Many think that the exhibition game that was played at the Astro Dome on April 9, 1965, was the first ever baseball game to be played indoors. Wrong. On Christmas Day 1888, 2,000 spectators watched the first ever indoor baseball game. On this day 132 years ago, 2,000 fans gathered at the state fairgrounds in…
In Boston they had their Curse of the Bambino. In Chicago they had their Curse of the Goat. But also in Japan, baseball fans believe in curses. In Osaka, they have the curse of the Colonel. Colonel Sanders that is. Yes the one of Kentucky Fried Chicken. When in 1985, the Hanshin Tigers won their…
Back in 1927, teammates Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig went on a barnstorming tour in California. With their teams the Bustin’ Babes and the Larrupin’ Lou’s they visited several towns and cities in California and in other states. In those days, MLB players did not earn the exorbitant amounts of today. Babe Ruth may have…
Another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday.” But since tomorrow will be Christmas Day, I guess hardly anyone will be on the world wide web. Therefore, tomorrow’s episode will be posted today. The image below may be too small to read. To solve this, click on the image and it will appear larger in…
In today’s episode of Baseball Shorts, we pay attention to the term Framing. Where does it come from? Read on and you will find out. Framing is the art of making a borderline pitch look like a strike. The intention is that the catcher moves his hand a few inches towards the strike zone to…
Out of the blue, some Tweets about a newly formed European Professional Baseball League reared up. The new league, named European Super League of Professional Baseball (ESLB for short), is in its early stages. Not much information is available yet. https://twitter.com/ESLBOficial/status/1323929137250271233 According to its website eslb.pro, there will be six teams, most not in areas…
2020 has been a strange year in every possible way. COVID-19 spoiled many things, not only the baseball season. Besides all the victims that are not around us anymore, it caused a massive layoff of jobs. Compared to that, missing much of baseball is just a minor detail. Nevertheless 2020 was a tough year for…
After fan favorite Caleb Cooper Fenimore decided to go back to his home state Indiana to accept a job as assistent coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, there was a void at the position of head coach of the Dohren Wild Farmers. Today the club announced it has filled the void with a local. Also…
Just like earlier this year, the Dutch Baseball Hangout would like to pay attention to the transactions in the Belgian Baseball Gold (BBG) League, next year called the Top League. The transaction period in Belgium ended at December 1, so time to start with the eighth blog post. This one is about the Mortsel Stars….
In today’s episode of Baseball Shorts, we pay attention to the term Dugout Diplomacy. The term refers to baseball being used as a tool to bridge a gap between two countries. A good example of this was the 1999 series that was played between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cuban national team. Orioles’ owner Peter Angelos lobbied…
