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Welcome to the weekly wrapup of all MLB and Australian Baseball news.

First off this week the boys let all the listeners know that Baseball Radio will be taking a well earnt break from the air. Baseball Radio has been on the air weekly since the 2nd Oct 2006 and in that time there has been 83 weekly episodes plus 12 live outside broadcasts.

Be assured that Baseball Radio will be back on air for the upcoming summer season.

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Kicking off this weeks show the boys did a run of who’s hot of the Aussies in the MLB. Players that got special mention were Grant Balfour (Tampa Bay Rays) and Ryan Rowland-Smith (Seattle Mariners).

Next up the boys replayed an interview of Phil Dale. This interview was originally aired in late 2006. Phil is the Australian team pitching coach and also the aussie based scout of the Atlanta Braves. In breaking news Baseball Radio informed listeners that Phil along with David Clarkson will be coaching the Waverley Wildcats in the BV Div 1 competition in 2008-9.

As always, the show included the “Coach’s Rant” and the “Wood Duck” award and also covered all the latest baseball news from home and a wrap of this weeks Major League matches.

Rounding of the show the boys the boys played a highlights package of this years Claxton Shield Finals where the Perth Heat dominated the NSW Patriots wrapping the series up 2 games to nil.

The presenters of this weeks program are Craig “frita” Kernick and James Watson along with Jim “tiger” Hines on the panel. You can email the guys with questions for the broadcast at baseballradio@gmail.com

If you have an issue you want to discuss, call the studio on (03) 5996 6977 or send an sms on 0438 366 360. If you’re a podcaster and can’t listen live, call between 6.30pm-8pm each Friday night.

Baseball Radio is proudly presented by Blackdog Powdercoating, BaseballVictoria, Cascade Home Loans and Bowens Building and Hardware, The Builders Choice along with Major League Baseball

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Welcome to the weekly wrapup of all MLB and Australian Baseball news.

First off this week the boys caught up with Queensland correspondent Michael O’Donnell. Michael announced that Baseball Queensland has appointed Peter Yates as Claxton Shield coach for the 2008/2009 representative season. Peter has had a distinguished playing history for Queensland and Australia and played in the National League for 8 years and also coached in the Japanese Industrial League and was Assistant Coach with the Queensland Rams Senior team in 1999,2003 and 2007.

Next up the boys caught up with Greg Giffen. Greg is the head coach of the Sydney’s Hills North Little League team that defeated Adelaide Southern to win the inaugural Australian Little League Championship. Hills North will now represent Australia in Hong Kong at the Asia Pacific Championships in July.

Rounding of the show the boys caught up with Brent Phelan. Brent was recently appointed as head coach of the Baseball program at the ACT Academy of Sport and he is also the aussie based scout for the Chicago Cubs.

As always, the show included the “Coach’s Rant” and the “Wood Duck” award and also covered all the latest baseball news from home and a wrap of this weeks Major League matches.

The presenters of this weeks program are Craig “frita” Kernick and James Watson along with Jim “tiger” Hines on the panel. You can email the guys with questions for the broadcast at baseballradio@gmail.com

If you have an issue you want to discuss, call the studio on (03) 5996 6977 or send an sms on 0438 366 360. If you’re a podcaster and can’t listen live, call between 6.30pm-8pm each Friday night.

Baseball Radio is proudly presented by Blackdog Powdercoating, BaseballVictoria, Cascade Home Loans and Bowens Building and Hardware, The Builders Choice along with Major League Baseball

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Welcome to the weekly wrapup of all MLB and Australian Baseball news.

First off this week the boys caught up with the outgoing President of the Victorian Provincial League Graeme Besford. Graeme discussed the upcoming Senior Tournament that is being held in Ballarat over the Queens Birthday long weekend.

Next up the boys caught up with Stephen Nash. Stephen is the CEO of Baseball Victoria and discussed amongst other things the upcoming elections for the positions of President and also Junior League Vice President of BV. Also discussed was current undertakings towards a possible restructure of the Victorian Summer competition.

As always, the show included the “Coach’s Rant” and the “Wood Duck” award and also covered all the latest baseball news from home and a wrap of this weeks Major League matches.

The presenters of this weeks program are David ’skinny’ Simpson and Craig ‘frita’ Kernick along with Jim “tiger” Hines on the panel. You can email the guys with questions for the broadcast at baseballradio@gmail.com

If you have an issue you want to discuss, call the studio on (03) 5996 6977 or send an sms on 0438 366 360. If you’re a podcaster and can’t listen live, call between 6.30pm-8pm each Friday night.

Baseball Radio is proudly presented by Blackdog Powdercoating, BaseballVictoria, Cascade Home Loans and Bowens Building and Hardware, The Builders Choice along with Major League Baseball

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Welcome to the weekly wrapup of all MLB and Australian Baseball news.

