Falcons fall agonizingly short, get swept by Nationals
Falcons’ rally caps couldn’t get them the run they needed in the final inning (photo by Paul Holdrick) Daniel Levitt, reporting from Grovehill Ballpark The Herts Falcons took on the Southern Nationals in a double header on Sunday, in what was the most anticipated series of the season thus far. Heading into the two games, […]
Falcons resurrect playoff hopes, sweep Pirates
Abel Salas had a big day on the mound and with the bat (photo by Paul Holdrick) The Herts Falcons continued their quest for postseason baseball on Sunday, when they took on the South London Pirates in a double header at Grovehill Ballpark. Coming off of a well-fought split series against the Southampton Mustangs last […]
Falcons split series with Mustangs, playoffs back on track
Report by Daniel Levitt In what has been a sullen start to the season until now, the Herts Falcons (2-6) took their sanguine spirits to the south coast on Sunday, to face the second placed Southampton Mustangs (6-2). The Hertfordshire club has been ravaged by injuries in the first two months of the season, but […]
Arrows win Herts-Essex derby
report by Daniel Levitt The season of freak injuries continued for the Herts Falcons as they took on the Essex Arrows in a double header at Grovehill Ballpark on Sunday. They went into the game with a 1-3 record and few expected their depleted squad to pose a threat, but despite this, the Falcons came […]
The long dark offseason of the soul
written by Ken Pike Dear Santa. Please get me a time machine so I can skip past Christmas. If you could deliver it now, that would be peachey. Bloomin Christmas. Baahhhhhhh Humbug. It’s not sunny. I’m not playing baseball. That horrific whiney sound of Mariah Carey ‘singing’ that fe**in ‘song’ that sounds like a mating […]
Eagles boss steps down after two very successful seasons at the helm
On Sunday the Herts Eagles 2013 BBF season was completed with a double header against Leicester at Grovehill Ballpark. . Amazingly the Eagles have not lost a game to the weather this year, despite the amount of fixtures being increased to 14 and last year’s swimming pool of a season still in the memory, which […]
September blues? Not this time.
By Ken Pike Well that’s it, another season said and done for the Raptors. Time to pack our backs, go home for a long off-season and chill ou….wait…what? Finals? Funny guy, pull the other one. Oh, you’re serious? Well I never! The erstwhile ‘Craptors’ have shed the mantle of rubbishdom in exuberant style and […]
The Only Way is Essex
When Herts under-11s played the Essex Redbacks in Richmond a few weeks ago, the two teams contested a pair of closely-fought games. Essex coach Jamie Cairns suggested that we schedule a couple more meetings between the two neighbouring counties. And so, the travelling Herts All-Stars found themselves in Billericay on a glorious, baking-hot Saturday. I […]
Road to the single A playoffs
By Ken Pike As you might have already heard thanks to a very proud ‘yours truly’, the Herts Raptors are confirmed as being in the playoffs (with the caveat that they do not forfeit any games between now and the end of the season, which could bring other teams back into play – but we […]
Raptors bats ablaze to clinch playoffs on hottest day
by Ken Pike The Raptors hosted Southern Single A Pool A rivals Milton Keynes knowing that a win would clinch a guaranteed playoff position and set them up to win the pool outright and earn a first round bye at Farnham Park. They were facing a team that had beaten them by the narrowest […]