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El Paso Chihuahuas Adopt New Copa Identity
Byyankeebiscuitfan March 13, 2026March 14, 2026

Through their socials and website, the El Paso Chihuahuas presented their new identity for the Copa de la Diversión. For the 2026 season (and further) the Chihuahuas will call themselves the Matachines. The El Paso Matachines is a tribute to one of the most recognizable and meaningful cultural traditions of the Paso del Norte region….

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Baseball comic | Peanuts | Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday

Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday
Byyankeebiscuitfan March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Yessss!!!! It is the final Friday of the week again. Time to celebrate the upcoming weekend with another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy (your weekend)!!!!

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Baseball history | General

The Baseball April Fools Joke That Turned Into a Book
Byyankeebiscuitfan March 6, 2026March 6, 2026

Baseball and April Fools, it is a nice combination. Yours truly also posted some April Fools Jokes in the past. This story is about an April Fools’ joke published by a major sports magazine backed by the New York Mets. In early 1985, Mark Mulvoy, the managing editor of Sports Illustrated, noticed that a cover date that year would fall on…

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Baseball comic | Peanuts | Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday

Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday
Byyankeebiscuitfan March 6, 2026March 6, 2026

Yesssss!!!! 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 (your weekend)!!!

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Italian baseball

Rimini Baseball: More Becomes Clear
Byyankeebiscuitfan March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

The other day, the Dutch Baseball Hangout reported about the possibility that baseball in Rimini was to end. Since Google Translate doesn’t translate Italian all that well, there was a misunderstanding on my side about this. The reality will be explained below. New Rimini, which was built on the ashes of the bankrupt Rimini Pirates,…

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Italian baseball

End of Rimini Baseball Near?
Byyankeebiscuitfan February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

In the Italian Facebook Group Casabase, yours truly learned that New Rimini, the successor of the bankrupt Rimini Pirates is evicted from its ballpark by the municipality of the Italian seaside resort. A debt of 400,000 Euro was the limit apparently. The Pirati stadium will swiftly return to the ownership of the municipality of Rimini….

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Baseball comic | Peanuts | Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday

Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday
Byyankeebiscuitfan February 27, 2026

Yessss!!! It is that time of the week again. The final Friday of the week. Time for another episode of Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday to celebrate the upcoming weekend. Enjoy (your weekend)!!!

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Baseball history | Baseball Shorts | Dutch baseball | Dutch honkbal | History of Dutch baseball

Baseball Shorts: How a Pitching Move, Lost in Translation, Was (Re)discovered
Byyankeebiscuitfan February 26, 2026February 26, 2026

When baseball rules were translated into Dutch, one rule about pitching was lost in translation. It took forty-six years before this mistake was discovered. Read on and you learn about how. In the Netherlands, Baseball is played since 1908. In those days there wasn’t a regular competition yet. Even though the sport was introduced in…

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Belgian Baseball

Merchtem Cats Add Import Catcher to Roster
Byyankeebiscuitfan February 25, 2026

On their socials, the Merchtem Cats announced they added a very experienced catcher to their roster for the 2026 season. Next to being a backstop, this player will function as coach next to Jamie Flynn. This new addition, Tyler Hill, has played at several levels of baseball in the USA. One of them was the…

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Dutch baseball | Dutch honkbal | General

Bob Sullivan Passes Away at 96
Byyankeebiscuitfan February 21, 2026February 21, 2026

A local hero in Grand Rapdis, MI but also one in the Netherlands has passed away last Tuesday. At the age of 96, Bob Sullivan left us for baseball’s Eternal Hunting Grounds. Through the Facebook page Takemeouttotheballgame2024, the Dutch Baseball Hangout learned about the passing of Bob Sullivan. His death was announced Wednesday by Fans…

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