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View Article  BUILDING WORK COMMENCES AT GROVEHILL BALLPARK
Members and friends of Herts Baseball Club will soon see the fruits of their labour as work at Grovehill Ballpark is set to begin on Monday, 2 March 2009   more »
View Article  HERTS FALCONS, GB JUNIORS PLAY FIRST GAME OF 2009
Herts seeks National League hopefuls and rookies alike to ‘join the family’.   more »
View Article  HERTS SLUGGER TIM ELKINS CALLED-UP TO BOSTON RED SOX
Kind with a word, nasty with a bat... Herts slugger Tim Elkins recently attended the Boston Red Sox fantasy camp in Fort Meyers, Florida. In attendance: Sox stars getting fit for the start of 2009 Spring Training.   more »
View Article  BRING YOUR A-GAME BOYS...THE GIRLS ARE WATCHING! - EXCLUSIVE MARTY CULLEN INTERVIEW
This week Herts Baseball Newswire has been given exclusive access to British Baseball pin-up and Herts Hawks Manager, Marty Cullen Sr. We caught up with him between his yoga class and a meeting with his agent.   more »
View Article  HERTS BASEBALL TO FEATURE ON BBC RADIO: SATURDAY 21 FEB, 2.15pm
BBC Three Counties Radio will host Falcons Manager Jason Greenberg on Saturday afternoon's sports round-up, as he works the wires to promote the upcoming Herts Open Trials and Rookies Clinic on Sunday 1 March.   more »
View Article  A CHANCE FOR HERTS BASEBALL FANS TO SUPPORT THE GB TEAM ON THEIR WAY TO THE WORLD CUP
The European Championship Silver-Medal winning GB Baseball Team is preparing for the World Cup starting with their games in Moscow this September. Read further for details of how you can get behind the GB team   more »
View Article  HERTS BASEBALL TO HOLD OPEN TRY-OUT, ROOKIES CLINIC ON SUNDAY 1 MARCH, CLUB TO RECREATE MLB EXPERIENCE IN HERTFORDSHIRE AND NORTH WEST LONDON
Herts Baseball Club launches 2009 Promotional Campaign in Hertfordshire and North West London. Open Try Out Day on 1 March will also include an exhibition game with the Great Britain Juniors Team at Grovehill Ballpark   more »
View Article  RAPTORS TO FOCUS ON DEFENCE AND TEAMWORK IN 2009 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MANAGER, ANDREW SLATER
As we build up to the start of the 2009 baseball season, the Herts Newswire will be running a series of exclusive interviews with some of the people who will be making the headlines in British Baseball in 2009. Leading off we have an interview with the newly appointed Herts Raptors Manager, Andrew Slater.   more »
View Article  SNOWSTORM REVEALS BRITAIN’S UNDISCOVERED BASEBALL TALENT
Th biggest snowfall in 20 years has hit Southern England. Most sporting events are expected to be affected, but for baseball snow may have provided an interesting opportunity.   more »
View Article  ASK THE MANAGER
Your chance to ask the Herts Managers any question that you want ahead of the 2009 season.   more »
View Article  HERTS BASEBALL CLUB MISSES OUT ON CASH GIVEAWAY
Results of the Betfair Cash-4-Clubs initiative have just come in.   more »
View Article  ANTIQUES ROADSHOW...WITH A BASEBALL FLAVOUR
Herts Baseball Supporter making baseball memorabilia available to baseball fans in Hertfordshire.   more »
View Article  CULLEN AT THE WHEEL
Voting results from the Herts Hawks Elections   more »
View Article  WESTIE TAKES EAGLES HELM
Herts Baseball Club has announced that Dave Westfallen has been appointed as the Manager of the newly formed Herts Eagles. The Eagles are the fourth adult team of the Herts franchise and will be its representative in the AAA League of British Baseball.   more »
View Article  2009 SEASON BUILD-UP: REPORT FROM BBF WINTER MEETINGS
The BBF held a meeting on Sunday 30 November to review the 2008 season and set out goals and targets for the 2009 season.   more »
View Article  MEDIA COVERAGE OF HERTS BASEBALL: BREAKING BASEBALL BOUNDARIES
The Hemel Gazette Newspaper has had an extensive coverage of Herts Baseball over the years. This week they published another back page article.   more »
View Article  BASEBALLGB.CO.UK ANALYSES FALCONS NL ENTRY
Media recation to Herts Falcons joining British National League in 2009   more »
View Article  WHERE EAGLES DARE [Newswire Op-Ed]
Onetime Falcons Manager Bruce Dullea weighs-in on Herts' recent news headlines, and raises some sage and skeptical questions about his former team's chances for success in the National League.   more »
View Article  HERTS SECURES PLANNING PERMISSION FOR GROVEHILL BALLPARK
Planning permission gives scope for Herts Baseball Club to develop Grovehill Ballpark even further beyond its immediate plans for 2009.   more »
View Article  LIFT OFF! FALCONS SOAR INTO NATIONAL LEAGUE
The Herts Baseball Club will send its flagship team, the Falcons, to the top tier of British Baseball in 2009, where they will compete on the diamond with the nation's best players.   more »
View Article  MANAGERS APPOINT 2009 CLUB COACHES, PREP PROGRAMME
The Herts Managers have announced their 2009 Club Coaching Staff. Andy Cornish, Darrin Ward and Dan Kerry will work to develop the hitting, pitching and conditioning of Herts' four adult teams.   more »
View Article  HERTS EAGLES TO PLAY IN AAA, FILL OUT FRANCHISE
With the promotion of the Falcons to the BBF National League, a vacancy has been created at the AAA level. A new Herts squad - the Eagles - will stop the gap and complete a four-team, four-tier farm system.   more »
View Article  HERTS BASEBALL CLUB OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Herts Baseball Club releases 2008-2009 Club Prospectus with details of opportunities for commercial partners.   more »
View Article  BRITISH PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD SERIES
2008 World Series Build-up in The Financial Times Newspaper.   more »
View Article  2009 SEASON STARTS TODAY FOR HERTS BASEBALL CLUB
Report from the 12th Annual General Meeting of Herts Baseball Club held at SportsSpace in Hemel Hempstead.   more »
View Article  AND THE HERTS LITTLE LEAGUE AWARD GOES TO...