First off this week the boys caught up with Craig Kernick who this week is in Darwin. Frita travelled to Darwin to do some fishing and whilst there he has also caught up the the action at the Australian Provincial Championships that are being held at Tracey Village. Frita gave a rundown of the games details to date and this was followed up when he also put Victorian Provincial player Scott Moore on the phone to give his view of the championships to date. You can check out the tournament website to keep uptodate with match details at http://www.nt.baseball.com.au/

Next up the boys caught up with the John Wadsworth. After 11 years as the Aussie based scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks John decided it was time for a change and as of Xmas past is now the Aussie scout for the New York Yankees.

As always, the show included the “Coach’s Rant” and the “Wood Duck” award and also covered all the latest baseball news from home and a wrap of this weeks Major League matches.

Rounding of the show the boys caught up with the David Nilsson. Dave is the current head coach of the Major League Academy in Queensland and he gave an insight into the upcoming 2008 season camp.

The presenters of this weeks program are David ’skinny’ Simpson and James Watson along with Jim “tiger” Hines on the panel. You can email the guys with questions for the broadcast at baseballradio@gmail.com

If you have an issue you want to discuss, call the studio on (03) 5996 6977 or send an sms on 0438 366 360. If you’re a podcaster and can’t listen live, call between 6.30pm-8pm each Friday night.

Baseball Radio is proudly presented by Blackdog Powdercoating, BaseballVictoria, Cascade Home Loans and Bowens Building and Hardware, The Builders Choice along with Major League Baseball

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Welcome to the weekly wrapup of all MLB and Australian Baseball news.

First off the boys caught up with Howie Norsetter. Howie is the Australian scout for the Minnesota Twins. He discussed the state of Baseball in Australia at present and pointed out differences between the standard of Aussie players compared to major overseas countries.

Next up the boys caught up with the Greg Evans. Greg is the manager of the Victorian Provincial team that is competing in the Australian Provincial Championships in Darwin that runs from the 24th to 31st of May. You can check out the tournament website to keep uptodate with match details at http://www.nt.baseball.com.au/

As always, the show included the “Coach’s Rant” and the “Wood Duck” award and also covered all the latest baseball news from home and a wrap of this weeks Major League matches.

The presenters of this weeks program are Craig ‘frita’ Kernick and James Watson along with Jim “tiger” Hines on the panel. You can email the guys with questions for the broadcast at baseballradio@gmail.com

If you have an issue you want to discuss, call the studio on (03) 5996 6977 or send an sms on 0438 366 360. If you’re a podcaster and can’t listen live, call between 6.30pm-8pm each Friday night.

Baseball Radio is proudly presented by Blackdog Powdercoating, BaseballVictoria, Cascade Home Loans and Bowens Building and Hardware, The Builders Choice along with Major League Baseball

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Welcome to the weekly wrapup of all MLB and Australian Baseball news.

First off the boys caught up with Jeff Goodworth. Jeff is the Tournament Director of the Australian Provincial Championships that are being held at Tracey Village in the Northern Territory. The tournament runs from the 24th to the 31st of May. Jeff is also the Northern Territory Developement Co-Ordinator and gave an update on the state of baseball in the top end. You can check out the tournament website to keep uptodate with match details at http://www.nt.baseball.com.au/

Next up the boys gave a run down on the form of all the Aussie players playing in MLB this past week which also included a “who’s hot” and “who’s not” breakdown.

Rounding of the show the boys caught up with the Australian Head coach and Redsox scout Jon Deeble. Jon gave an update of the up and coming pitchers currently throwing in Japan. Jon also gave a run down of whats ahead for the Australian Team in the next 12 months.

As always, the show included the “Coach’s Rant” and the “Wood Duck” award and also covered all the latest baseball news from home and a wrap of this weeks Major League matches.

The presenters of this weeks program are Craig ‘frita’ Kernick and James Watson along with Jim “tiger” Hines on the panel. You can email the guys with questions for the broadcast at baseballradio@gmail.com

If you have an issue you want to discuss, call the studio on (03) 5996 6977 or send an sms on 0438 366 360. If you’re a podcaster and can’t listen live, call between 6.30pm-8pm each Friday night.

Baseball Radio is proudly presented by Blackdog Powdercoating, BaseballVictoria, Cascade Home Loans and Bowens Building and Hardware, The Builders Choice along with Major League Baseball

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Please Note: Normally the show is recorded at 56 bit rate and file size is approx 35meg. Last weeks trial of recording at 32 bit rate, (file size 20meg), seemed to have worked ok for everyone as I received nil complaints. This will now apply for all future podcasts of Baseball Radio National.

Welcome to the weekly wrapup of all MLB and Australian Baseball news.

First off the boys caught up with Kevin Hooker, from Perth, who is the Australian scout for the Philedelphia Phillies. Kevin discussed how Brad Harman is going now that he has made the Major League roster for the Phillies.

Next up the boys gave a run down on the form of all the Aussie players playing in MLB this past week which also included a “who’s hot” and “who’s not” breakdown.

