The Players Podcast Australia

Them boys are back!  This Episode Miggy G and Jez break down some of the big news around the ABL and talk about the cancellation of the 2021/22 Season. 

The boys are back with Part 2 of their chat with Baseball Australia CEO, Cam Vale! There's so much in this chat as the boys try and ask all of the pointy questions as they get to chat with the top dog of BA. The boys thank you so much for your support throughout the season, they have some exciting things planned for the next couple of months and can't wait to drop it all for you very very soon!

The boys sit down with the CEO of Baseball Australia, Cam Vale and talk about everything that was the 2020/2021 season.  This is Part 1 of our two part interview with Cam. Find out the inside scoop from the guy at the top of the food chain. 

The boys sit with the new pitching sensation from Canberra, Dean Stoka! Mick & Jez ask Dean what it was like being a 39 year old rookie in the ABL this season, how the Canberra Cavalry came about to signing him this year and what it was like in the clubhouse as the new guy!  Check out our socials:  @dean.stoka @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

The boys from The Players Pod sit down with Steve Kent after the end of a stellar ABL career.  Mick & Jez ask Steve all about what really happened in Melbourne in the ABL Playoffs, they talk about his time throughout pro-ball and what the Atlanta Braves did in order to sign him early on, and the boys ask about Keith Ward and his bushman's beard and if he really doesnt like Jez after the Players Pod Breakdowns!  Check out our socials below:  @stevenkent @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

The season might be over but the Players Podcast is only starting to heat up! The boys sit down with the most decorated womens player in Australian Baseball history, Shae Lillywhite. Mick & Jez ask Shae all about her 20 years in the Australian Womens Emeralds Team, they talk about her multiple world cups, her time in Japan, and of course the ABL Women's Showcase and the WABL!! The boys also break down the ABL Championship series in their Around The Horn segment and talk about all of the crazy happenings of the final days of the 2020/2021 season. Check out our socials: @shaeka26 @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

The Players Podcast Australia are counting down to the big finals weekend and the historic ABL Womens Showcase this weekend with a chat with Maddi Tabrett. Jez catches up with Maddi and finds out all about her time in the Emeralds team and they discuss things like her first ever National Team at the age of 15, as well as recently changing positions, and looking forward to the upcoming World Cup and the Womens ABL in 2021. Check out our socials: @maddi_lee19 @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

Those boys are back with a brand new guest, the head coach of The Australian Emeralds womens program, Jason Pospishil. Mick & Jez dive into the womens program and Pops' involvement and how theyre tracking coming out of 2020, ramping up towards the Womens Showcase and looking forward to the Australian Team and the Women's ABL. There are plenty of laughs, some serious baseball chat, the first ever situational breakdown in Players Pod history as well as a look back at a nice little YouTube highlight from Pops' time as the manager of the Sydney BlueSox. Check out our socials below: @teamaustraliabaseball @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

On this episode of The Players Podcast Australia, the boys sit down with none other than former Big Leaguer, long time Team AUstralia member & ABL Veteran, Luke Hughes!  Mick & Jez chat with Hughesy about everything from his time in the Minor Leagues, making the Big Leagues and his debut home run off Max Scherzer, The ABL and how to make baseball mainstream, and lots more. Strap yourselves in this is going to be a fun and wild ride!!

On this episode of The Players Pod Mick & Jez get to chat with Australian Emeralds Outfielder, Elodie O'Sullivan! Them boys get to know Elodie and hear all about her road to the Australian Womens Team as well as a deep dive into the mental side of the game and what kind of approach both Elodie & Mick take come game time. Jez breaks down all of the news from around the league and covers a massive weekend of ABL action. Check out our socials below: @el_osully @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

On this episode of The Players Podcast Australia the boys chat with ABL Veteran, Australian player and Blue Sox leader, Trent D'Antonio. Mick and Jez go around the league with all of the happenings in the ABL and also chat with league legend, Trent D'Antonio. Theres heaps in this as Jez and Trent talk about Trent's 300+ Career Hits and his 350+ games in the ABL! Trent gives us a few ideas into what he thinks might help take the ABL to that mainstream level of sport in Australia and he tells us what he sees in the future of his illustrious baseball career. check out our socials below: @trentdantonio @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

This episode the boys get to sit down with guy that calls balls and strikes, Tom West! Mick & Jeremy talk to Westy all about his journey from Redcliffe to the Minor Leagues and what it's like in the surprisingly cut throat world of baseball umpiring. The boys pick Westy's brain about the use of sliding gloves (oven mitts) in todays game as well as talking about technology creeping into the modern game and where its going to end up. No baseball podcasters got ejected in the making of this episode. Check out our socials below: @westyqld2 @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

