In this episode of “Ballparks Around the World, ” we pay attention to the home of the Sydney Blue Sox: Blacktown Stadium. Blacktown Stadium opened its doors in 1999. In fact Blacktown is a big sports facility with several baseball and softball diamonds, two cricket grounds and a football field. The sports facility is located…
With a current spike in COVID-19 contaminations in Taiwan, the CPBL has decided to postpone all games of this week in order to get the contaminations in check. Starting tomorrow, May 18, games will be postponed until Sunday, May 23. A new competition schedule will be discussed. On Twitter, several CPBL clubs announced the postponement…
It is official. In a new post on its website, the French Baseball and Softball Federation announced that the 2021 baseball season will take off in June. In the schedule above, it is show that from June 9, adults (Majeurs) will be allowed to play games again. Children (Mineurs) will be allowed to play, starting…
After the previous owner, Adam Dobb announced he would not renew his license for the Sydney Blue Sox, the ABL had to look for a new owner. Today it was announced a new owner group was found. The new owner of the Blue Sox will be Sydney-based SCA Sports Pty Ltd, trading as Sports Management…
It has been announced that Curaçao-born Wladimir Balentien will be added to the NPB roster of the SoftBank Hawks. This will happen on May 18. The other day, Wladimir Balentien came up with a somewhat vague Tweet, saying that God’s timing is perfect. El tiempo De Dios es perfecto — Wladimir coco balentien (@cocobalentien) May…
Another overview of played games in Europe’s major baseball countries. Austria As usual, we take off in Austria where some extra games were played on Ascension Day. The Traiskirchen Grasshoppers pushed over the Schwechat Bats in the first game of a three-game series 12-1 in seven innings. The other two games also lasted seven frames…
On the third day of the third round, the following games were scheduled: Curaçao Neptunus @ Hoofddorp Pioniers, L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ DSS/Kinheim, HCAW @ Silicon Storks, and Oosterhout Twins @ Quick Amersfoort. One rained out game and three blowout scores. Curaçao Neptunus 6 – 12 Hoofddorp PIoniersFor the first time this season, Neptunus met…
Today, Quick Amersfoort was no match for Oosterhout Twins. Despite the rather boring game and the rainfall, yours truly stayed to make some pictures. Here is the result. Saitei Nakamura pitched five solid innings Shurman Marlin connects for a two-run home run Shurman Marlin is welcomed home after a grand slam home run. Stefan Iannelli…
On the second day of round three, the following games were scheduled: Hoofddorp Pioniers @ Curaçao Neptunus, Silicon Storks @ HCAW, DSS/Kinheim @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, and Quick Amersfoort @ Oosterhout Twins. Hoofddorp Pioniers 0 – 3 Curaçao NeptunusFor the change not a blowout score for Curaçao Neptunus. But that did not mean that the…
The Belgian Baseball and Softball Federation (KBBSF) has announced the new starting date of the Belgian Leagues. For all leagues, the competition will start in the weekend of June 11, 12, and 13. As announced before, there will be a format change for the highest league. The former Baseball Gold league and the Eerste Klasse…
