In 1917, Ernie Shore pitched a perfect game for the Boston Red Sox. He retired 27 batters in a row without allowing a base runner. Still he was only credited with a combined no-hitter. Why? He pitched in relief of Babe Ruth, who walked a batter and argued the call and who was tossed eventually because he punched the umpire.
After fan favorite Caleb Cooper Fenimore decided to go back to his home state Indiana to accept a job as assistent coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, there was a void at the position of head coach of the Dohren Wild Farmers. Today the club announced it has filled the void with a local. Also…
Trading players is from all times. But one trade is weirder than the other. Here is an overview of weird trades that happened through the history of baseball. In 1994, the Minnesota Twins traded future Hall of Famer Dave Winfield to the Cleveland Indians for player to be named later. But when the season was…
Normally I would ignore news like this, even though this one is rather interesting, but since Ericsson is the company that I work for, I take some pride in this news and thought it was worth mentioning it. In a press release Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) announced that it joined forces with Major League Baseball for…
You could read a lot of blog posts about silly jerseys, and silly promotions in the last few weeks. But when it comes to silly, one club beats all the others. The York Revolution (independent Atlantic League) will sport special caps on Sunday with the motto “Sunday funday caps”. You may think wat is fun…
Through the years built a small collection of baseball jerseys. It all started in 1991 when I got the jersey of my very first baseball club, now defunct Amstel Tijgers, three-time Dutch champion. From that moment on more jerseys got my way. This is an overview of the favorite jerseys of my collection. Amsterdam Baseball…
Today, the Kingdom of the Netherlands will take on the Czech Republic. The Czechs fell to Israel and the Dutch are without a win or a loss as the game vs Great Britain was suspended due to falling darkness. Of course, the Czech Republic aims to hand the Dutch their second loss in their mutual…
