HERTS LAUNCH FIRST EVER TV CHANNEL IN BRITISH BASEBALL
This Thursday Herts Baseball Club will break yet another barrier. They will make British baseball history as the first baseball organisation in the UK to unveil its own TV channel. The Herts Baseball Channel will be launched at 8pm on Thursday, 23 September, with live coverage of the 2010 Hunlock Series Draft. Exactly two years […]
SEMI-FINAL WIN FOR HERTS SETS STAGE FOR TITANIC CLASH WITH LONDON METS FOR THE TITLE
Herts All Stars – with the 2010 title in their sights. The Herts All-Stars maintained their unbeaten record this year with a win against the Halton Polecats in the Semi-Final of the 2010 National Youth Baseball Championships. This is the second successive year that the Herts All-Stars reach the showpiece event where the top […]
ADVENTURES OF THE HERTS HAWKS
In their last fixture of July, Herts Hawks went to north London for a second game against Sidewinders. And, sadly, it was the second time that an eight-man Sidewinders team was able to comfortably defeat the Herts boys. Greg Bochan took to the mound and threw the entire game. Sidewinders, however, were up to the […]
TWO ERROR-FREE ONE-HIT SHUTOUTS AND HERTS ARE THROUGH TO THE NATIONAL FINALS
The Herts All-Stars sent a clear message to the rest of the country with two convincing wins in the National Youth Baseball Playoffs. They will be making the trip up the M1 motorway to Halton next week for the National Youth Baseball Championships (NBC) as one of the four best teams in Great Britain. […]
WEIGHT OF EXPECTATION ON YOUNG HERTS SHOULDERS
The Herts All-Stars will return to Finsbury Park 12 months after missing out on the trophy in an epic 1-0 Final vs the London Mets. Almost 12 months have passed since the Herts All-Stars lost 1-0 in the National Under-14 Final against rivals London Mets in heart-breaking fashion. The Herts youngsters are a year older, […]
SOUTHERN YOUTH QUALIFIERS TO BE PLAYED THIS WEEKEND
This article was first published on www.britishbaseball.org BBF Southern youth teams will be taking part in tournaments this Saturday and Sunday to determine the Conference’s qualifiers for the National Youth Baseball Championships, to be played on September 18-19 at Halton. BRONCO QUALIFIERS On Saturday, September 11 at Finsbury Park in London, four Bronco […]
EAGLES DREAM ENDED BY MEN IN BLUE
The Herts Eagles flew close to the blazing sun of national glory on Sunday — but were finally overcome by the eventual victors, the Oxford Kings, and by controversial umpiring. They were representing Herts baseball club as it hosted the National Finals for the first time ever. And hopes were high as the Eagles had […]
BUY ME SOME PEANUTS…
Herts Baseball correspondent, Rob Jones, looks back at last weekend’s celebration of British baseball It was yet another piece of history for Herts baseball — the first ever National Baseball Championships to be held at Grovehill ballpark in Hemel Hempstead. Has any sort of national championships ever been held in Hemel? I honestly don’t know, […]
FORMER GB BASEBALL STAR RECEIVES A CALL-UP TO THE NEW YORK METS
This article was first published on www.britishbaseball.org Former GB Baseball star Mike Nickeas joined the New York Mets on Thursday, September 2, as part of the roster expansion that takes place for Major League teams each September. The 27-year-old catcher began the year at the Mets’ AA farm team in Binghamton, New […]
RICHMOND ARE 2010 CHAMPIONS. EAGLES PICK UP BRONZE IN THE AAA-LEAGUE
This article was first published on www.britishbaseball.org RICHMOND FLAMES ARE NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR 2010 by BSUK Special Correspondent Simon Fitzjohn Richmond Flames won their first national title since 2006 when they defeated Bracknell Blazers in the final at the National Baseball Championships played at Grovehill Ballpark in Hemel Hempstead over the weekend of September […]