Recently I wrote a blog post about my favorite Dutch ballcaps. Today I will post one about my favorite European ballcaps. Throughout Europe, there are many baseball clubs. Some of them sport some nice ballcaps. Time for an overview of my favorite ones. Be warned, there is a lot of green coming up. 10. Munich-Haar…
The New York Yankees are known as one of the most conservative MLB franchises. A lot of things are regarded as tradition and will not change any time soon. But on April 6, 1973, the Bronx Bombers were the final team in MLB to get rid of something that was a common thing in baseball…
Today Mickey Mouse celebrates its 90th birthday. The most famous mouse in the world appeared in its first cartoon named “Steamboat Willy”. You may wonder “What on earth does this have to do with baseball?” Well, more than you might think. Steamboat Willy was the start of something that would become a real empire of…
After Michael Jordan retired from the NBA for the first time, he tried another sport. In 1994, the greatest basketball player of all time signed a minor league deal with the Chicago White Sox. Not a surprise as the owner of the Chicago Bulls also owned the Southsiders. In that 1994 season, Jordan played for…
The second part of baseball related songs is about Boys of Summer, sung by former lead singer and drummer of the Eagles, Don Henley. This song reached no. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and no 1 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks. Rumor has it, Don Henley wrote the song while writing for…
You may know by now that I am a jersey and cap nut. In previous top tens, I posted my favorite MLB, MiLB and retro caps. This time I’d like to show you my top ten of MLB jerseys. It will be a mix of current jerseys and retro jerseys. 10. Houston Astros 1975-1986 jersey…
I read a blog post of one of the baseball blogs that I follow, Indyball Island. The writer told that she would participate in the First Annual Blogathon for Charity. This charity will be the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, which is the charitable arm of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Perhaps you think:”That is in the US….
After days of signing Dutchie talents, summing up Dutchies, reporting about the European Cup and the Dutch Hoofdklasse, now a more playful article. The other day I saw a nice item about baseball caps of the seventies. Those born after the seventies must know that it was an era in which baseball uniforms had the wildest…
Dodgertown in Vero Beach saved Dodgertown, the former spring training complex of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers was left alone by the team in 2008 when they moved to Arizona. The facility used to be a naval air station that was converted into a spring training camp with barracks, stadium, practice fields and a golf course…
Dutchies in Japan Both Rick van den Hurk and Wladimir Balentien played a rehab game with the Ni-Gun teams (farm teams) of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. In a 7-0 win over the Orix Buffaloes, Rick van den Hurk pitched seven innings in which he allowed two hits, walked three and…
