Yes! It’s that day of the week again. Time for another edition of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday.” This time with Charlie Brown only. As it was Willie Mays’ birthday yesterday, this one seems rather appropriate. Enjoy.
On the first day of the second round of the 2021 Dutch hoofdklasse season, the following games were scheduled: Quick Amersfoort @ Curaçao Neptunus, Hoofddorp Pioniers @ DSS/Kinheim, L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ HCAW and Silicon Storks @ Oosterhout Twins (in Amersfoort). Quick Amersfoort 2 – 7 Curaçao NeptunusNormally, a two-run lead is not enough to…
Earlier today, you could read a blog post about the situation in Belgium. With the upcoming liberalization of the corona rules, baseball at the lower level may be possible, while it is still unclear when the Top League will start. Well, in the Netherlands, the situation is exactly the opposite. With baseball considered a professional…
Curious about an eventual start of the Belgian Top League, yours truly contacted some persons who know about the situation. Even if the Belgian federal government will liberalize the corona rules, it remains to be seen when the Belgian Top League can start. On May 8, several rules will be loosened again. That may mean…
Finally the Minor League season has started. Normally, I tried to make an overview of where players from the Dutch Kingdom were about to play. But since I have the experience that the data before the start of the season isn’t always up to date, I have decided to create this overview after Opening Day….
Some disappointing news from the UK as the manager of the British Women’s National Baseball Team has resigned. Reason is a move of utter stupidity by the British Baseball Federation. About a week ago, some “bright” mind within the BBF thought it was a good idea to promote women’s baseball with this photograph: Understandably there…
A bit late, but better late than never. Here are the summaries of the hoofdklasse games of the past weekend. Only last night’s make up game between Hoofddorp Pioniers and L&D Amsterdam Pirates is not shown. In order to see the summaries, you have to describe to Eyecons.com (free). L&D Amsterdam Pirates vs Hoofddorp Pioniers…
For years, Black baseball fans were only allowed to get seats in the bleachers during MLB games. Slowly teams abandoned that policy. On this day in 1944, the St. Louis Browns and Cardinals are the last teams to integrate seating for fans. It won’t come as a surprise that black baseball fans were discriminated as…
In the make up game for the rainout of Thursday night, L&D Amsterdam Pirates did not have much problems with Hoofddorp Pioniers and got its revenge for the routing it got the day before. Hoofddorp Pioniers 1 – 8 L&D Amsterdam PiratesLike the previous day, Hoofddorp Pioniers took a 1-0 lead in the first…
In this episode of Ballparks Around the World, we pay attention to the oldest baseball grounds in the world: Labatt Memorial Park in London, Ontario in Canada. The ballpark opened its doors in 1877 as Tecumseh Park. That name would be used until 1936. Tecumseh Park was named after the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh who fought alongside the British during…
