For years I have been following Japanese baseball and except for 2022, my favorite team, the Orix Buffaloes, never could make a name for themselves. Nevertheless, it was always a dream to see them play. That dream came true yesterday. For a long time I tried to get tickets through the internet but through Japanese…
Today was a travel day from Kyoto to Hiroshima. After two-and-a-half-hours we arrived at Hiroshima Station. There I saw something amazing that put a big smile on my face. When we checked out at the Shinkansen gate, I saw one person with a Hiroshima Toyo Carp jersey. I thought: “Nice.” Little did I know what…
Currently, yours truly is spending his vacation in Japan. The first four days are spent in Tokyo. Today several visits were planned. One of them was the Tokyo Dome, in order to buy two caps (one for myself and one for a friend of mine) of the Yomiuri Giants. When my wife and I arrived…
Yessss!!! It is that time of the week again. Friday. Time to celebrate the upcoming weekend with another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy (your weekend)!!!!
In this episode we pay attention to the Wheel Play. Experts will know what this is about. Read on and you will learn what the term exactly means. A wheel play is part of a defensive play when the opponent lays down a bunt with runners on base. When the ball is bunted to the…
At the end of 2020, a new baseball league was announced with a lot of fanfare. This league, the European Super League Baseball, ESLB for short, would land teams in countries where baseball isn’t a big sport at all. With this initiative, the new league wanted to grow the game of baseball. What has become…
A surprising result today in Borgerhout. After a 0 – 12 loss vs the Borgerhout Squirrels, the Merchtem Cats beat their opponent today, clinching their second win of the season. Thanks to this win, the Cats are no longer in last place alone. Merchtem Cats 10 – 5 Borgerhout Squirrels The second surprising victory for…
No close games yesterday. Only blowout scores. But there was a surprising score in Deurne, where the Spartans hosted Phoenix Mont-Saint Guibert. Phoenix Mont-Saint Guibert 13 – 5 Deurne Spartans A surprising score as Deurne Spartans is still considered a power house in Belgian baseball, although their season is far from good so far. Phoenix…
Yessss!!!! It is that time of the week again: Friday. Final working day of the week. Time to celebrate the upcoming weekend with another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy (your weekend)!!!
I bet every MiLB fan has seen the cap below. It is one of the alternate caps of the Jersey Shore Blue Claws. In this blog post I give my take on of what I think the cap stands for. Before the 2021 season, the club was called Lakewood Blue Claws. But in 2021, the…
