Bullpen. The area where relief pitcher wait until it is their turn to pitch and the area where these relief pitchers warm up. But where does the name bullpen (in baseball) come from? In the late 19th century latecomers to ball games were cordoned off (put behind a cord) into standing-room areas in foul territory….
When I first was introduced to Ebbets Field Flannels, I was totally in awe. They created the kind of throwback merchandise that I like. Since EFF always claimed to create “authentic” throwback caps and jerseys, I’d like to give my take on the authenticity of the stuff they create. A few years ago, I was…
The upstart Baseball United League had its draft today. A lot of former professional players were drafted by the four teams of the league. Several players from Curaçao were drafted as well. Baseball United is a baseball league with teams in India, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates. It is an attempt to grow the…
Since last Thursday, the 2023 MLB season is on its way. With a lot of fanfare, MLB and the American media shouted that baseball was back. But is that really the case? Not if you’d ask me. After the final out of the World Series, many fans go into hibernation because baseball is over. But…
On June 17, 2022, the Paderborn Untouchables of the First German Bundesliga, will have a bobble head promotion. The initiator of this event, Sascha Hermann, wanted to be the first in Europe to organize a bobble head promotion in Europe. Against the team from the German capital, the Berlin Flamingos, the Paderborn Untouchables will give…
In 2016, during the European Championship in Hoofddorp, yours truly met Tim Collins for the first time in person. An American, who is residing in Munich. In Germany, he is well known in the baseball scene, and also in the Netherlands, several people know him because of his fine play-by-play announcing for the Munich-Haar Disciples…
As you may know by now, yours truly is an avid cap collector. It all started with MLB caps but in the past years, it moved more towards MiLB and other authentic caps. With authentic MLB and MiLB caps, one doesn’t have a choice. In Europe, many clubs are opting for Richarson caps. So which…
In September 2020, the Dutch Baseball Hangout reached 750, 000 hits. With the average number of hits back then, yours truly expected to reach the 1,000,000 mark somewhere in September 2022. But things have gone really fast since the 750,000 mark. In the past year, this got more than 13,000 hits each month (with the…
I bumped into this video on Facebook. It shows someone who is building a baseball field from scratch in Brittany, France. It shows what to do and also what NOT to do when creating a baseball field. Of course, the person who built this nice ballpark did a lot with machines. But next to that…
Normally yours truly does not use complete texts of other websites to post. But in this case, I’d like to make an exception. The following blogpost is taken from the website of my loyal sponsor Bat King Europe. The reason why I copied it is that it is a nice article on how to beat…
