Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday
Yessss! It is Friday again. You all know what that means. Almost weekend. Time to celebrate it with another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy.
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Saarlouis Hornets Replaces Manager
Despite not having a bad season, the Saarlouis Hornets have decided to ax the manager of their flagship team. Likely for the first time in the 2nd German Baseball Bundesliga, a lady will be at the helm of a team. According to the Instagram account of the Saarlouis Hornets, manager Chas Richards was axed as…
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Lakeland Flying Tigers And The Link to History
The former Lakeland Tigers changed their moniker into Flying Tigers in 2007 after the team took a successful rebranding of the Clearwater Threshers, also a Florida State League team, as an example. But how did the Flying Tigers get their current name? Read on and you will learn. As written in the prologue, the parent…
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Belgian Division One: May 4, Match of The Day
Yesterday, newly promoted Braine Black Rickers took on the Deurne Spartans in Deurne. In the previous match on Saturday, the Black Rickers did not stand a chance as they lost 16 – 3, but in yesterday’s game, the club from Wallonia gave the Deurne Spartans a hard time. Braine Black Rickers 5 – 3 Deurne…
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Baseball Shorts: Time Limits in Baseball
When it comes to time limits in baseball, it is a common thing in the lower (recreational) leagues in Dutch baseball. Games in lower leagues in the Netherlands have a time limit of two hours. Games can end in a tie because of the time frame. But also in US baseball time limits were a…
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Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday
It is that time of the week again. Friday. Time to celebrate the upcoming weekend with another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy.
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Origin of Minor League Team Names: Reprise
In the previous decade, I wrote several blog posts about the origin of team names in the Minors. Since the reprise in 2020, some new names were added. Here is an overview of the names that appeared since then. B: Beloit SkyCarp After the Beloit Snappers moved into their new stadium, the club wanted to…
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Minor League History: Mountain State League
In today’s episode of Minor League History, we pay attention to the Mountain State League, not to be mixed up with the Mountain States League. Cities represented: *Ashland, KY: Ashland Colonels 1939-1942*Beckley, WV: Beckley Bengals 1937-1938*Bluefield, WV: Bluefield Blue-Grays 1937-1942*Huntington, WV: Huntington Boosters 1937; Huntington Bees 1938; Huntington Boosters 1939; Huntington Aces 1940-1941; Huntington Jewels 1942*Logan, WV: Logan Indians 1937-1942*Welch, WV: Welch Miners 1937-1942*Williamson, WV: Williamson Colts 1937-1938; Williamson Red Birds 1939-1942 The Mountain States League was…
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Melbourne Aces Withdraw From ABL
Surprising news from Down Under today. Both the Australian Baseball League and the Melbourne Aces announced the Aces will turn its back on the ABL. In fact it is a kind of move the Savannah Bananas did. That club was part of the Great Plains League before it announced to leave the league and to…
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Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday
It is Friday again. We all know what that means. Time for “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday,” just to celebrate the upcoming weekend. Enjoy.