Recently the World Baseball and Softball Confederation announced that the games of the final Olympic Qualifier in Mexico will be streamed through ESPN. Luckily for those who do not have a subscription to the sports network, the games will also be streamed on the Youtube channel of the WBSC. The tournament will start today. The…
To celebrate the upcoming end of the weekend… err… Yours truly forgot to post another episode on Friday, didn’t have time to do so on Saturday as he was visiting a baseball game in Wallonia, so therefore another episode. This time on Sunday, to make up for my forgetfulness on Friday, especially for the umpire…
Today yours truly went to Wallonia to attend a game of the Belgian Division One between the Antwerp Eagles and the host Mont-Saint-Guibert Phoenix. Phoenix has a beautiful and brand new facility. A multifunctional complex suitable for baseball, football (soccer) and American Football. But it must be said that the fences are a nightmare for…
In a press release, the Auckland Tuatara announced that it will not take part in the 2021/2022 ABL season due to several reasons. The press release started with a statement about meeting the demands of the ABL to participate in the the league again. This after the ABL threatened to revoke the license after the…
In this episode of “Baseball Shorts,” we pay attention to a bat called Black Betsy. Which baseball great called his bat like this? Read on and you will learn. In my search about information of the song Black Betty by Ram Jam, I bumped into an article about Black Betsy. First I thought that Black…
In today’s episode of “Baseball Related Songs,” we pay attention to “Black Betty” by Ram Jam. A typical 70s song with a link to baseball. Originally, Black Betty is a twentieth-century African-American work song that was covered many times. Likely the best know cover was made by one-hit wonder Ram Jam in 1977. The meaning…
Through their Facebook page, Fortitudo Bologna announced the signing of another foreign player. The club is the strongest in the Italian Serie A by far, so you can wonder how much stronger they want to be… The player concerned is Raywendley van Gurp from Curaçao. Born in 1989, Van Gurp made his first strides in…
In an inter league game vs the Yakult Swallows, Curaçoa’s own Wladimir Balentien set two milestones in the NPB. Two dingers from his bat could not prevent the SoftBank Hawks from falling to the “other” team from Tokyo. In a 6-4 loss, Balentien reached two milestones. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Wladimir put…
Unfortunately no game reports from Belgium’s Division 1 until further notice. Yours truly heard that those who are supposed to keep score don’t want to deal with the play-by-play system (to make a long story short). As a result, no games can be followed through the internet. But to give you a little bit of…
The KNBSB, represented by manager Hensley Meulens has released the 26-man roster for the upcoming (final) Olympic Qualifier that will start on June 22nd. In the meantime, several countries have pulled back from the tournament. It all started with China, whose decision was likely politically motivated as the tournament was originally scheduled in Taiwan. But…