Gold Glovers, Battiong Champs, Rookies of the Year, Cy Young Winners...and 2008 Herts Little League Home Run Derby.   more »
View Article  COCK-A-DOODLE-DO! ROOSTERS STRUT STUFF, GOBBLE WIDOWS
The 2008 Kyle Hunlock Series reached its dramatic conclusion on Saturday, as the Red Roosters eked out an 8-7 come-from-behind victory over the first place Black Widows.   more »
View Article  ARACHNOPOLLO: ROOSTERS FACE SPIDERS IN HUNLOCK FINALE
After much ado, the 2008 Kyle Hunlock Series awaits its dramatic conclusion on Saturday, as the Black Widows look to three-peat with another win over their co-finalist Red Roosters.   more »
View Article  READY, STEADY, DRAW! HUNLOCK REPEAT AS ALL TEAMS EVEN
The 2008 Kyle Hunlock Season took an unexpected twist Sunday, as all three teams pulled even at 2-2. Only a scant run differential separates the first-place Black Widows (+4) from last-place Blue Dogs (-3).   more »
View Article  HORSHAM ALL-STARS COME OUT ON TOP IN EPIC FINAL AGAINST HERTS JUNIOR HAWKS
First ever Herts Futures Tournament brought together youth teams from around the country for a true celebration of British baseball.   more »
View Article  HUNLOCK: BUSY DAY ON THE TRADING TABLE
In a flurry of Friday afternoon action, several players exchanged hands midway through the 2008 Kyle Hunlock Series.   more »
View Article  RECENTLY WIDOWED: CULLEN PADS ROSTER, SIGNS FREE AGENT BARNES
Hunlock Series perennial Chris Barnes has signed with the Herts Black Widows and will make his first appearance Sunday at Grovehill. Rumours suggest this is the first domino to fall in some hot, late-week wheeling and dealing.   more »
View Article  MEDIA COVERAGE OF KYLE HUNLOCK SERIES
Article by Joe Gray, Commissioner of the British Scorers' Association   more »
View Article  A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME: TEAMS GO 1-1 IN HUNLOCK OPENER
The first round of the 2008 Kyle Hunlock Series was a validation of the free-market draft system, and an affirmation of the depth and unity of the Herts Baseball Club.   more »
View Article  GROVEHILL BALLPARK TO HOST THE HERTS FUTURES TOURNAMENT THIS SATURDAY
Eight of the top British youth baseball teams will play in the first ever Herts Futures Tournament. It will be held at Grovehill Ballpark in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire on Saturday, 27 September. The action begins at 11am.   more »
View Article  YANKEES ARE FIRST EVER HERTS LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. BLUE JAYS WIN THIRD PLACE FINAL
The 2008 Herts Baseball Little League season ended with a bang. The Herts Yankees had to produce their two best performances of the season in order to lift the League trophy.   more »
View Article  HUNLOCK UPDATE: WIDOWS CLAIM TWO VETERANS OFF WAIVERS
Black Widows acquire off waivers surprise free agents Arnold Longboy and Mr. Ariga.   more »
View Article  THE MAN IN BLUE
At last night’s Live Draft the spotlight was firmly on the players, but when the Series begin this Sunday a key role will be played by one person - the Umpire.   more »
View Article  HUNLOCK SERIES DRAFT COMPLETED, TEAMS READY FOR BATTLE THIS SUNDAY
A total of 43 players were drafted and we now have the three teams who will be battling to win the 2008 Kyle Hunlock Series.   more »