Yesssss!!!! It is that time of the week again. The final Friday of the week. 😉 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)!!!!
In today’s very short episode of “Baseball Shorts,” we pay attention to the term “portside.” What does it mean and where does it come from? Read on and learn. Portsider is a rather uncommon term in baseball. The word is used for a left handed pitcher, a.k.a. southpaw. But where does the term come from?…
In the winners bracket, the Brasschaat Braves hosted the Borgerhout Squirrels at their own facility. The fans saw a dominant Braves team that shoved aside the Squirrels, to advance to the final next Sunday. Borgerhout Squirrels 1 – 8 Brasschaat Braves After a scoreless first inning, Brasschaat Braves laid the foundation of today’s win in…
In the losers bracket, Hoboken Pioneers took on the Deurne Spartans. After a full season of dominance, yesterday’s loss seemed to be a mistake, but today the reigning champions didn’t fare any better. Deurne Spartans 12 – 1 Hoboken Pioneers Belgium will get a new baseball champion. Current champion Hoboken Pioneers was routed in the…
With the main focus on the playoffs, we may not forget there is more baseball going on. Even though one round needs to be played tomorrow in Division Two, it is clear who will advance to the promotion/relegation series. With the bottom four teams playing against relegation, it was clear in advance that the Braine…
Today the playoffs of the Belgian Division One started. Both matches were played at the facility of Hoboken Pioneers. One can say there was one surprising result and one almost surprising result. Borgerhout Squirrels 4 – 2 Hoboken Pioneers The clear favorite for the Belgian championship did not live up to the expectations. In a…
Yes!!!! 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)!!!
Through their social media platforms, the Montgomery Biscuits announced their cooperation with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the City of Montgomery. Part of this cooperation is a permanent museum exhibit coming to Riverwalk Stadium. Of course we all know what a pivotal role Montgomery played in the Civil RIghts Movement as it was here…
In today’s episode of “Baseball Shorts,” we pay attention to the unassisted unassisted triple play. It is not an official term, but this triple play is so unique, no player on the defensive side ever touched the ball. Impossible you may say, but it happened during a 1986 extended Spring Training Game between Minor League…
In today’s episode of “Baseball Shorts,” we pay attention to a Minor League manager that was ejected after a bench clearing brawl and who became the mascot of the team. In baseball, ejections are from all times. Not only players are ejected at times, also managers, and heck, even mascots. But ejected managers becoming mascots?…
