Nominations are open for the British Baseball Hall of Fame. There are three categories for induction: Baseball players; Coaches, managers, umpires, and other officials; and Game builders. More info at bbhof.org.uk: 'Induction categories and criteria'. #BBHOF #ProjectCOBB #BritishBaseball

It is safe to say that Nick Swisher stole the show at @mlbeurope.bsky.social's #HackneyBridgeTakeover. He made the Greenwich Giants' day and even the #RedSoxFans loved meeting him! #MLBEurope #MLBLondon #HackneyWick

Sign up for a CORE Coaching Course near you, and become one of the first newly qualified coaches in the UK! https://loom.ly/tDFnApQ Want to host a course? Get in touch - [email protected]

Delighted to announce that @tigerpride.bsky.social's latest book, Makeshift Fields: Chasing Baseball Across Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales, which our Managing Editor co-edited for @invisibooks.bsky.social, is available for pre-ordering. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chas... #BritishBaseball

From 1945 to 2005, nearly 100,000 surveys of MLB and minor-league baseball players were collected by historian Bill Weiss. All of the Weiss questionnaires — from Ernie Banks to Tony Gwynn — are now available online for SABR members to view: sabr.org/latest/weiss...

When the CPBL season opens in a few days, former Phillies coach and USWNT baseball player Sarah Edwards is set to make history: She will be the first female on-field coach in any Asian pro baseball league. www.mlb.com/news/sarah-e...

Exactly eight years ago today, our Managing Editor was on the field as the U.S. celebrated winning its first #WorldBaseballClassic title: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s.... Only 347 days to go until #WBC2026 begins and our crew returns—who else is counting down!? www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

Exactly eight years ago today, our Managing Editor was on the field as the U.S. celebrated winning its first #WorldBaseballClassic title: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s.... Only 347 days to go until #WBC2026 begins and our crew returns—who else is counting down!? www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

Only six days to Opening Day. New paid subscriptions to jballallendotcom get 2 free months of unfettered access to my NPB databases, live zoom chats with former players, coaches, and managers, and all paid content. Offer good through April 1, 2025 jballallen.com/register/?le...

Opening Day is almost here! New paid subscriptions to jballallendotcom get 2 free months of unfettered access to my NPB databases, live zoom chats with former players, coaches, and managers, and all paid content. Offer good through April 1, 2025 jballallen.com/register/?le...

Less than a year now to #WBC2026!

Rare image of an integrated WWI baseball game, from typewritten manuscript of "History of Base Hospital 136.” I know of only one other, which was posed, in London. Good stuff!

Opening Day is on the way. Get 2 free months of full access to jballallendotcom by subscribing now. Unfettered access to my NPB databases, live zoom chats with former players, coaches and managers and unlock all paid content. Offer good through April 1, 2025 jballallen.com/register/?le...

“I’ve played in four World Series and the WBC is up there with the World Series if not even more special when it comes to like the energy of the crowd,” Kiké Hernandez said before today’s game.

Interested in sports and military history? I write both. Check out my current book, The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I (Potomac Books / @univnebpress.bsky.social, 2024). — #sabr

The Dodgers are in Japan, just like they were after the 1993 season. I designed the sleeve patch logos they wore back then, the first time my work appeared on an MLB uniform. Stashed away in my Dropbox, "last modified 31 years ago."

The second #WorldBaseballClassic Qualifier from Phoenix is officially underway, with Germany and China drawing the first game. The free live stream can be found at www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKYo.... #WBCQ25 #WBC2026

Spain came one win away from qualification for the second straight #WorldBaseballClassic qualifier. Incredibly, had Spain knocked off World No. 2 Taiwan, it would have become the sixth WBSC Europe nation in #WBC2026, though Germany could still make it an even half dozen. #WBCQ25

Marek Chlup should join the Giants main squad for an exhibition game in early March www.sanspo.com/article/2025...

Spain came one win away from qualification for the second straight #WorldBaseballClassic qualifier. Incredibly, had Spain knocked off World No. 2 Taiwan, it would have become the sixth WBSC Europe nation in #WBC2026, though Germany could still make it an even half dozen. #WBCQ25

Happy first Book Birthday to THE GAS AND FLAME MEN by @jimleeke.bsky.social! THE GAS AND FLAME MEN tells how chemical warfare changed the course of World War I, war in general, and the game of baseball.

As reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer of October 8, 1893, Harry Wright suggested that umpires keep the ball-strike count secret until the at bat was concluded. The ostensible aim: to increase hitting and reduce growling. Edward Gorey illustrated the idea for Sports Illustrated on July 19, 1893.

More "new" historic data up. Catchers' career CS records and manager's career records, and each current and former franchise's record with each manager, even Masahiro Kawai's 6 games with Yomiuri, whose first 10 managers are all in the Hall of Fame... jballallen.com/data/

Set your alarms for the Spain-Chinese Taipei second-place, winner-moves-on, loser-goes-home final tmw at 6 a.m. ET. Coming off its Premier12 gold medal, Chinese Taipei needs a win to advance to the World Baseball Classic. A loss will see the No. 2-ranked team on the outside.

The Taipei 'Farglory' Dome is impressive, and massive. #WBCQ25

@tylermaun.bsky.social Tyler, 'Fear is the path to the dark side. Don't give into hate. Now go stretch it off.'

@tylermaun.bsky.social Pretty sure that Juan Diego Montes' base-hit celebration is to mime twirling his moustachios. Greatest mustache in baseball, indeed. #WBCQ25 #WorldBaseballClassic

The rosters for the Tucson World Baseball Classic Qualifiers have been released! Colombia's roster is absolutely stacked, likely leaving Germany, Brazil, and China fighting for the second spot to advance. Roster breakdown and pool preview here: www.mlb.com/news/tucson-...

🚨 NEW PODCAST! 🚨 And it’s a doozy 🤩 Legendary MLB player and manager Clint Hurdle joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about his career! Available on all the usual platforms plus YouTube at the link below! 👇 youtu.be/R1mDbzzGZZQ?...

#WorldBaseballClassic qualifiers start tonight! Here's my preview of the first pool: baseballcontinuum.com/2025/02/20/2...

@tylermaun.bsky.social #TeamPicota #Projectable