The People Who Made Baseball a World Culture
From Babe Ruth to Shohei Ohtani: the figures who shaped baseball far beyond the sport itself – on the field, in the media, in politics and in pop culture.
Baseball, Pitched By Culture
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
A Baseball Culture Magazine
Innings is Europe's first editorial platform dedicated to baseball culture.
Rather than focusing solely on statistics, game analysis, and league coverage, Innings explores the people, stories, and cultural movements that have shaped baseball across generations – and continue to influence style, music, identity, and communities around the world.
Stories
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Baseball Culture: The Invisible Game Within the Game
Baseball is a game of ritual, memory, migration and belonging. An essay on why its culture continues long after the final out.
A Voice Note Into the Next Life: Inside Minor League Baseball
Inside Minor League Baseball, where strange team identities, small-town rituals and abrupt promotions reveal the labor beneath the MLB dream.
Chris Rodriguez on Metallica, Mariano Rivera, and Baseball in Berlin
Revolverheld bassist Chris Rodriguez talks Orioles fandom, baseball caps, Mariano Rivera and the songs behind his new INNINGS playlist.
Baseball Caps in Hip-Hop: The 10 Most Important MLB Caps in Pop Culture
From Eazy-E through Jay-Z to Kendrick Lamar: how Yankees, White Sox and Dodgers caps became symbols of hip-hop culture – and why baseball still shapes fashion today.
Shohei Ohtani: 10 Facts About the Los Angeles Dodgers' MLB Superstar
The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar has moved the limits of what seems possible in modern baseball. Ten facts about arguably the most extraordinary player in MLB history.
Why Baseball Works Differently in Japan Than in the USA
How an American invention was transformed in the Far East into something entirely its own, almost sacred. Or: why does baseball work so fundamentally differently in Japan than in its country of origin?
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Podcast
Base on Balls
One of Germany's leading baseball podcasts. Every two weeks, hip-hop journalist Niko Backspin and US sports expert Julian Pollersbeck explore baseball from both sporting and cultural perspectives. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Episode titles and descriptions are in German only.
Latest episodes
09Baseball zwischen MLB, Hamburg und EuropameistertitelDie MLB-Saison erreicht ihre Halbzeit – und Niko Backspin und Julian Pollersbeck ziehen eine erste Bilanz. Dazu Julians Besuch beim Hamburger Baseball, sein First Pitch im Jackie Robinson Ballpark und der EM-Titel der deutschen U12-Nationalmannschaft.Episode 9 auf Spotify anhören08Die Top 10 Baseball-Filme aller Zeiten – von Moneyball bis Jackie RobinsonWelche Baseball-Filme muss man gesehen haben? Julian Pollersbeck und Niko Backspin liefern das ultimative Ranking – subjektiv, emotional und mit jeder Menge Gänsehaut-Momenten.Episode 8 auf Spotify anhören07Aaron Judge verletzt, Yankees im Umbruch, DBL Playoff-Rennen & der Mythos BaseballDer Ausfall von Aaron Judge und die Frage, wie die Yankees den Verlust ihres Superstars kompensieren. Dazu das Playoff-Rennen der Deutschen Baseball Liga zwischen Bonn, Heidenheim und Regensburg.Episode 7 auf Spotify anhören
YouTube
The Walk-Up
Rather than focusing solely on athletic performance, The Walk-Up explores the personal stories, motivations, and individual perspectives behind the game. The series presents baseball as a cultural movement shaped by identity, ambition, community, and the people who bring it to life.
Innings — Pitched by Culture
Innings was founded on a simple belief: baseball has significant untapped potential in Europe.
The sport combines history, personality, style, community, and cultural relevance in a way few other sports do. Our ambition extends beyond increasing the visibility of baseball in Germany. We want to help build a broader, more diverse, and more connected European baseball community for the years ahead.