IMPROVED HAWKS PERFORMANCE FAILS TO END LOSING STREAK
Report from Herts Baseball Newswire Correspondent, DAVE HAMILTON It went down to the wire, but unfortunately the Hertfordshire Hawks suffered their fourth consecutive defeat in the AA British League on Sunday, losing 9-5 to the Richmond Dragons in a typically competitive match-up between these two sides at Grovehill. Coming back from a heavy […]
OLD TIMERS DOMINANT AGAINST RAPTORS
Old Timers at Herts Raptors Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Old Timers 4 0 1 0 3 2 0 2 6 18 14 5 Herts Raptors 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 9 18 4 Old Timers 18, Herts Raptors 9 Old […]
SEVENTEEN INNINGS OF EPIC BASEBALL
The AAA league teams of the Essex and Hertfordshire ball clubs produced two classic games of baseball. They will go down in history as two of the purest games of baseball ever played on these shores. On a warm but grey afternoon, these the two evenly matched teams battled it out for five and a […]
HERTS LITTLE LEAGUE UNIFORMS UNVEILED
There are just 2 weeks remaining before the 2008 Herts Little League Opening Day and the team uniforms have just been unveiled. All the league teams will have a home and away shirt. Both of them have the famous Herts logo on the chest of the shirt, exactly the same as that on the jerseys […]
LEE MANNING SUBMITS HALF-TERM REPORT ON HERTS TEAMS
After playing in the BBF leagues for over 10 years I thought I would do a first 1/3 of the season report on would I think each team will do over the next 1/3. FALCONS The Falcons have had an amazing start to the 2008 league, going 7 wins and 1 loss. The one […]
HERTS BASEBALL FOOD AND BEER FESTIVAL THREATENS TO END CULINARY DOMINATION OF GORDON RAMSEY, JAMIE OLIVER, DELIA SMITH & Co.
Herts Baseball Club held its 2008 International Beer and Food Festival. The event raised over £500, which will be used in the club’s Grovehill Ballpark project. The Festival was attended by over 60 adult and junior club members and other supporters of the club. They were able to sample dishes prepared by […]
EXTRA REPORT: HAWKS 1 SHARKS 14
Report from Herts Baseball Newswire Correspondent, DAVE HAMILTON The Hertfordshire Hawks stumbled to their third straight loss on Sunday, being beaten 14-1 by the Bournemouth Sharks in their AA league fixture at Grovehill. It's well known in cricketing circles that 'catches win matches' and the Hawks were made to pay for a number of […]
SHARK ATTACK IN HERTFORDSHIRE
The Herts Hawks suffered a heavy defeat against the visiting Bournemouth Sharks in their fifth game of the 2008 British Baseball’s AA league season. There were a large number of fans who had come out to support the Hawks, but unfortunately nothing seemed to be going right for the home team on the day. They […]
AN UPDATE AFTER OUR FIRST WIN!
Last Sunday’s win, the first in Raptor history, was thebest I’d seen us play as a team. Everything was rolling along really. Pitching,Jake was awesome, defence, was awesome despite the rough infield which caused anumber of bad hops and the offence, which has put up 19 runs or more in thelast two games. On a […]
RAPTORS ON THE RAMPAGE
HERTS RAPTORS 27 ESSEX ARROWS 11 British Single-A League Report by Newswire reporter HUNTER DEVINE The Herts Raptors returned to face Arrows, the team that two weeks earlier overcame an eight run deficit to win in the bottom of the 9th against them. This time, however, the Raptors would manage to retain their […]