The Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 127 – Discussing Blind Baseball and the 2024 WBSC Blind Baseball International Cup

In Episode 127 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we feature a conversation with guests who are highly active in blind baseball. They are Kiana Glanton, co-captain of the U.S. blind baseball team, along with Ed Plumacher, president of the U.S. Blind Baseball Association (USBBA) and former guest on Episode 104 of Eyes Free Sports. During the conversation, they talked about:

• Their personal backgrounds and low vision journeys
• How they got into blind baseball and how the sport works
• Their initial experience competing in the 2022 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Blind Baseball International Cup in The Netherlands
• Competing in the 2024 WBSC Blind Baseball International Cup in London
• How the U.S. team performed in the tournament
• Connections they made with players from blind baseball teams in other countries
• The current state of blind baseball in the U.S. and future plans to continue to grow the sport
• How to learn more about blind baseball

Learn more about blind baseball at http://blindbaseball.org/.

Contact Ed Plumacher, president of the U.S. Blind Baseball Association, at edplumacher@usbba.us.

Check out one of the live streams from the finals of the 2024 WBSC Blind Baseball International Cup at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgqg4mwrpSw.