In a delayed event that was streamed live, the organizing committee of the 2021 European Championship drew the groups of the upcoming championship in the Piemonte region. Each of the four groups contain four countries of which one has to come from one of the four Qualifiers. The four groups look as follows: Group AItalyBelgiumAustriawinner…
Blesk Jablonec, that will debute in the Czech Extraliga has a first. For the first time in history of European baseball, a player from the Philippines will play at the highest level of a country. According to Czech baseball website milujeme-baseball.cz, Paulo Macasaet will join Blesk Jablonec. According to milujeme-baseball.cz, the 25-year-old Macasaet has been…
Last night (European time), MLB informed AAA clubs that the AAA season will be delayed by a month. MLB uses corona as an excuse. In a statement MLB said the following: “This is a prudent step to complete the Major League and Minor League seasons as safely as possible, and we look forward to having…
Today, baseballmania.eu announced that Curaçao born Urwin Juaquin will join Parmaclima Baseball for the 2021 season. Especially on the defensive side, Juaquin, who has four years in the minors under his belt, will be a reenforcement for the cheese city. Since Juaquin is from Willemstad Curaçao, he is a Dutch citizen officially. As a result,…
In the fourth episode of a series about not so famous players from the Dutch kingdom playing abroad, we pay attention to Tristan Korf, who is residing and playing in Norway (Scandinavia). At the age of five, Tristan started to play baseball. First he had to get his swimming diplomas but when he did that,…
Also in Taiwan the CPBL has started its spring training. Today there is a matchup between the Uni-President Lions and the CTBC Brothers, a rematch of last year’s Taiwan Series. Enjoy. https://www.facebook.com/heartbaseball/videos/1043805662777698/?comment_id=1043807186110879¬if_id=1614503308403157¬if_t=comment_mention&ref=notif
In today’s episode of Baseball Related Songs, we pay attention to another little gem of a song: Cooperstown by The Felice Brothers. The Felice Brothers got a somewhat unusual start as they played in the Subway in NewYork City. Living in an apartment in Brooklyn, they would play at 42nd Street and Union Square and in Greenwich Village. Originally, the…
As soon as the news came out that Nettuno Baseball had acquired Ademar Rifaela, the discussion broke loose in a Dutch baseball group on Twitter. Was this allowed or not? The manager of Curaçao Neptunus stated it wasn’t and eventually he was right. According to baseballmania.eu, the Dutch baseball federation KNBSB has not issued the…
We all may know that the opening game of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Los Angeles Coliseum drew over 90,000 fans. But 22 years earlier, a baseball event drew even 100,000 spectators. And it wasn’t even at American soil. On a summer day in August during the 1936 Olympics, baseball was a demonstration sport…
Yes! It is Friday again. We all know what that means. Time for Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy.
