HSL MEDIA COVERAGE
WEATHER PLAYS HAVOC WITH HSL SCHEDULE
Winter was back with a vengeance for week two of the Herts Spring League. The first games to be postponed were the HSL1 games in North-West London. Within minutes the venues in Bracknell and Hertfordshire also confirmed that no baseball will be played in HSL2. Everyone involved will be hoping for better […]
RAPTORS, HAWKS AND FALCONS UNVEIL NEW UNIFORMS THIS SUNDAY
After 11 years of wearing the famous Falcons pinstripe jersey and black pants, the club will unveil the new uniforms which will be worn by the three adult teams. This will take place this Sunday when the Falcons, Hawks and Raptors play in the seond round of games in the Herts Spring League. The old […]
HERTS RAPTORS MAKE HISTORY AS THEY PLAY THEIR FIRST EVER GAME
Herts Baseball Newswire Correspondent, Hunter Devine, writes The first game in the history of the Herts Raptors commenced last Sunday during week one of the Herts Spring League, hosted at Richmond. Raptors’ starter and manager, Jake Kikel, was scored on quickly to open the first few frames, let down by the defence which got off […]
HSL ROUND-UP: OPENING DAY
The arrival of the sunny Spring weather was very well timed for the Opening Day of the Herts Spring League. The HSL1 games took place in Hertfordshire while HSL2 was in Richmond. In HSL1 the Herts Falcons have the advantage after winning both their games vs Northampton and vs Burgess Hill (See separate […]
FALCONS OFF TO A GREAT START IN HSL AS CLUB SAYS FAREWELL TO YUJI ENDO
Posted on behalf of Herts Baseball Newswire correspondent, Lee Manning Yuji Endo is calling it time on his Falcons career on Thursday when he moves back to his homeland of Japan. Sunday’s opening games of the Herts Spring League were his final games for the club before his departure. The day turned out to […]
HAWKS SUFFER DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF THE BLAZERS
Posted on behalf of Herts baseball Newswire reporter, Kal Dimitrov The first week of the Herts Spring League could not have gotten to a more auspicious start – the expected showers and cloudy skies never materialized, and the whole day was played under sunny skies, with the temperature almost balmy at 15o C. That […]
FALCONS WIN BATTLE WITH OLD RIVALS BURGESS HILL
(continued) Article posted on behalf of Herts Baseball Newswire correspondent, Lee Manning The second game of the day for the Falcons was against Premier League rivals Burgess Hill Redhats. The Redhats are the team that relegated the Falcons in the 2006 playoffs. This was an opportunity for payback for the Falcons. Against Great […]
A RAT NAMED SUE
A Rat Named Sue He was a painfully shy player in a very public arena. Tall and powerfully built, he hit prodigious home runs. 442 of them, which is 34th all time. One of them, which was hit in Wrigley Field on April 14, 1976, went over 600 feet, which is the longest […]
HSL MEDIA COVERAGE
The Herts Spring League commences this Sunday and it looks like it is attracting significant interest from the media. The Hemel Gazette is expected to have an extensive coverage of the 2008 HSL over the three Sundays of the League. Below you will find an extract from a preview of the HSL published this week. The […]