GB General Manager Jason Greenberg. Photo courtesy of BaseballSoftballUK.com

Not many managers of national sports teams have to worry about how to raise the money so that their team can travel to a major international tournament.  It is certainly not something that would keep Fabio Capello up at night.

However this is one of the many things that Jason Greenberg, the new General Manager for the Great Britain Senior Baseball team, has to contend with.  He recently spent some time talking to BaseballGB about the challenges and opportunities that are on the horizon for the British national team.  See the end of this post to listen to the full audio of the 25-minute interview.

Little League memories

Jason is a lifelong Mariners fan who recently took over the GB General Manager post.  He has always had a passion for baseball. His early boyhood life in Seattle was spent playing baseball and eating Big League Chew and this experience has stayed with him ever since.  As Jason explains, “I never forget playing Little League. The Little League complex [in the States], that is the thing I am most jealous of … that is the biggest difference between baseball there and what it could be here.”

Jason moved across the pond to the UK five years ago.  He was looking for a baseball club to play for and that is when he hooked up with Herts Baseball club. It was from that day his involvement with British baseball was sealed. Baseball is Jason’s life. As well as being the GB General Manger he still helps with Herts Baseball club and works full time for BaseballSoftballUK. Continue reading →