Chinwag College Baseball

Episode 9, Season 3 – Richard recaps the magnificent achievements of Cumberland University as they go 4-1 towin the Mid-South Conference Tournament securing an automatic bid into the NAIAopening round. Richard then predicts who he believes will be the 46 NAIA opening round teams just hours before it is officially released by the NAIA in their 2025 Selection show!

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Episode 8, Season 3 – What a finish to the regular season for 2025 for Cumberland U, TN! From their largest win of the season against Freed-Hardeman to the hysteria of a 7th inning walk off win against the #7 Patriots. Richard goes in depth into the final 7 games of the season including the game that will never be played. Richard then pays tribute to Australian Pitcher, Kailen Hampson. Kailen's pitching was the only thing that ...

Episode 7, Season 3 – Richard examines the first 7 games played by the Phoenix in April before previewing thefinal 7 games of the season. To finish the episode Richard reviews the top 2 teams from every conference. One team is still undefeated in 2025!  

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Episode 6, Season 3 – March is done and Richard reviews the Phoenix’s last 4 games. Having followed Lewis Clark State and Friends University in 2024, Richard checks in on their 2025 seasons. Richard takes us back to TN to examine Cumberland Universities April schedule in what will be a month that will make or break the Phoenix.

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Episode 5, Season 3 – It takes a team. Richard acknowledges all 39 Cumberland University players and their contribution to the first 25 games of the season! Richard names the 24players from Australia that he has found who are playing NCAA Div 1 ball in 2025. Back to Cumberland University, TN where Richard is pleased to hear Coach Ryan Hunt’s thoughts on the importance of balancing pitching between conference and mid-week games. Ric...

Bonus Episode, Season 3 – Classic Catch by Phoenix Short Stop Drew Dalton-Akiwumi with excellent commentary from Chris Slaughter and Randy Sallis of the Cumberland SportsNetwork. This catch became the number 1 play of the day in the USA on Friday March 21st, 2025. What a privilege to be covering Cumberland University Baseball in 2025!

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(0:00) Introduction Katie Pinker

(0:16) Richard Pinker (Host) Welcome

(0:49) Drew Dalton-A...

Episode 4, Season 3 – Richard describes what Cyclone Alfred did and didn’t do in Brisbane Australia before locating Australia’s 27th NAIA player for 2025. Two Australian player reviews - Jacob Walker and Takumi Kimoto. As Richard expected, Cumberland University TN receive votes! Richard then describes their big headlines, including a no hitter and two chaotic plays that make Baseball just a great sport to watch.  Timestamps with cl...

Episode 3, Season 3 – Richard highlights the new trailer for the podcasts and shares positive podcast beforetalking about how Brisbane is in the path of Cyclone Alfred. It's then Cumberland, Cumberland and more Cumberland with Richard going into detail as to why Cumberland U will receive votes in the first NAIA poll of the year. Richardthen looks at the last 7 games in an 8 game winning streak before jumping intothe most impres...

Episode 2, Season 3 – Richard is thrilled to see Brisbane player Johnny Lemm go long in Texas in his third Div 1 game for Southern Illinois University. Jumping across to Tennessee, Richard reviews the 6 games Cumberland played against UNOH and Indiana Tech. Richard points out some key moments in each series and then gives an overview ofscoring for and against for Cumberland University, TN, in their first 10 games of the season. Ric...

Episode 1, Season 3 – Richard looks at the Cumberland University TN roster and upcoming season in detail including the highlights of their opening four games. Richard highlights the achievements of four Australian Juco Div III players and Richard recaps the 2024 NAIA and NCCAA 2024 World Series. Timestamps with clickable links (below) help navigate the episode and help you share with others.

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Episode 20, Season 2 – After a sneak preview the episode dives straight into the amazing feat of Australian College player, Travis Bazzana, being selected as the overall #1 pick in the 2024 MLB draft. Richard explains his absence and decides to continue where he left off, exploring the outcome of the 2024 NAIA Opening round. This discussion includes the outstanding post season efforts of a number of Australian players. In the usual...

Episode 19, Season 2 – The episode starts with Richard talking about how many teams he selected correctly to get an opening round at large berth (almost perfect). Richard then previews each of the 10 brackets for the NAIA Opening Round and selects the 10 teams that he believes will advance to the 2024 Avista NAIA World Series!

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Episode 18, Season 2 – With NAIA Conference tournaments completed we already know which 32 teams that have qualified for the NAIA Opening Round tournaments. 14 At Large berths remain which will be announced by the NAIA Selection Show on 9 May 2024 at 4pm CST. But Richard will make his predictions as to who those 14 teams will be - prior to the announcement by about 6 hours! It is daring but fun to see how close Richard will get!

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Episode 17, Season 2 – The episode starts with shoutouts and then we dive into the detail of the Regular Season Champions. It includes team results and a comparison to the 2023 season. Conference Tournaments are discussed before you learn how automatic bids and at large berths occur for the 10 Brackets of the NAIA Opening Round. Finally the latest NAIA Coaches Poll will be discussed. This episode is packed with learning and informa...

Episode 16, Season 2 – In shoutouts Richard shares more information about Australian Player, Christopher Nielsen from Trinity Christian College, Illinois before discussing what two Californian Universities have decided to close for good. Richard reviews Lewis Clarke State College's last 18 games including their current 12 game winning streak. Richard reviews six exceptional Australian players who are the final players in the gr...

Episode 15, Season 2 – Time to catch up with the latest rankings for the NAIA (10 April 24), NCCAA (16 April 2024) and NJCAA or Juco Div 1, 2 and 3 (15 Apr 2024). Timestamps with clickable links (below) help navigate the episode and help you share with others.

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Episode 14, Season 2 – After shoutouts, Richard continues his analysis of roster sizes. NCCAA is examined and then compared with the NAIA . Richard unpacks the 2024 Season of the Asbury University Eagles KY then reviews six Australians having stellar College careers (Part 4 of 5).

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Episode 13, Season 2 – Richard calculates how far each NAIA Conference is through their Conference Games. Richard examines the Top 110 NAIA Teams on a Conference by Conference basis before the NAIA Top 25 teams are revealed.

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Episode 12, Season 2 - Richard walks through the 5th week of Coaches Polls for Juco Div 1 and the 3rd week of Coaches Polls for Juco Divisions 2 and 3. Polls dated 25 March 2024. NCCAA does not issue this week.

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