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                                                                Having emerged from the UK, Will Lintern realized the &ldquo;American dream&rdquo;
                                                                of many young baseball players by getting&nbsp;a place at Menlo College in California,
                                                                where he was able to play the sport every day.&nbsp;Will&nbsp;was a member of the
                                                                London Mets&rsquo;&nbsp;championship-winning squad of 2008 and&nbsp;has played for
                                                                Great Britain on many occasions, most&nbsp;recently as starting catcher against
                                                                The Bangers in Taunton.<p>
                                                                    <strong><em>
                                                                        <br />
                                                                        Where did you grow up and how did you get into baseball?</em></strong></p>
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                                                                    <img height="135" width="90" alt="" src="http://www.gbbsa.org.uk/images/will_lintern.gif"
                                                                        title="Will Lintern" class="alignleft" />Where I grew up is quite an interesting
                                                                    question. I was born in South Africa and moved to California when I was four; it
                                                                    was here in the town of Belmont that I first discovered baseball.&nbsp; My father,
                                                                    having previously travelled across the United States of America, had already become
                                                                    a baseball fan courtesy of a visit to Dodger Stadium when he was 21.&nbsp; It was
                                                                    1988 when we arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Oakland A&rsquo;s were
                                                                    enjoying the fortunes of a team managed by Tony La Russa and starring the Bash Brothers
                                                                    (Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco).&nbsp; The first televised game I saw with my father
                                                                    included back-to-back home runs from McGwire and Canseco. We knew this would be
                                                                    a pretty interesting team to follow and became&nbsp;keen Oakland fans.&nbsp; From
                                                                    here, living and growing up in America,&nbsp; and having parents who were both very
                                                                    keen for my brother and&nbsp;me to play as many sports as possible, it was a natural
                                                                    progression to play baseball and join the local little league.&nbsp; The rest, as&nbsp;they
                                                                    say, is history.</p>
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                                                                    <strong><em>You spent four and a half years playing college baseball.&nbsp; What was
                                                                        the experience like and what were the highlights from that period for you?</em></strong></p>
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                                                                    The decision to go to Menlo College and play four years of baseball was the best
                                                                    decision I ever made; the experience was like no other.&nbsp; For a British kid
                                                                    growing up dreaming of playing baseball in America, to suddenly be thrust into sunny
                                                                    California playing 4-5 hours every day, it was a dream come true.&nbsp; There was,
                                                                    however, a very steep learning curve, facing up against players who were all bigger
                                                                    and stronger than me and had been playing almost every day for the past ten years.&nbsp;
                                                                    This did not discourage me as I quickly acclimatised and took matters into my own
                                                                    hands.&nbsp; First up was the size and strength. I hit the weight room very hard,
                                                                    lifting 4-5 times a week, and the &lsquo;All You Can Eat Buffet&rsquo; in the college
                                                                    cafeteria ensured I was consuming more than enough calories.&nbsp; To tackle the
                                                                    matter of game experience I was very fortunate to be taken under the wing of the
                                                                    team&rsquo;s starting catcher <a target="_blank" href="http://minors.sabrwebs.com/cgi-bin/person.php?milbID=goetha001jam">
                                                                        Jim Goethals</a>, who I would work out with for an additional 2-3 hours at the
                                                                    field (including off days).&nbsp; Whilst my mentor&nbsp;graduated after my sophomore
                                                                    (second) year and signed with the Houston Astros organisation, he would return in
                                                                    the fall and winter as an assistant coach and I continued to learn from him right
                                                                    up until the day I graduated.</p>
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                                                                    Looking back, what I miss most is the everyday simplicity of the game.&nbsp; Going
                                                                    out to the field every day at 12:30, playing catch, fielding balls in the outfield
                                                                    during batting practice (shagging) whilst talking with your friends and team mates,
                                                                    then getting your work in.&nbsp; The highlights of my four years may seem rather
                                                                    odd to the casual player or fan, and&nbsp;sure I love looking back at remembering
                                                                    the journey I made from a young scrappy British kid to a team captain and starting
                                                                    catcher, but it is the simple things, the everyday tasks that are aspects of the
                                                                    game that make it all the more perfect.</p>
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                                                                    <strong><em>For British baseball fans who may be unaware of the National Baseball League,
                                                                        can you tell us a bit about the level of competition and what a season in the top
                                                                        tier of British baseball is like from a player&rsquo;s perspective?</em></strong></p>
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                                                                    The season is always the best part of the year for any ballplayer and this past
                                                                    summer was no exception.&nbsp; I had a tremendous amount of fun playing with the
                                                                    London Mets, which included some former mentors (Alex Malihoudis and&nbsp;Josh Chetwynd),
                                                                    some former foes (Simon Pole), and then my brother George,&nbsp;who has been on
                                                                    every British team I played on from Tonbridge to Brighton and then&nbsp;London,
                                                                    and also the GB Junior National Team.&nbsp; I think that fans of the sport will
                                                                    be pleasantly surprised with the standard of play in the National Baseball League.
