/videos/506271144288021/ or Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwtY2ar20IY&t=507s Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/capsandpipes and Twitter at https://twitter.com/CapsandPipes

Glasgow Comet Chris Kelly joins the show to discuss his new Baseball Scotland documentary 'Three Strikes...and Yer Oot!". Unedited video version available on Youtube at Episode 41 - Chris Kelly on 'Three Strikes...' (Bonus) - YouTube.

Jason and John are joined by Baseball Scotland President Paul Convoy to roundup the 2021 SNBL Awards Dinner and discuss two very major announcements Paul made on the night... Full unedited video version at facebook.com/capsandpipes or at the Ballcaps and Bagpipes Youtube channel. Tweet us at @capsandpipes and subscribe to the show at your podcast platform of choice.

Jason Derr (@bubbaonbaseball) and John Mckellar (@johncapspipes) are  joined by Edinburgh Diamond Devil Panda Alexander for a look at his  Baseball Scotland experience and the 2021 Caledonia Classic final which  saw the Devils complete an impressive league and cup double.   Unedited video version available on the Ballcaps and Bagpipes Youtube.   Facebook - facebook.com/capsandpipes Twitter - @capsandpipes

Jason interviews Ren Quantrill of the Edinburgh Cannons about his time with the Team GB U-23s in a special lunchtime show. Watch the video version at Facebook.com/capsandpipes or on Youtube by searching for Ballcaps and Bagpipes.

Marina DeAngelis of the Tayport Breakers joins the show as we review the final weekend of the '21 regular season.

We're joined by John's Glasgow Comets teammate Andy Vaughn for a chat about his personal baseball journey and the Comets '21 resurgence, we'll review the penultimate weekend of National League play which saw this season's Champions crowned in thrilling fashion and take a look forward to the season's finale and particularly the unfinished business of who takes the inaugural title of Development League Champions. Watch the video version on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc-dYL4DsrY&t=231s Facebook / Twitter @capsandpipes Insta @ballcapsandbagpipes

Jason rolls solo this week on the show as he's joined by Edinburgh Diamond Devil Ivan Hernandez.