In today’s episode of “Ballparks Around the World,” we pay attention to Hoesch Park, home of the Dortmund Wanderers. The ballpark of the Dortmund Wanderers is beautifully located in Hoesch Park in the Northern part of Dortmund. The history of the park dates back to the end of the nineteenth century when a count bought…
The oldest baseball club of Italy has adopted a new name. The reason is to leave the troubled past of baseball in the city of Nettuno behind and make sure all parties can continue in peace. After the club was demoted to the second-tier of Italian baseball, the club adopted the name Nettuno BC 1945…
Recently promoted Nettuno Baseball, formerly known as Nettuno BC 1945, has caught a big fish for the 2021 season. In order to reinforce its Italian Serie A roster, the team acquired Gabriel Lino, a former AAA catcher. Lino, the catcher of the new Venezuelan champion Caribes de Anzoategui, has a ship load of experience in…
Yesterday you could read about the merger of the Serie A1 and A2 into one league which will contain 32 teams. Today, the FIBS (Italian Baseball and Softball Federation) came up with extra information. The 32 team league will be split into several divisions. This reminds us to the 1990 Serie A season in which…
After a week of absence, “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday is back. Let’s step into the weekend with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy
Tonight the federal council of the FIBS (Italian Baseball and Softball Federation) made a lot of decisions regarding baseball and softball. But the most eye catching decision had to do with the 2021 Serie A1. One of the decisions had to do with the Serie A1, Italy’s highest baseball level. As reported earlier, the Serie…
How cool is this? Color footage of the AAGPBL. You know… “A League of Their Own” and “There is no crying in baseball.” The league existed from 1943 through 1954. It is not clear of which year this footage is. But this is some nice footage, yours truly has never seen before. Enjoy. Pretty cool…
The “independent” Pioneer League has released its first schedule as a not affiliated league. In November last year, it was announced the league would become a partner league of MLB but it would not be part of affiliated ball anymore. The eight teams of the league will each play a 96-game schedule (20 more that…
The Rakuten Golden Eagles made an official announcement about the return of pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. The 32-year old pitcher returns from New York where he spend seven years with the New York Yankees. The 32-year old RHP has opted to return to Japan after the Yankees did not quite hurry to re-sign him. In fact…
The SK Wyverns of the Korean Baseball Organization, has been sold unexpectedly. The new owner will be retail giant Shinsegae Group, that has bought the club for approximately 100 million Euros (122 million USD). On February 23rd, the official handover from the current owner SK Telecom to Shinsegae Group will take place. The new owner…
