Teams from Essex and Cambridge are the 2023 Herts Futures Tournament champions
The Essex Redbacks won the U15 and U11 divisions of the Herts Futures Tournament while the Cambridge Lancers won the U13 bracket but all the teams played their part in making this another successful edition of this competition. The number of entries was up from 7 last year to 14 this year so it is […]
Hunlock Series starts this Sunday. League and playoff games will adopt the 9th Inning game format.
The game schedule for the 2023 Hunlock Series has been published and it has been confirmed that the “9th Inning” game format is in force which means that all games will be decided over a single inning only. This format was first adopted in the 2017 Hunlock Series. It recreates the tension and drama of […]
Herts Futures Tournament this Saturday.
Ten teams will be in action at the 2023 Herts Futures Tournament (HFT) which will take place this Saturday, 30 September 2023. The number of entries is up from 7 last year so it is good to see British baseball gradually recovering after a difficult 2020 Covid year. U15 Division U13 Division U11 Division The […]
One silver and two bronze medals for Herts in the National Youth Baseball Championships
LYBL continue to be the dominant force in British youth baseball as they finished in first place in all four age divisions of the BBF Youth National Baseball Championships. However, Herts Baseball Club is closing the gap. U19 The Herts Falcons faced LYBL in the U19 national final. There were exceptionally talented players on both […]
Bennett, Badenhorst, Dearing, Cresswell and Shinkawa are the first round picks.
The 2023 Hunlock Series Draft was completed on Friday night. The managers of the teams had a plethora of talent to choose from with 82 players drafted over 17 rounds. THE FIRST ROUND PICKS It was no surprise that four of the five first round picks were pitchers. On a toss of a coin, the […]
4 Herts teams compete in the national youth baseball championships this Saturday
Herts Baseball Club will be represented in all four divisions of the 2023 BBF Youth National Baseball Championships this Saturday, 23 September. U19 Division The Herts Falcons U19 team goes into the Final as the underdogs against LYBL U19. However, Herts U19 manager, Will Zucker, is not fazed by the fact that the odds are […]
Hunlock Series managers announced. The Live Draft is on Friday night.
We are counting down to the 2023 Hunlock Series Live Draft which will take place this Friday, 22 September at 8:00pm. For those who are new to the Hunlock Series, in the days leading up to the Draft, the 100+ Herts players (aged 14 and over) and newly registered players mark their availability for the […]
Hawks and Falcons are the 2023 Herts U15 and U11 League Champions.
The Herts Hawks U15 and the Herts Falcons U11 are the 2023 Herts Youth Baseball League champions in their respective age divisions. U15 Division Going into Game Two the Hawks led the U15 Championship Series 1-0 against the Falcons. Their dominance continued as they took a 9-1 lead. The Falcons mounted a late comeback scoring […]
In Remembrance of Dan Gipple 1960-2023
Herts Baseball Club has learned the sad news that club member Dan Gipple passed away two weeks ago. The Gipple family joined the club in 2013 when Dan’s son Joe was ten and started playing for the Herts Under-11 team. As Joe developed as a player through the baseball age groups, Dan joined the Herts […]
Herts Cardinals win over Bristol Badgers sets up Playoff semi-final versus Bournemouth Bears
The Triple-A League Playoff race was decided on the last day of the 28-game regular season as the Herts Cardinals overcame the Bristol Badgers to stay ahead of them in fourth place. They jumped to an early 5-1 lead after a 2-run double by Tyler Cote and a 2-run single by Giorgio Ferroni who entered […]