An episode that features pets! Between Carrlyn's dogs making a surprise appearance and Shannon's cat making her first cameo on the pod, it was a show full of our favorite fur friends. When the attention wasn't on them, which was shockingly a lo

Sonja Chen on the Trade Deadline and if the Los Angeles Angels are a Long, Elaborate Performance Art Piece

Jul 29th, 2022 50m 51s

Sonja Chen is a reporter and producer for MLB.com based in the Bay Area. She mostly covers the visiting teams, and most recently covered the spectacle that was the Astros getting swept by the Oakland A's. This weeks episode covered everything

Jean Fruth talks Grassroots Baseball, Why Coffee Table Books are Superior and Maybelle Blair

Jul 22nd, 2022 49m 26s

Jean Fruth is on this week. It was a long time coming and worth the wait. The girls chatted about everything under the sun- what to eat at Citi Field, the Midwest Baseball scene, and of course, her ever expansive career that spans from working

Jennifer Mercedes is La Chica Deportes

Jul 12th, 2022 17m 14s

This weeks episode features Jennifer Mercedes, a producer and host at La Vida baseball and the founder of Chica Deportes. We spoke about why its important for players to have reporters who have similar backgrounds as them, success and of course

Julia Kreuz Talks Covering the Yankees Beat, Baseball Friendships and Gabriel Moreno

Jun 24th, 2022 34m 1s

Julia Kreuz makes a ton of podcast appearances, so its super lovely that she made the time for Shannon. When she's not on pods, she writes for MLB.com. She recently covered for Bryan Hoch on the Yankees beat, has an adorable dog that we somehow

Kelsie Heneghan on the MLB Draft and MiLB

Jun 17th, 2022 37m 57s

Kelsie Heneghan does social media and features for Minor League Baseball and MLB Pipeline. In this weeks episode, Bat'HER Up's first in a hot minute, we talked about the upcoming draft, what some players from prior draft classes are up to now,

Caitlin Hendricks on Her Go To Beer at Baseball Games and the MLB Ambassador Program

May 17th, 2022 40m 31s

Caitlin an ambassador for Major League Baseball, which basically means she makes baseball Tik Toks and then gets to do insanely fun baseball activities like take batting practice at Wrigley. We touched on that, whether she goes for the big can

Talking Sports Philanthropy, Baseball and Mental Health with Toni Nocita.

May 6th, 2022 55m 25s

Toni Nocita owns Impact Sports Marketing- a sports agency centered around helping professional athletes find and support causes that matter to them.You can find learn more about it here:https://www.impactsportsmarketing.com/our-storyFollow T

RERUN: Veronica Alvarez is Stoked about Ladies Playing Baseball

Apr 15th, 2022 59m 46s

Veronica Alvarez is a spring training catching instructor for the Oakland A's. She manages the USA Baseball Women's National Team and she quoted Shannon's forever fave Taylor Swift without any prompting what so ever. Check out the Women's Nati

Ariel Epstein on Sports Betting and Interning for the Yankees

Apr 7th, 2022 30m 44s

Ariel Epstein shares how she landed into the world of sports betting, the invisible line in the Yankees clubhouse and what on earth a prop is. Follow Ariel on Twitter: @ArielEpstein Ariel's Yahoo page: https://www.yahoo.com/author/ariel-epst

RERUN: We Need to Care More About Our Minor League Baseball Players with Dr. Katie Walden

Mar 31st, 2022 1h 23m

Minor League baseball is important. Katie Walden tells us why.

OMG! The MLB Lockout is Over with Cat Garcia

Mar 15th, 2022 34m 32s

Cat Garcia is a freelance baseball writer and podcaster. She was just as shocked as Shannon when the lockout ended as they pressed record. She hosts the ever spectacular podcast, Grab a Drink with Cat Garcia.You can listen to her show here:

Katie Krall on Developing Baseball Players and Finding Joy in the Game

Feb 19th, 2022 50m 39s

Katie Krall is a genius. No, really, she sounds like a general manager who is about to lead a big league team to a World Series victory. The way she speaks about baseball is mesmerizing and insightful and she has this knack of turning really re

M’Lynn Dease on Being an Area Scout for the Cubs, Chloe Kim and the Carolinas Baseball Scene

Feb 11th, 2022 56m 26s

M'Lynn loves snowboarding and baseball, and so does Shannon, which brings us here- the conversation that could have lasted hours but got cut short because our girl Chloe Kim had an Olympic gold medal to win. When M'Lynn isn't talking snowboardi

Skip Yankee Stadium and go to Citi Field. A Conversation with Chelsey Falzone.