The boys are back with the world leader in strikeouts for 2020! This episode Mick & Jez speak with another big leaguer and the guy that lead the world in strikeouts in 2020, Dan Straily! The boys ask Dan all about playing in the KBO, getting drafted, and his time in the minor leagues and so much more as they chat with the KBO K King. Check out Dan's podcast "The Journeyman" available anywhere you're getting your podcasts from! Check out our socials: @straily58 @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

This episode the boys chat with Chavez Young from the Canberra Cavalry and discuss getting drafted and his time with the Toronto Blue Jays organisation. The boys also discuss the hub games and all of the news around the league. Check out our socials below: @cyoung242 @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

What else could we do for our 20th pod?  The boys decided it was best to call in the big guns and talk about nearly everything other than baseball!  Miggy G & Jez catch up with Darryl George from the Melbourne Aces and Boss Moanaroa from the Canberra Cavalry and talk about Boss and his home brewing side hustle, they go over the difficulties of playing 4 series in a row against each other and a whole lot more fun on the wildest episode of the Players Podcast you've heard.  Check out our socials below: @boss_moanaroa @lifeofporgie @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

It's time for another Walk-Off! The boys sit down with non other than Walk-Off Wingrove, Rixon Wingrove! Rixon tells the boys all about playing in "The Fortress", He talks about coming to Adelaide and being involved in the youth movement the Giants Organisation has been developing as well as his time with the Philadelphia Phillies organisation and we uncover some interesting handball stories with Rixon & Giants teammate Mitch Edwards. Check out our socials: @rixonwingrove_ @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

This episode those boys chat with Perth Heat rising star, Ulrich Bojarski! Mick & Jeremy also review the games from the big week of Hub Baseball in Brisbane and talk with Ulrich about his journey through the Minor League system with the Detroit Tigers and his what its like for him to be playing in The ABL. Check out our socials below: @ulrichbojarski @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

This is huge! The boys get to talk to the first ever female hitting coach in the MLB, none other than Rachel Balkovec! Mick & Jez ask Rachel all about her path from the first ever female strength & conditioning coordinator with the Cardinals, to becoming the first ever hitting coach with the New York Yankees organisation. They talk about the struggles and discrimination Rachel had to face to get to where she is now, and how Rachel ended up down under with the Sydney Blue Sox this season. Check out our socials: @rachel.balkovec @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

This episode the boys talk to the first ever African born player in the MLB and all around good guy, Gift Ngoepe! Mick & Jez talk all about his grind through the minor leagues and what it was like adjusting culturally from South Africa to the United States and ofcourse what its like playing here in The ABL!  Check out our socials:  @mgngoepe @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

This episode Michael & Jeremy are get some time with Lisa Norrie!  The boys ask her all about her time in the Australian Womens program and looking after the Bandits Womens High Performance program. We also hear about Lisa and her trips to winter meetings and of course the Womens ABL Showcase coming up in Brisbane and Adelaide and a whole lot more!  https://bit.ly/wbandits Check out our socials:  @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

This episode the boys get to sit down and chat with the big hitting lefty from Canberra and all around great guy, Boss Moanaroa! This episode is an absolute ball of fun as Boss tells Mick & Jez all about how he got signed to the Boston Red Sox organisation and we find out what Boss had to give up in order to keep playing professional baseball, as well as how his brother also signed a pro contract. Boss tells the boys all about the challenges he faced in pro-ball and The ABL.   Check out our socials below:  @bossmoanaroa @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

On this episode those boys are back with another awesome guest, none other than Captain Australia, Tim Kennelly! Mick & Jez are excited to sit down with the veteran presence of the Perth Heat and talk all about this crazy 2020 season, as well as some golf chat, some Premier 12 chat, and the boys finally put a rumour to bed about a certain Atlanta Braves golf day. Check out our socials below: @playerspodcastaustralia @kennelly23 @michaelgahan @jaje55

The Players Podcast sits down with long time Catcher for the Australian Womens Team, Tahnee Lovering. Mick & Jez ask Tahnee all about her time in the Emeralds Womens team, they talk the upcoming womens showcase and they uncover probably the craziest baseball quote of all time! Check out our socials: @playerspodcastaustralia @tahn8ight7even @michaelgahan @jaje55

