In this episode of “Baseball Related Songs,” we pay attention to another song of singer song writer Willy Tea Taylor: “Knuckleball Prime,” which is the title song of his sophomore album with the same name. Willy Tea Taylor grew up on Oakville, California, a town that is know as cowboy capital of the world as…
Tonight three games, that were rained out previously, were played: Oosterhout Twins @ Quick Amersfoort, HCAW @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, and DSS/Kinheim @ Hoofddorp Pioniers. Oosterhout Twins 6 – 3 Quick AmersfoortFor three innings, Jakob Syrén kept his former club in check rather well as he allowed two hits, but in the fourth, the Twins…
On this day in 1980, a game of the Spokane Indians was cancelled because the ballpark was covered with a layer of Ash. This was the day that Mount St. Helens erupted and destroyed a big part of the surrounding area. The eruption was predicted by geologists who had registered several tremors on their seismographs…
With round three almost in the books, it is time for another set of summaries. Only the third game between Oosterhout Twins and Quick Amersfoort is missing because it was rained out. That game will be played on Tuesday, May 18. Hoofddorp Pioniers vs Curaçao Neptunus https://eyecons.com/videos/pioniers-dient-neptunus-eerste-nederlaag-toe-9161 L&D Amsterdam vs DSS/Kinheim https://eyecons.com/videos/ld-amsterdam-sterker-dan-dsskinheim-9164 HCAW vs Silicon…
A few weeks ago, you could read here about Dave Janssen earning player of the week honors in the ICCAC for his school Indian Hills Warriors. At the end of the season, things got even better for Dave. Dave and his team won the region championship by beating Iowa Western Reivers 4-3 (loss), 6-2 (win),…
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…
