Ducks dazzle in breakthrough win
The Herts Ducks have claimed their first win of the season, beating East London Latin Boys 11-7 on Sunday (4th June). Our correspondent Kumail Jaffer was in the thick of it, and has this report: THE DUCKS are in flight. Herts’ brand new AA team have won their first game at this level – 11-7 […]
Herts gets first ever PA announcer
The official National Baseball League Opening Day at Grovehill Ballpark on Saturday marked not only a big step for Herts Baseball Club’s NBL Pilot Project. It also marked the arrival of Gabriel Fidler as the club’s first ever official announcer. Best known as Chair of the British Baseball Hall of Fame and founder of Extra […]
New era at Herts: Falcons open NBL season at home to Mets
The return for the Herts Falcons was an emotional and hugely positive moment, even if the results were not the stuff of dreams. After a year out of British baseball’s top division in order to rebuild, the Falcons are back in the National Baseball League (NBL) for 2023 with a revamped roster and ethos. The […]
Hawks are left stranded by Islanders; comeback not enough
The Hawks post-season run came to an end in a roller-coaster semi-final game in which two fierce rallies were not quite enough to secure victory. The game was a mirror of the previous weekend’s battle against the Herts Londoners, with the Hawks on the ropes early and then pulling it out of the bag. But […]
Hawks rally over Londoners in playoff derby
“It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish”. That might be the phrase ringing in the ears of the Herts Hawks after they dug themselves out of an early hole to win their playoff match-up against friends and club-mates, the Herts Londoners. The two teams faced off at Grovehill on Sunday (September 4th) in […]
Dingers and drama on derby day
The Herts Eagles and Herts Londoners faced each other at Basing Hill Ballpark in their final games of the regular season. Stakes are always high in a club derby, but these were crucial games for the home side, the Londoners, if they were to keep alive their playoff hopes. The visitors were keen to play […]
Derby drama as Eagles and Londoners face off
HERTS Eagles pulled off a stunning comeback win in the opening game of their home double-header against division leaders and club rivals Herts Londoners. The two sides – once compared to AC and Inter Milan due to their ground sharing arrangement – eventually split the double header in the July heatwave, with the Londoners roaring […]
Eagles downed by Minotaurs
by Kumail Jaffer SHORT on numbers but high on chutzpah, the Eagles flew into Finsbury Park on Sunday aiming to wrestle themselves back into the Playoff hunt. The Minotaurs were an interesting proposition – it was a team that the Eagles had got the better of last season, but an improving side who were playing […]
Return of the Mantas
The Herts leadership team for 2022 has taken further shape, with the return of Mantas Poderys. He has been co-opted by the club’s Executive Board as manager of the second Single-A team which will play in Hemel Hempstead. Mantas was elected as the manager of the Herts Raptors at Grovehill for the 2020 season, only […]
Herts stalwart Hiche steps down
One of the leading figures of the past decade for the Herts Falcons, Cris Hiche, has decided to step down as the manager of the team. Hiche originally joined the Falcons ahead of the 2012 season, and helped to push them to unprecedented levels of success. The team reached the playoff finals that year, and […]