Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday
Yes!!! It is Friday again. Time to celebrate the upcoming weekend with another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy (the weekend)!!!
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2021 Holland Series: L&D Amsterdam Pirates Strikes Again
Another close game, another win for L&D Amsterdam Pirates. With tonight’s win, the club has made an important step in this year’s Holland Series. But of course, it ain’t over yet as Pirates still has to win two more games. Where manager Jaarsma of Curaçao Neptunus used four different pitchers, manager Duursma of L&D Amsterdam…
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WBSC/Fraccari Under Investigation For Money Laundering
According to Libartas.sm, a San Marino based news website, Riccardo Fraccari and the World Baseball and Softball Confederation are under investigation for money laundring. According to the article, the sports federation of Panama complained about the price of game balls, provided by the WBSC. As a result, there was a fiscal inspection that made clear…
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Today in Baseball: The Shot Heard Around The World
Today, it is seventy years ago, that Bobby Thomson hit his world famous home run that clinched the NL pennant for the New York Giants. The prelude to this piece of baseball history started in August 1951. The Brooklyn Dodgers had a comfortable 13.5 game lead over the New York Giants on August 11. But…
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2021 Belgian Gold Division: Round 4
In the fourth and penultimate round of the Belgian Gold Division, the following doubleheaders were scheduled: Borgerhout Squirrels @ Brasschaat Braves, Deurne Spartans @ Mont-Saint-Guibert Phoenix, and Hoboken Pioneers @ Brussels Kangaroos. Borgerhout Squirrels 3 – 4 Brasschaat BravesIn a nail biter, the game needed ten innings as it was tied at three after nine…
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2021 Holland Series: L&D Amsterdam Pirates Strikes First
As honkbalsoftbal.nl stated, L&D Amsterdam Pirates has beaten Curaçao Neptunus for the seventh time in a row in the Holland Series. The streak dates back to 2019, when the club won four in a row after trailing Neptunus 3-0 in that year’s Holland Series. In the corona troubled 2020 season, L&D Amsterdam Pirates took a…
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Are The Best Children Selected For The Dutch Baseball Academies?
Recently, yours truly had a conversation with a baseball loving friend about the four baseball academies in the Netherlands and how they select players. In this conversation, yours truly expressed his doubt about children of poor families being selected because playing for an academy is rather expensive. We both thought that children from poor families…
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Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday
Yes!! It is Friday again. Time for another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang to celebrate the upcoming weekend. Enjoy (the weekend)!
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2021 Dutch hoofdklasse: Bottom Four, Round 3, Day 1
On the first day of the Bottom Four competition, the following games were scheduled: Hoofddorp Pioniers @ DSS/Kinheim and Quick Amersfoort @ Silicon Storks. Hoofddorp Pioniers 9 – 6 DSS/KinheimIn this matchup between the top two teams of the Bottom Four competition, DSS/Kinheim took an early lead. In the first inning, singles by Donny Kuijper…
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Sydney Blue Sox and Cleburne Railroaders Team up
Through its website, the Sydney Blue Sox announced a cooperation with the Cleburne RailRoaders of the Independent American Association. For now the cooperation may be a bit different as you might expect. Nothing is said about the exchange of players. Perhaps that is a Pie in the Sky. For now the cooperation is more about…