In Baseball related songs, we pay attention to “Mickey Mantle” performed by the band Waters. Mickey Mantle is a song from the debut album “Out in the Light” of the band. It is the final song on the album that contains ten songs. Even though the name of the former Yankee star is mentioned, the…
Today, the independent Frontier League announced it will merge with the independent CanAm League. The Canam League will cease to exist and five of its teams will move to the Frontier League. The merger is with immediate effect. When you google on Canamleague.com, you are directed to the website of the Frontier League. In times…
During this time of the year, plenty of World Series items could be picked. I picked this one as I thought it was the most interesting. Today 127 years ago, on the last day of the regular season, a rookie pitcher went the distance and threw a no-hitter. Charles “Bumpus” Jones made his MLB debut…
According to a tweet by Didier Seminet, the French chairman of the WBSC Europe, the French minister of Sports Roxana Mărăcineanu had a talk with MLB to lure MLB games to France. Location of the games would be Stade de France in Saint Denis, North of Paris. Heureux d’accueillir la @mlb à Paris aux côtés…
The KNBSB has released the Dutch roster for the upcoming Premier 12 tournament. The roster is a mix of former MLB players, minor league players of several levels and players from the Dutch hoofdklasse and German 1. Bundesliga. Manager Hensley Meulens made some changes compared to the roster of the Olympic Qualifier as he added…
After the warning track and the infield of Kinheim’s home, Pim Mulier Stadium were flooded due to superfluous rainfall yesterday, the decisive game was moved to today. In a do or die matchup for both parties, DSS stayed at the right side of the score as it overcame a 5-1 deficit and beat Kinheim 14-5. …
According to 297 Sports, Braves farmhand, Ray-Patrick Didder and Cincinnati Reds farmhand Chadwick Tromp have been added to the Premier12 roster of the Kingdom of the Netherlands by manager Hensley Meulens. Ray-Patrick Didder is coming off a sub-par season with the Mississippi Braves. In his second season with the M-Braves, he batted .203 and committed…
With the baseball season in the Netherlands almost over, I went to Antwerp, Belgium to attend game one of the Belgium Series, a best of five series for the championship of Belgium. Borgerhout Squirrels hosted reigning champion Deurne Spartans. As both clubs are located near Antwerp Airport, the series is also called the airport series….
Today, sixty-three years ago, Don Larsen accomplished what no-one had ever done before: pitching the first perfect game in World Series history. Game five was a pitchers duel from both sides. Not only did Don Larsen not allow a hit, his opponent, Sal Maglie, allowed only five hits and issued two walks as he gave…
As game four of the promotion/relegation series was rained out on Sunday, it was played tonight. After blowing the lead on Saturday, Glenn Wassink was clearly the man of the match as he pitched nine innings to guide Kinheim to a 6-3 victory. After Linus Holmberg singled up the middle and drove in René Cremer…
