HAWKS GO DOWN DESPITE A RESILIENT FIGHT-BACK
Report from Herts Baseball Newswire Correspondent, KAL DIMITROV The Herts Hawks’ second game of the season was away at the Croydon Pirates III. Irrespective of the not very encouraging weather forecast, it was a beautiful day for baseball. Unfortunately, the sun did not shine on the Hawks defence, neither were their bats very “warm” […]
BADGERS AND EAGLES SPLIT DOUBLE-HEADER
Report from Herts Baseball Newswire Correspondent, DAVE HAMILTON The Herts Eagles' continued their impressive start to the season, fighting back to split their double-header with the Bristol Badgers in their home league debut at Grovehill on Sunday. Herts second team's perfect start to the season came to an abrupt end in game one, […]
HERTS BASEBALL’S GOT TALENT – LITTLE LEAGUE PLAYER MAKES DEBUT FOR HERTS RAPTORS
The 2009 season of the British Baseball League started in the best possible fashion for the members of Herts Baseball Club. The Club sent four of its adult teams against tough opponents in the four respective leagues, and picked up five wins out of six games. Everyone at the club was rightfully pleased, but there […]
LATE RALLY NOT ENOUGH FOR HAWKS
Strong early innings from the Bisons left the Hawks trailing and their late rally was not quite enough. Thames Valley Bisons at Herts Hawks Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Thames Valley Bisons 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 12 12 3 Herts […]
OPENING DAY THRILLER AT GROVEHILL
Report from Herts Baseball Newswire Correspondent, NEIL BRACKLEY The London Marauders travelled to Grovehill to face the Herts Raptors on opening day but neither team would have anticipated the momentous 69 run game that was to follow. With both teams dominated by people new to Baseball, this was the first competitive league game for […]
EAGLES GET OFF TO A FLYING START
Report from Herts Baseball Newswire Correspondent, DAVE HAMILTON A dominant pitching performance from Louis Hare and dream Herts debut for Mike Wakelam led the Herts Eagles to a pair of victories in their AAA league debut against the London Metros. Despite a tough opening-day fixture, away to more seasoned AAA opposition, the Eagles […]
AHOY! FALCONS SWEEP PIRATES IN NATIONAL LEAGUE DEBUT
Opening Day in British Baseball is never a sure-fire omen of what’s to come. It’s early. Teams are just regrouping after the long winter or rainy spring. And, unlike the world of professional baseball, teams play just a handful of games each month – not exactly a sizeable sample set on which to base scientific […]
HOPE SPRINGS, HERTFORDSHIRE
from Newswire special correspondent, Rob Jones “Spring Training”. It always has to go in those inverted commas — “Spring Training” — because the disparity between the sun-kissed Major League experience and the often rain-soaked British version is stark. An American friend of mine always goes to watch pre-season games in Florida and often sends me […]
HSL WEEK 3: (POOL 2) HERTS II @ RICHMOND DRAGONS
Herts Eagles' win against the Richmond Dragons secured the HSL Pool 2 title for the Herts Hawks Herts Eagles at Richmond Dragons Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Herts Eagles 0 3 2 9 1 1 1 17 11 2 Richmond Dragons 2 0 3 4 2 2 0 […]
HSL WEEK 3: (POOL 2) MK BUCKS @ HERTS III
Herts' loss to MK Bucks did not stop them winning Pool 2 of the Herts Spring League MK Bucks at Herts Hawks Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E MK Bucks 1 2 3 1 3 0 3 13 10 3 Herts Hawks 2 0 0 0 1 2 […]