                                                                    The 2008 London Mets have been touted as being the best team to have ever competed
                                                                    in the British leagues.&nbsp; Whilst the standard is lower than what is played in
                                                                    the USA or in some countries on continental Europe, fans can expect to see some
                                                                    very good, highly competitive and very fun baseball.<br />
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                                                                    <strong><em>The Great Britain senior team will be looking forward to the World Cup in
                                                                        September.&nbsp; How far do you think the team can go in the tournament?</em></strong></p>
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                                                                    We are entering the World Cup as underdogs&nbsp;and we&rsquo;ll face some very stiff
                                                                    competition, particularly from Japan, and must be realistic in the team&rsquo;s
                                                                    expectations.</p>
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                                                                    However, I am a big believer that if you enter a situation -&nbsp;whether it be
                                                                    athletic competition, a job interview or any other matter in life -&nbsp;not expecting
                                                                    to win it is almost impossible to leave victorious.&nbsp; The odds seem to be stacked
                                                                    against us, but in a group shared&nbsp;with Japan, Nicaragua and Russia where a
                                                                    single victory&nbsp;could see us&nbsp;advance to the second round, anything can
                                                                    happen, and that is both the beauty and the challenge of international tournament
                                                                    play.&nbsp; In knockout tournaments all it takes is one upset for a team to gain
                                                                    momentum, and then it is anyone&rsquo;s game.&nbsp; Burnley accomplished similar
                                                                    feats against both Chelsea and Arsenal in the&nbsp;Carling Cup this year, and assuming
                                                                    we can field our strongest lineup I see no reason why GB can&rsquo;t rattle a few
                                                                    cages come September.<br />
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                                                                    <strong><em>You are the Coach-in-Residence for the West Midlands.&nbsp; What does the
                                                                        role entail and what&rsquo;s the most enjoyable part of the job?</em></strong></p>
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                                                                    Being the Coach-in-Residence for the West Midlands puts me on the ground as a missionary
                                                                    spreading the word of baseball throughout Birmingham, Coventry and Rugby.&nbsp;
                                                                    My job has many facets, including being a resource to the baseball and softball
                                                                    clubs of the West Midlands and&nbsp;entering new environments such as the schools
                                                                    of Birmingham, Coventry and Rugby to encourage more kids to take up baseball and
                                                                    softball.&nbsp; The most enjoyable part of my job had been the delivery within schools
                                                                    and local clubs, where I have been able offer hundreds of excited youngsters the
                                                                    opportunity to try baseball.&nbsp; It was only a few weeks back&nbsp;that I was
                                                                    talking with one of my summer assistant coaches about how Thursday afternoons from
                                                                    3:30-4:30 at the Cardinal Wiseman School in Coventry were some of our fondest memories,
                                                                    as 50 boys and girls would sprint across the playground at the end of school to
                                                                    play baseball.&nbsp; Those days always provide me with even more inspiration, knowing
                                                                    that baseball has a very real chance to become a popular summer sport.<br />
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                                                                    <strong><em>Your fledgling coaching career has also seen you become involved with the
                                                                        GB Cadets, first as an Assistant Coach and now as the Head Coach.&nbsp; Can you
                                                                        tell us a bit about the Cadets (how youngsters can get involved, what competitions
                                                                        you participate in, etc.)?&nbsp; What&rsquo;s the most rewarding part of coaching
                                                                        young baseball players, particularly Brits who traditionally might shy away from
                                                                        the sport?</em></strong></p>
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                                                                    I had a lot of fun as the Asssitant Coach to Adam Roberts on the Cadet National
                                                                    Team in 2006 and that experience inspired me to take the post as Head Coach.&nbsp;
                                                                    The Cadets (aged 13-15 in the year of competition) participate in one competitive
                                                                    tournament per year. We finished 2nd at the European Qualifier in Turkey in 2008,
                                                                    and will compete in the same tournament in 2009 as only the winner is promoted to
                                                                    the European Cadet Championships.&nbsp; I also try to take the team to another preparation-based
                                                                    tournament, where the focus is on player development rather than winning.&nbsp;
                                                                    The team prides itself on being winners, which is different from the result of winning.&nbsp;
                                                                    You can&rsquo;t always control whether you win or lose, especially in international
                                                                    tournament play, where one loss can determine the outcome of an entire campaign,
                                                                    but each individual, player or coach can control whether they are a winner or not.&nbsp;
                                                                    This means taking pride in winning but understanding losing, being the best team
                                                                    at running on and off the field, being the best dressed and most respectful team,
                                                                    working harder than anyone else, and on the day just playing the game and having
                                                                    fun.<br />
                                                                    Eleven players graduated to the Junior programme this year, so I am on the lookout
                                                                    for more young talented British ballplayers to travel and compete in the European
                                                                    Qualifier, if there are any players or parents interested in trying out, there will
                                                                    be open try-outs held for all players who are within the age bracket.&nbsp; Further
                                                                    details will be announced via the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.britishbaseball.org/bsuknews.php">
                                                                        BaseballSoftballUK</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.britishbaseball.org/">
                                                                            BBF</a> websites.<br />
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