As you may know by now, yours truly is an avid cap collector. It all started with MLB caps but in the past years, it moved more towards MiLB and other authentic caps. With authentic MLB and MiLB caps, one doesn’t have a choice. In Europe, many clubs are opting for Richarson caps. So which…
Japanese pitcher Shunta Oba has decided to hang up his spikes. In an Instagram post, he announced his retirement today. One may say “who the *beep* is Shunta Oba. Well, The fans of the Dutch hoofdklasse may remember his name as he was part of the two-player deal between Oosterhout Twins and the Ibaraki Astro…
Just a bit earlier tonight, I learned that Eddy Heymans, one of the founders of the Namur Angels passed away today. I met Mr. Heymans earlier this year when I visited the Namur Angels. When I asked for a Coke and a Sprite at the bar, in my best French, much to my surprise, I…
Yesssss!! It is that time of the week again. Friday, herald of the upcoming weekend. To celebrate, here is another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy (the weekend).
Brooklyn rejoice!!! Gil Hodges has been voted into the Hall of Fame. It took him 52 years but finally, he is in. Gil Hodges is a Hall of Famer 49 years after his passing. Yesterday, the Hall of Fame’s Golden Days Era Panel finally voted Gil Hodges in after Hodges appeared on various HOF ballots…
In September 2020, the Dutch Baseball Hangout reached 750, 000 hits. With the average number of hits back then, yours truly expected to reach the 1,000,000 mark somewhere in September 2022. But things have gone really fast since the 750,000 mark. In the past year, this got more than 13,000 hits each month (with the…
In today’s episode of “Ballparks Around The World,” we pay attention to Swayze Field, home of the Ole Miss Rebels, the baseball team of the University of Mississippi, located in Oxford Mississippi. This nice ballpark is relatively old as it opened its doors on February 19, 1989, with a doubleheader against Cumberland University on a…
I bumped into this video on Facebook. It shows someone who is building a baseball field from scratch in Brittany, France. It shows what to do and also what NOT to do when creating a baseball field. Of course, the person who built this nice ballpark did a lot with machines. But next to that…
Yes!!! It’s that time of the week again. Friday, the herald of the upcoming weekend. Time for another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy (the weekend).
According to an article on the website of the WBSC Europe, the second edition of the Super6 tournament will be played in Barcelona next year. The tournament will take place from September 5 through September 10. The softball version of the tournament is mentioned in the 2022 schedule on the website of the WBSC Europe…
