With a joined statement of the current Mayor and the Mayor-Elect of Fresno, the city made clear that it is backing the Fresno Grizzlies in their quest for AAA baseball. In the statement, both local politicians claim that thanks to the award winning seasons the club had and thanks to the investments the club made…
MLB showed its true colors, if it had not done that already, by putting Fresno in the stocks. According to the Fresno Bee, MLB has told the city of Fresno and the local (former) AAA team Grizzlies to accept a demotion to Low A or not having affiliated ball at all. Understandably, both the Grizzlies…
Yesssss!! It is that time of the week again. Time to celebrate the weekend. So time for another episode of Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy.
A few days ago you could read a blog post about the doubts of the World Port Tournament being played in 2021 because of the very busy baseball calendar in the Netherlands. Today the organization of the tournament announced the cancellation. But the reason is different than yours truly thought. According to the organizing committee,…
Same opponent as last year, same result. A 4-0 sweep in games vs the Yomiuri Giants. Today’s game ended in a 4-1 victory for the Hawks, who outscored the Giants 26-4 over the stretch of four games. One can wonder if a dominance like this is good for any sport. But nevertheless, the Hawks were…
With the SoftBank Hawks having a comfortable 3-0 lead in games, it is a must win situation for the Yomiuri Giants today. But it will be hard as they play at the Pay Pay Dome, the home field of the Hawks. Today’s game will start at 18:30 local time (10:30 CET and 04:30 AM Eastern…
It has been a while. But finally here is another edition of Ballparks Around the World. In today’s episode we pay attention the the home field of baseball club Neptunus from Rotterdam: the Neptunus Familiestadion (family stadium). Baseball club Neptunus is located at the current site since 1945. In the years before the construction of…
In today’s episode of “Baseball Shorts,” we pay attention to the term Inside Baseball. One may think that the term has to do with modern day’s sabermetrics, but in fact the term first was used in the late 1800s. The original meaning referred to a particular style of play which relied on bunts, stealing bases,…
Nothing official has been announced yet, but with the hoofdklasse baseball calendar of 2021, which has a very tight schedule thanks to an Olympic Qualifier Tournament and eventually the Olympic Games, one can wonder if there is room to play the tournament. With the current hoofdklasse schedule, which is provisional for now, the World Port…
After the Yomiuri Giants did not stand a chance against the SoftBank Hawks yesterday, the team from Tokyo looked to rebound in game two. For the Giants, pitcher Oshiro Imamura took the mound. The SoftBank Hawks sent Kai Ishikawa out to start the game. Just like yesterday, it wasn’t much of a game as the…
