The Norwich Sea Unicorns announced that the team will be joining the Futures Collegiate Baseball League for the 2021 season. The club was one of 42 that were axed in order to save MLB owners money. Sea Unicorns Owner and Managing Partner Miles Prentice stated: “We are very pleased to be able to keep baseball…
The now “independent” Pioneer League has announced a set of rule changes. The most eye catching is the rule that bans extra innings. The first rule change is a “check swing” appeal from the home plate umpire after the base umpire (first or third) has made a call on a check swing appeal by the…
A belated edition of “Transactions in Belgian Baseball” but yours truly understood that the transaction period of the Deurne Spartans was surrounded by a lot of uncertainties. But eventually we can sum up the players that left the team and the players that will reinforce the team. Last year, the four-time champions didn’t really play…
By now you will know that yours truly loathes MLB because they failed to punish those who were responsible for the Astros sign-stealing scandal. The greedy MLB owners rather protect their product than punishing those who participated in this scandal. Instead, they banned the Astros’ GM and manager to save their face. I am going…
If you are fed up with MLB like yours truly or you just want to watch baseball beyond MLB and beyond the US borders, my fellow blogger Words Above Replacement has done some thorough research and placed links of every possible streaming option into a streaming guide. Here is the link to his good work….
For the second time after being presented by the Yakult Swallows, last Monday, Rick van den Hurk took the mound in a Ni-Gun (minor league) game. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows lost to Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 5-4. Two of these runs were given up by Dutch Rick van den Hurk. After pitching three scoreless innings,…
We have to wait five more days before the Dutch hoofdklasse will start. Therefore we will have another walk along the baseball diamonds in Europe, where the season has started already. Austria On Friday, the Diving Ducks Wiener Neustadt clinched a surprising win vs the reigning champions Vienna Metrostars as they beat the team from…
For years I have been wondering if players like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb would be able to keep up with modern day baseball. For years I couldn’t tell as I didn’t know how hard pitchers threw back then. Until today. Today I watched the documentary “Fastball.” And in that documentary featured a story about…
Yours truly doesn’t pay attention to MLB anymore, but in this case, I gladly make an exception. Earlier today, the Dutch Baseball Hangout posted an article about certain MLB clubs forcing their MiLB players at alternate training sites to pay for their housing. Also players are not allowed to stay with host families due to…
The Elizabethton RiverRiders of the Appalachian League has presented its home jersey on Twitter. A basic but very nice jersey. Of course, the jersey is white. The fabric is a kind of mesh. The sleeves are adorned with a blue piping at the bottom but that is about it when it comes to decoration. The…
