HERTS QUALIFY, PILOTS SHOT DOWN OVER CROYDON
The diamond was drenched in déjà vu. Only one year ago the Herts first-team were onthis same field… facing the same opposition. In the 2007 National Championships, the Falcons metthe Humber Pilots in the AA Final. Relegated from the Premier League the season before, Herts weredetermined to cap their walk-over winning season with a trophy […]
BBC RADIO TO COVER FALCONS’ PROGRESS AT FINAL 4
The British Baseball National Championships Final 4 is just hours away. Players and fans of the Herts Falcons are preparing to head down to Croydon on Saturday morning. Bats, balls, helmets and everything else has been packed. Judging by the weather forecast there will not be a need for sunscreen. Hotel rooms have been booked, and the team is […]
BBF AAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP – EARLY START FOR FALCONS ON SUNDAY
The British Baseball Federation have made a change to the Sunday schedule at this weekend's Final 4. The Herts Falcons game has been moved forward to the earlier 10am start. Here is the official BBF press release: The 2008 National Baseball Championships take place on September 6-7 at Roundshaw Playing Fields in Croydon. Twelve teams […]
2008 CHAMPIONS DECIDED THIS WEEKEND, WILL FALCONS LIFT THE AAA TROPHY?
Last weekend’s baseball action was wiped out by the rain. Hertfordshire’ top team, the Falcons, travelled South to the magnificent Pavilion Field in Brighton only to find a flooded home plate and base areas. Both Herts and their hosts, the Burgess Hill Red Hats, tried frantically to remove the standing water – and they […]
(VIDEO) BASEBALL IS TALK OF THE TOWN
This Saturday the town centre in Hemel Hempstead had an added baseball flavour. Members of the adult and Little League teams of Herts Baseball Club alongside Little League parents invaded the Riverside Shopping Centre. This was billed as a fundraising event for the club’s Grovehill Ballpark Project, but it was about a lot […]
I DON’T BELIEVE IT
Report from Herts Baseball Newswire correspondent, DAVE HAMILTON To quote Yankee legend Yogi Berra it was “deja vu, all over again” for the Hawks on Sunday as for the second consecutive week they watched their opponents secure victory with the last swing of the bat. This time it was the Brentwood Stags who came […]
(VIDEO) PETE KIKEL IS FIGHTING HIS WAY BACK TO FULL FITNESS
(VIDEO) POST-GAME REACTION TO FALCONS CLINCHING FINAL4 PLACE
HERTS LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS TO BE DECIDED ON FINAL DAY OF THE SEASON
The Herts Red Sox got exactly what they needed to stay alive in the race for the Herts Little League title. They won both their games while at the same time the joint leaders, the Cubs and the Yankees, dropped one and two games, respectively. This means that going into the final day of the […]
(VIDEO) BASEBALL WAS INVENTED BY…THE BRITISH?
A recent discovery in Sussex, England, indicates that the earliest records of the game of baseball originate from the British Isles. MLB has made a movie about this discovery. Click on the link below to visit the MLB site and use the menu on the left-hand side to see extra video footage. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/mediacenter/baseball_discovered/ …but if […]