Feb 3rd, 2022 1h 1m

Chelsey Falzone is a Twins lifer. She currently is the Manager of Youth Engagement but previously worked in Ballpark Operations. Unlike Shannon, the host of this thing, she gets very sad when her beloved Twins play the Yankees, ever. Follow

Alexis Brudnicki Talks About How Baseball is Letting Women Down.

Jan 26th, 2022 1h 17m

Alexis Brudnicki is a former baseball writer who left the game after years of freelancing and struggling to find a full time job that actually paid. She's currently in law school working towards giving baseball one last shot to love her back.

Baseball is Insane. A Chat with Maria Guardado.

Dec 8th, 2021 50m 40s

Baseball is insane. No really, it is totally wild and it's a real shame theres lots of folks who think its the most boring sport ever. This weeks episode, Bat'HER Up's first in a hot second was recorded pre lockout, during one of baseball's mos

Kristie Ackert on the Mets Metsing, Subpar Yankees and Her Favorite Players to Chat with in the Clubhouse

Nov 9th, 2021 50m 55s

Kristie Ackert has been covered the Mets as a beat reporter at the New York Daily News for six years before transitioning to an even weirder team, the Yankees. To say she has seen it all is a total understatement, which made for an enlightening

Beth Woerner on Coaching College Baseball

Oct 28th, 2021 47m 43s

It finally happened. I got a college baseball coach on the show.. Beth Woerner. We chatted about her *unique journey into the game, especially coaching. Why we need more girls working in baseball- yes I know this always happens, Driveline, sort

Amanda Lane Cumming on the Portland Mavericks and the Obscure Things You Learn about Baseball History Through Old Newspapers

Oct 21st, 2021 45m 17s

Though we technically can't call Amanda Lane Cumming a *historian* she may as well be one. She's written extensively about baseball history, combining her love of old newspapers, knowledge that YES, public libraries are very much still in exist

Shakeia Taylor Talks about Marcus Stroman, what MLB Should be Doing Better and Why the Field of Dreams Game Kinda Stunk.

Oct 13th, 2021 1h 6m

Shakeia Taylor is a baseball writer who's work has been featured on SB Nation, fivethirtyeight, Baseball Prospectus, etc. She was nominated for(and won) a 2021SABR Award, has an amazing Twitter account and is one of the most highly regarded bas

Kaci Borowski on the Playoff Chaos, The Baseball 100, and Ken Rosenthal‘s Bow Ties

Oct 5th, 2021 55m 22s

Kaci Borowski is the Baseball Editor for The Athletic. She's most likely very tired from the playoffs and thinks that The Baseball 100 book is very, very pretty, Follow Kaci Borowksi on Twitter: @kaciborowski Read The Baseball 100 on The

Wendy Thurm on the San Fransisco Giants, Analytics, and Leaving Baseball

Sep 22nd, 2021 50m 29s

Wendy Thurm currently tweets about the San Francisco Giants, she's a former baseball writer and lawyer. She wrote for Fangraphs before Shannon knew stats that weren't batting average existed and like most of baseball is very shocked about how g

Alexa Ramos on the 2022 MLB Draft, Field Producing and Growing up in Baseball

Sep 1st, 2021 1h 55m

Lonnng episode alert!!! Alexa Ramos was so beyond kind to take a real long time to come on the show. We spoke about everything under the sun- from being a baseball coach's daughter, what on earth a Field Producer does, how wild it is to more or

Emily Jaenson Shares the Importance of Female Leadership

Aug 23rd, 2021 57m 13s

This episode features Emily Jaenson, the second member of the Reno Aces' staff to come on the show. Emily is the GM of the Aces, host of an amazing podcast called Leadership is Female and works tirelessly to elevate and inspire women. We spoke