In today’s episode of Baseball related songs, we pay attention to America’s Favorite Pastime performed by singer-song writerTodd Snider. For this song, Snider, who fought drug addiction several times, was inspired by Dock Ellis’ 1970 no-hitter that he threw after he took LSD. In June 1970, Pirate righty Dock Ellis threw nine innings of no-hit…
In this edition of Minor League history, we pay attention to the second run of the Lone Star League. The Lone Star League was one of the many upstart leagues that reared up after World War II. In contrast to other contemporary leagues, the Lone Star League didn’t last longer than two years. The Lone…
With three more rounds to play, everything is still possible. But the Sydney Blue Sox have made an important step to clinch a spot in the semi-finals. As the Blue Sox won today’s game and the series vs the Brisbane Bandits, the Perth Heat had an easy series vs the Adelaide Bite. Today, the Sydney…
It has been a while but in this episode of Ballparks around the World we pay attention to the home of the Québec Capitales (independent CanAm League), Stade Municipal in Québec, North America’s only walled city. In 1937, Canada suffered from the great depression, just as most other countries of the world. Prime Minister of…
With the series vs the Brisbane Bandits tied at one, the Sydney Blue Sox have beaten the Bandits in walk-off fashion (3-4). After trailing 3-0 after the second inning, the Sox inched closer and eventually scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. After Alessandro Maestri was masterful once again on Thursday, he…
A bit late but better late than never. The Dutch Baseball Hangout would like to wish all its followers and readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for visiting my website on a regular basis. This gives me the motivation to keep writing. But thanks to a new job and the…
Behind some strong offense and solid pitching (at times), the Sydney Blue Sox handed a 4-0 series loss to the Perth Heat. The Canberra Cavalry swept the Geelong-Korea team, Brisbane clinched a 3-1 series win vs Melbourne as both teams played a tripleheader on Saturday and the Adelaide Bite clinched a 3-1 series win over…
After Loek van Mil was hospitalized the statement on his condition, on the website of the Brisbane Bandits remained the same for the past two weeks. Today the Dutch Baseball Hangout learned that the Dutch reliever was released from the hospital last Sunday. Even though Van Mil has joined the Brisbane Bandits, he is only…
Curaçao native Jurickson Profar is not a Texas Ranger anymore. The 25-year old was part of a three-way deal between the Texas Rangers, the Oakland Athletics and the Tampa Bay Rays. Profar, who has been injury prone during his career as he missed most of the 2014 and 2015 season due to a nagging injury…
Curaçao native Hainley Statia announced through his Instagram account that the Los Angeles Angels hired him as their infield coordinator. After serving a few years as hitting coach in the Brewers’ farm system, Statia returns to the club where it all began for him. In this job as infield coordinator, Statia will be responsible for…
