In the past decade, the interest for baseball has been declining. The reason? It is hard to think of just one reason. But when even hardcore baseball fans say the game has become boring, you know something is wrong. Even in the USA there are attempts to speed up the game, to make the game…
After long deliberation, the KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation) and the Dutch hoofdklasse clubs have decided to start the Dutch hoofdklasse season at April 29. Both the KNBSB and the Dutch hoofdklasse clubs have decided to start the competition within the COVID-19 boundaries. This means that the frist games will be played without…
The newest team of the Chinese Professional Baseball League from Taiwan, the Wei Chuan Dragons unveiled their new uniforms today. The team is about to debut in 2021 and of course that won’t be possible without uniforms. It won’t come as a suprise that the home uniforms are white. They jerseys and pants are covered…
In their first week the Indian Hills Warriors, a Community College from Iowa, went a perfect 4-0. If that wasn’t enough, one of their players was named ICCAC Athlete of the Week. Sophomore catcher Dave Janssen put up some very nice numbers to earn this honor. In four games, Dave went 6 for 9 (.667)…
The title may look weird and it is. The highest German Baseball league will have two different starting dates and it all has to do with COVID-19. The Southern Division of the 1. German Baseball Bundesliga will start play on Thursday April 1st (no April Fools joke). The Southern Division will play 28 games in…
In today’s episode of Baseball Related Songs, we pay attention to the somewhat rougher genre in music: The Celtic Punk group Dropkick Murphys with “Shipping up to Boston.” In a previous episode, the Dutch Baseball Hangout already paid attention to another song of the Dropkick Murphys: “Tessie”. In contrast to “Tessie,” “Shipping up to Boston…
You may all know how much I love Minor League Baseball. Ever since I attended my first MiLB game, I liked it better than MLB. Here is the story of how I fell in love with MiLB. Back in 2004, I discovered Minor League Baseball. Back then I was member of a baseball forum on…
Recently you could read here about the KBO’s SK Wyverns being sold to SSG. Today the new name of the club was announced. The new owners of the team, the Shinsegae Croup, named the club after its e-commerce arm SSG. The name Landers is a tribute to the city of Incheon and its airport and…
The newly established independent baseball league, the Mavericks League will contain four teams. It will be played in the ballpark of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. One of the teams is the Salem Senators of which the uniform was presented a short while ago. The name Senators refers to the capital of the State of Oregon of…
Good morning y’all. It is Friday again. You know what that means. Time for another episode to herald the weekend. Enjoy.
