It's time for our final 2026 Season Review and we are finishing up in Tampa of all places, as we review the Rays!

Joining Gaz and Cal on this one is Grant Kerry - former GB Men's Alumni and one of Cal's oldest friends!

The Rays started off very strong in 2026, at one point leading the AL East, before sliding to a 77-85 record, good for 4th place!

The season didn't start the way the Rays would have wanted, with Tropicana Field being unusable following Hurricane Milton passing through. So the Rays played half their games at the Yankees' Spring Training facility - Steinbrenner Field!

Despite playing at a minor league ballpark, the Rays did put on a show worthy of the major leagues at times! Junior Caminero was smashing the ball everywhere and Jonathan Aranda was a contender for the batting title for much of last year!

Throw in the speedy Chandler Simpson and the ever-reliable Yandy Diaz, and its safe to say that the Rays had a lineup capable of causing damage to a lot of the teams in the league!

The off-season was very interesting for the Rays, with them being involved in numerous 3-team trades and a lot of new faces in the 2026 roster! So how exactly will they fare in 2026?

Joining Gaz & Cal on this episode is Grant Kerry, avid Rays fan and childhood friend of Cal!

So have a listen as we review the Rays' 2025 season and discuss what 2026 may have in store - Happy Listening!

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What's that you can smell in the air?

Well it's the first pitches of Spring Training of course, and with that baseball is officially back!!!

What does Spring Training mean for the fans however? Join George, Gaz and Cal as they share what they enjoy most about it!

With baseball being back in 2026 however, it means we are one year closer to the real threat of there being less baseball in 2027 - and due to Tony Clark's resignation as head of the MLBPA, does this mean that a lockout is more likely? The team discuss what this means for the upcoming negotiations!

Also Boo is back with some Hot Takes - what more could you ask for??

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We have a real treat in store for you today!

Joining George and Gaz for an interview is a Great Britain baseball legend - Laura Hirai!

Not only is Laura a European Champion with the Great Britain's Women's Team in 2025, but she was also drafted in the 5th Round in the inaugural Women's Professional Baseball League by Boston!

Laura is the only European player to be drafted by any of the 4 teams in the WPBL - a fantastic achievement for one of Great Britain's greatest baseball exports!

So join us as we sit down with Laura and discuss everything from her early days playing baseball, what it was like being the first woman to pitch for the Great Britain U18's Men's Team, becoming a European Champion and what it was like to be drafted into the WPBL!

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With Spring Training now having begun and games almost upon us, the 2026 Offseason has all but come to a close!

But what exactly did teams achieve this off-season?

Well:

- Some teams spent their way either out of trouble or to another World Series!

- Some teams made some interesting trades including 3 separate 3-team trades!

- And some teams did absolutely nothing!

In order to make sense of it all, Gaz and Cal ran through each team's 2026 offseason and used a good old-fashioned tier list in order to rank each offseason from best to worst!

Where did your team end up on our rankings? Listen to find out!

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The 2026 season is fast approaching and you always want to be comfortable in your surroundings - so we thought that we would provide you with some comfort by reviewing 6 of the best MLB Stadiums!

We asked our fans for their favourite baseball stadiums and answers ranged from MLB Stadiums to College Stadiums and everything inbetween!

We have taken 6 of the most well-known and iconic stadiums in MLB and attempted to come to a consensus as to which one ranks the highest!

Join Alan, Cal & Gaz as they work through all of the stadiums one-by-one, giving what they like best about them and also what features they could do without! They also attempt to work together to come to a combined BDB ranking!

What do you think of our rankings? Let us know in the comments!

Also stay tuned as each of them bring a Wildcard Stadium to the party at the end - let us know if any of these deserved to be in the ranking!

Happy Listening!

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It's time Yankees fan - on our 15th edition of the 2025 Season Review Series, we're reviewing the New York Yankees!

Joining Gaz and Cal on this one is Alan Taylor - owner of Bad Arm, the UK's best baseball meets fashion brand! (Also one of our new friends!)

The Yankees seemed to struggle this year to a 94-68 record, finishing 2nd in the AL East before beating their long time rivals the Boston Red Sox in the Wildcard Round! Unfortunately, in the ALDS they came up against a more than game Blue Jays, losing 3-2 and being bounced from the playoffs.

We can't talk about the Yankees without mentioning the AL MVP, Aaron Judge, who finished the 2025 season putting up video game numbers! He was supported by his outfield teammates Trent Grisham & Cody Bellinger, who all combined for one of the most potent offenses in all of baseball!

It was a good thing that the offense were as good as they were, because the Yankees bullpen didn't want to help it seems! Devin Williams, Luke Weaver, Jake Bird and Mark Leiter Jr are just a number of pitchers who cost the Yankees a few games last year!

So what does 2026 have in store for the Yanks?

Joining Gaz & Cal on this episode is Alan Taylor from Bad Arm Baseball (and also one of our new roster additions!)

So have a listen as we review the Yankees' 2025 season and discuss what 2026 may have in store - Happy Listening!

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With the 2026 season almost upon us (you can smell Spring Training in the air), we thought it would be a fantastic chance to introduce you to the newest members of the Brit Does Baseball team!

We have 3 new additions joining the team (some of whom you may have already heard on the pod):

Up first is Josh, band mate of Cal in Crocodile Death Trap, and more importantly our new AL West expert! Josh is a fan of the Seattle Mariners and made his debut appearance on our Mariners 2025 Season Review! We look forward to keeping track of the Big Dumper's exploits on a more consistent basis!

Also joining the podcast is George - a fan of the New York Mets! George also made his debut on our Mets 2025 Season Review, so he's had a taste as to what to expect! We can't wait to see what George is going to bring to the pod - especially supporting the New York Team that wasn't referred to as the 'Evil Empire' for years!

Our final addition is Alan - creator of baseball based fashion brand 'Bad Arm Baseball' but arguably more importantly a new member of the BDB roster! We thought we had to equal out the New York fandom - so we have done that by bringing in New York Yankee fan Alan!

So there you have a brief introduction to our new roster additions, joining Gaz and Cal with the aim of bringing you even better content in 2026!

We debut this new era for the podcast by playing a few games and quizzes - with Cal putting all the new debutants and Gaz through their paces before the 2026 season begins properly!

Happy Listening!

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On our 14th episode of the 2025 Season Review Series, we're looking at the Philadelphia Phillies!

It's a full circle moment for Gaz as he's joined by Jay from Drunks on the Pond, part of the Infield Media network! Gaz made one of his earliest podcast appearances on Drunks on the Pond and it was nice almost a year later for BDB to return the favour!

The Phillies had what you may consider a standard season at this point considering their standards - finishing with a record of 96-66 and taking home the AL East title!

They did face off against the Dodgers in the NLDS but unfortunately came up short, as the Dodgers took the series 3-1!

The Phillies were carried by Kyle Schwarber offensively, as the beefy boy smashed 56 HRs and 132 RBIs!

He was supported by long-time friend of Rob Manfred, Bryce Harper and Max Kepler.

On the pitching side, Zack Wheeler again showed his class before heading to the IL, but in his absence Christopher Sanchez ably stood in, pitching to a 2.50 ERA and helping lead the Phillies to the playoffs!

So will Philadelphia run it back successfully in 2026?

Joining Gaz on this episode is Jay from the Drunks on the Pond podcast, part of the Infield Media Network!

So have a listen as we review the Phillies' 2025 season and discuss what 2026 may have in store - Happy Listening!

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