The boys are back with a brand new chat, and this episode they talk to the the man, the myth, the legend, "Magic" Mikey Reynolds of the Canberra Cavalry! Mick & Jez chat all about his time in college at Texas A&M, Mikey's journey through affiliated pro ball, as well as what it was like for him coming down under and playing in The Australian Baseball League. The boys also try to work out what Mick's Karaoke song might be and we learn all about the Haboob! www.baseballjobsoverseas.com Check out our socials below: @mikeyreynolds3 @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

The boys get to sit down with The Jersey Collector himself, Travis Blackley! Mick & Jez ask Travis all about his time in the MLB, the KBO, the ABL and everything in between. Blackley talks about the young players he sees on the rise in the ABL, Winning Championships with the Bandits, Who his toughest outs in the big leagues were, he talks the secrets to his pickoff and tells a few funny stories about his time in the bigs and picking off a few legends of the game! Check us out our socials and give us a 5 star review wherever you listen to your pods! @thejerseycollector @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

On this episode of The Players Podcast Australia, Mick & Jez chat with Kyle Perkins about moving from Canberra to Melbourne this year in the upcoming ABL season, they also have a chat about Kyle's time in pro-ball with the Yankees, his time off from Baseball and the comeback!  Check out our socials @playerspodcastaustralia @kyleperkins11 @michaelgahan @jaje55

Yeah you know this guy! The boys get a chance to chat with ex big league pitcher, Melbourne Aces pitching coach, and avid coffee lover, Peter Moylan. Mick & Jeremy get to chat with the 12 year MLB veteran about his journey from club ball to the big leagues, they chat about being in the circle of trust and playing for the Atlanta Braves in the MLB. The boys chat about his memorabilia collection, Coffee in Kansas and so much more in the huge episode of The Players Podcast. @theplayerspodcastaustralia @petermoylan @michaelgahan @jaje55

Those boys are back and this time they get to chat with Mick's boss! It is none other than the Manager of the Adelaide Giants, Chris "Tank" Adamson. Mick & Jeremy talk to Tank about the upcoming ABL schedule and his thoughts on the hub model, the boys also uncover The Giants secret weapon and talk about the "Bootstrapping" program as well as some insight into the Adelaide Giants link with the Philadelphia Phillies organisation. Be sure to check out our socials @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55

The boys take a trip down memory lane with the best friend of the pod, Justin "Bobby" Erasmus of The Brisbane Bandits. Mick & Jeremy talk to Bobby all about how he has seen The ABL evolve through his time in the league and also how The Brisbane Bandits have evolved and went on to win four ABL Championships in a row. They also chat about Bobby's role in the Bandits and his time playing professionally in the Boston Red Sox organisation as well as Bobby's time in Europe and the differences in the game over there. Make sure you hit us up on all of our socials @playerspodcastaustralia @justin_bobby_erasmus36 @michaelgahan @jaje55

Arguably the funniest guy in The ABL drops into the pod today as Jeremy & Mick have a chat with Darryl George from The Melbourne Aces. The boys talk to Darryl about his time with the Tampa Bay Rays organisation, what lockdown in Melbourne has been like the last 6 months and how his training schedule looks and they even dive into the big topics like steroids in baseball. Make sure you give our socials a follow and subscribe to the pod to keep up to date with the latest eps! @playerspodcastaustralia @lifeofporgie @michaelgahan @jaje55

Mick & Jeremy talk to Adelaide Giants and Tampa Bay Rays prospect, Curtis Mead on what it was like being at Spring Training before the Covid shutdowns in 2020, the guys talk about being traded from The Philadelphia Phillies organisation to Tampa Bay and what he thinks about Adelaides chances for this season in the Australian Baseball League. Follow our socials: @playerspodcastaustralia @michaelgahan @jaje55 @curtismead16

This week the boys had Mitch Edwards on the Players Podcast. They talk to Mitch about his journey through baseball and he talks everything from being signed with the Philadelphia Phillies at 18, to playing with the Adelaide Giants and how these Covid set backs are affecting him. Make sure you follow our Instagram and Facebook @playerspodcastaustralia to keep in the loop.

On this episode of The Players Podcast Australia we have a chat with the 29th Australian to play in the MLB, The Adelaide Giants pitching coach, and all around good dude, Josh Spence. We chat about Josh's journey through college and his time in the bigs.

We kick off the podcast with a deep dive on our co-host Michael Gahan and all about his journey to playing professional baseball in Australia.