Herts Hawks storm to Div 4 national baseball title
After a dominant regular season, and a hard-fought semi-final victory at Grovehill, the Herts Hawks got their reward with a trip to Farnham Park. They would play a best-of-three finals series against the Plymouth Outlaws. And the Hawks put an exclamation point on their year. The first game on the Saturday saw Herts exploding out […]
Hawks rally to down the Phoenix
This was a day which didn’t really start the way the Herts Hawks wanted it to. But it ended exactly as they had planned, and they advanced to the Division 4 final. Herts did actually score first on this occasionally grey day at Grovehill. Andrew Fulford came home on a balk by the Bracknell Phoenix […]
Big Mac helps Hawks hammer Locos
Herts Hawks’ first step on the playoff path in 2026 was firm and decisive. In five innings at Basing Hill ballpark they swept aside the visiting Leeds Locos to quickly book their place in the Division 4 semi-final. The Hawks’ ace pitcher, Darrin Ward, was dealing from the very start. Even allowing for a couple […]
Herts charity day is record success
Herts’ third annual Lou Gehrig Day event at Grovehill was the biggest yet – raising more than £2,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. This far outstrips even the success of previous years, and is a measure of the generosity of the Herts baseball community. Lou Gehrig Day is held annually across MLB to raise […]
Spoils shared in Bank Holiday Herts derby
It’s not unusual to mention the weather in these reports. That’s partly because baseball is a summer sport and the setting is evocative and central to the feel of the game. Also, we are British and we obsess about weather. But on a Bank Holiday weekend which turned out to be a record-breaker for its […]
Hawks Take Flight: Grovehill Sweep Over Mercury
The Herts Hawks turned Grovehill into a fortress on Sunday, powering past London Mercury in both ends of a Division 4 double header. Behind disciplined pitching, timely hitting, and a relentless approach within the 5-run inning cap rules, the Hawks controlled the tempo across both games to secure a confident sweep. The opener set the […]
Up and running
“Opening Day” in the BBF leagues in 2025 has been more of a marathon than a sprint. But all 7 of the Herts adult teams are now on the track, and are up and running. The last of them to taste action were the Herts Hawks in Double-A, this past weekend. They were quick out […]
Hawks walk-off a highlight in weekend of big wins
by Ken Pike and Rob Jones The Herts Hawks of the AA-league went into their final double-header of the regular season knowing that a win might secure them a playoff berth. It would depend on other results, thanks in part to a number of teams falling foul of the forfeit rules. But the first task […]
13 teams take part in the 2024 Herts Spring League
Herts Baseball Club can announce that 13 teams have entered this year’s Herts Spring League (HSL). The teams come from across a range of British baseball leagues including the Triple-A, Double-A and Single-A Leagues. Spring is the time when managers put together their teams and aim to turn them into winning machines ahead of Opening […]