A Call for Papers has just been published for This Diamond Isle, a new biannual journal of British baseball (to be published online only as the periodical for the Project…
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Celebrating individual successes on poor or mediocre teams in British baseball’s top tier
by Joe Grayby Joe GrayIn baseball, as in other team games, stronger sides generally comprise stronger players, and weaker sides weaker players. All but the very strongest nines ever assembled, though, have had at…
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Haarlem Baseball Week, 1961: an early British foray onto the Continent
by Joe Grayby Joe GrayRecently, I wrote about the history of British clubs in European competitions sanctioned by the continent’s baseball confederation. Of course, there are many other tournaments held in Europe that bring together…
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One from the Past: Selection of photos from 1976 national final uncovered
by Joe Grayby Joe GrayRhode Island native Jeff Archer has been a great friend of Project COBB since its inception and he recently sent through some photos from the 1976 British national final, in…
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The Croydon Pirates at the 2005 European Cupwinners Cup (Part 2)
by Joe Grayby Joe GrayPart 1 of this two-part article provided a brief history of British clubs in European competition and the context of the Croydon Pirates’ entry into the 2005 Cupwinners Cup. This…
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The Croydon Pirates at the 2005 European Cupwinners Cup (Part 1)
by Joe Grayby Joe GrayIn 2013, baseball clubs from 25 European countries will take part in competitions sanctioned by the continent’s baseball federation. The highest-ranked European nation absent from this list is Great Britain…
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John Thomas: Triple national champ and true club man over 70 years
by Joe Grayby Joe GrayBritish baseball returns to the field this weekend for the start of the semi-competitive run-in to the new season. Sadly, it does so without John Thomas, one of the British game’s…
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This post announces the rules for the British Baseball Writing Awards
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The annual British Baseball Photography Competition (BBPC)
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