After the Belgian Safety Council came with new facilitation of the measures against the coronavirus, the VBSL (Flemish Baseball and Softball League) made a few announcements that correspond with the aforementioned facilitation. In a press release, two important dates were mentioned: May 18: start of training activities for team sports in the open air under…
After the cancellation of the 2020 season in France, more depressing news. Today, the government of Belgium announced that no sporting games will be allowed until July 31st. This means that baseball is affected as well. The new rule is part of a string of measures that were presented by the Belgian government. Next to…
Finally some news about the Belgian baseball competition and the coronavirus. When you check the website of the Belgian Baseball and Softball Federation, you won’t find a lot of info. One better check the websites of the regional federations VBSL (Flemish Baseball and Softball League) and LFBBS (Ligue Francophone Belge de Baseball et Softball). In…
Throughout the world, baseball is shut down due to the coronavirus. The sole exception is Taiwan, where the CPBL started this week without fans in the stands. But elsewhere clubs struggle to stay afloat. Take Europe for example. Baseball season hasn’t started yet and the question remains if there WILL be any baseball in 2020….
Recently I bumped into this website showing old editions of a British baseball magazine called Baseball Mercury, thanks to @ExtrainningsUK. In several editions of this magazine from the seventies and eighties, attention is paid to Belgian baseball as well. The first item can be found in the edition of March 1973 in which is written…
In this series, we pay attention to the transactions in the highest Belgian baseball league, Baseball Gold (BBG). We continue with the team that finished in third place last season: Brasschaat Braves. In preparation of the upcoming season, the thirteen-time Belgian champion has made several transactions. Two of the transactions are rather eye-popping. First of…
In this series, we pay attention to the transactions in the highest Belgian baseball league, Baseball Gold (BBG). We continue with the team that has earned a promotion from the Eerste Klasse: The Merchtem Cats. After being demoted at the end of the 2014 season, in which the team managed to win only four games,…
In this series, we pay attention to the transactions in the highest Belgian baseball league, Baseball Gold (BBG). We continue with the club that finished fourth in the regular season: Hoboken Pioneers. After a stay of one season in the Belgian Eerste Klasse (second-tier league), Hoboken Pioneers returned to the BBG in 2018. The club…
In this series, we pay attention to the transactions in the highest Belgian baseball league, Baseball Gold (BBG). We continue with last year’s runner up, Borgerhout Squirrels. As the pitching staff of the club had a hard time last year, the most important moves Squirrels made were the acquisitions of the pitchers Sam Belsie Springer…
In this series, we pay attention to the transactions in the highest Belgian baseball league, Baseball Gold (BBG). We start with the reigning champion Deurne Spartans. Deurne Spartans saw some players leave but the club managed to acquire enough replacements. Players that joined the club are: Edgardo Nieto, who returns after a year of absence,…