Rounding of the show the boys spoke with Paul Weichard who recently returned from Taiwan. Paul was a member of the Australian team that recently competed at the Olympic Quailifying tournament in Taiwan and following the tournament he had a short stint playing in Taiwan. Paul announced on the show that he has decided to retire from playing International baseball.

As always, the show included the “Coach’s Rant” and the “Wood Duck” award and also covered all the latest baseball news from home and a wrap of this weeks Major League matches.

The presenters of this weeks program are Craig ‘frita’ Kernick and James Watson along with Jim “tiger” Hines on the panel. You can email the guys with questions for the broadcast at baseballradio@gmail.com

If you have an issue you want to discuss, call the studio on (03) 5996 6977 or send an sms on 0438 366 360. If you’re a podcaster and can’t listen live, call between 6.30pm-8pm each Friday night.

Baseball Radio is proudly presented by Blackdog Powdercoating, BaseballVictoria, Cascade Home Loans and Bowens Building and Hardware, The Builders Choice along with Major League Baseball

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Please Note: Normally the show is recorded at 56 bit rate and file size is approx 35meg. From this week we will be recording the show at 32 bit rate which will reduce the file size to approx 20meg. Please advise if you experience any problems with this change.

Welcome to the weekly wrapup of all MLB and Australian Baseball news.

First off the boys caught up with Trevor Jarrett who is the CEO of BJS Player Management. Trevor, the self confessed “Jerry Maguire of Australian Baseball”, spoke at length about how the players managed by BJS are faring in MLB this season. Players discussed included Adam Blackley, Grant Balfour, Chris Snelling, Richard Thompson, Luke Hughes and Trent Oeltjen to name a few.

Next up the boys spoke with Phil Dale. Phil is the Australian scout for the Atlanta Braves and he provided the show with an update on the arm injury of Peter Moylan. Peter was recently put the 15 day disabled list.

As always, the show included the “Coach’s Rant” and the “Wood Duck” award and also covered all the latest baseball news from home and a wrap of this weeks Major League matches.

The presenters of this weeks program are Craig ‘frita’ Kernick and James Watson along with Jim “tiger” Hines on the panel. You can email the guys with questions for the broadcast at baseballradio@gmail.com

If you have an issue you want to discuss, call the studio on (03) 5996 6977 or send an sms on 0438 366 360. If you’re a podcaster and can’t listen live, call between 6.30pm-8pm each Friday night.

Baseball Radio is proudly presented by Blackdog Powdercoating, BaseballVictoria, Cascade Home Loans and Bowens Building and Hardware, The Builders Choice along with Major League Baseball

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Welcome to the weekly wrapup of all MLB and Australian Baseball news.

Due to a technical issue we were unable to record the last 30 mins of the show to include with this podcast.

First off the boys caught up with Chris Harman. Chris is the father of Brad Harman who was this week called up to the big leagues. Brad is now playing with the Philadelphia Phillies and has become just the 26th Australian born player to play in the Major Leagues.

Next up the boys gave a run down on the form of all the Aussie players playing in MLB this past week which also included a “who’s hot” and “who’s not” breakdown.

Rounding off the show the boys gave an extended wrap of all the action from this weeks Major League matches.

As always, the show include the “Coach’s Rant” and the “Wood Duck” award and also covered all the latest baseball news from home and abroad.

The presenters of this weeks program are Craig ‘frita’ Kernick and James Watson along with Jim “tiger” Hines on the panel. You can email the guys with questions for the broadcast at baseballradio@gmail.com

If you have an issue you want to discuss, call the studio on (03) 5996 6977 or send an sms on 0438 366 360. If you’re a podcaster and can’t listen live, call between 6.30pm-8pm each Friday night.

Baseball Radio is proudly presented by Blackdog Powdercoating, BaseballVictoria, Cascade Home Loans and Bowens Building and Hardware, The Builders Choice along with Major League Baseball

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Welcome to the weekly wrapup of all MLB and Australian Baseball news.

First off the boys caught up with Australian Baseball Coach Jon Deeble. Jon spoke at length on the recently completed Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Taiwan and also about the upcoming World Baseball Classic and the World Championships.

Next up the boys gave an extended wrap of all the weeks MLB action.

Rounding off the show the boys discussed the Bob Jane T-Mart Under 14 championships which is underway at the Cheltenham Rustlers Baseball complex in Victoria.

As always, the show include the “Coach’s Rant” and the “Wood Duck” award and also covered all the latest baseball news from home and abroad including a wrap of all the Major League Action.

The presenters of this weeks program are Craig ‘frita’ Kernick and Dave “skinny” Simpson along with Jim “tiger” Hines on the panel. You can email the guys with questions for the broadcast at baseballradio@gmail.com

If you have an issue you want to discuss, call the studio on (03) 5996 6977 or send an sms on 0438 366 360. If you’re a podcaster and can’t listen live, call between 6.30pm-8pm each Friday night.

Baseball Radio is proudly presented by Blackdog Powdercoating, BaseballVictoria, Cascade Home Loans and Bowens Building and Hardware, The Builders Choice along with Major League Baseball

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