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My brother Russell Davies used to be captain and backstop for Cardiff boys in the early 70s..Gerald Fish..Philip Jay..went up to Liverpool to watch them.
When Liverpool played in Cardiff Peter Reid stayed at our house..he was Liverpool captain
I used to love playing baseball, llandaff fields, roath park Trelai, llanrumney rec,
Things went in a different direction when my brother in law pulled base 3 from the ground and assaulted a Llanrumney player with it as he was running past
Llandaff North!
We've had this discussion before on here Mozz, always love a reminisce of Baseball.
Use to watch Mike Rayer smash it in to the taff down Hailey Park and I think Mike Ring played for the north as well.?
Remember wining the U16s at Roath one year, beat llanedeyrn / pentwyn in the final. Only thing I ever won at sport of any note, picture in the Echo
I used to love watching "The North" playing baseball over Hailey Park, such a beautiful setting in the Summer! Llandaff North also had the best baseball kit of the lot. Many teams just used football kits, the North had specially made shirts that were unique.
Mike Rayer's father, Alec, was also an excellent player in his day.
Another fantastic player they had was Mark Powell. He was first-team bowler for the North when still in high school; many senior players struggled against his pace.
Mate of mine just saying that he’s playing again this season for Newport Baseball Club.
Apparently 5 teams from Cardiff now and 1 from Newport.
They are playing at Rumney RFC over at Llanrumney Fields every Saturday.
There was a 'Wednesday' football league as well, for those who worked in retail etc. on Saturdays. The Cardiff and district has just 24 senior teams, but everything under 15 is thriving by the looks of it. Cardiff Combination 3 divisions of 8. As you suggest it seems when players reach 'adulthood' they stop playing. Probably tails off as parent power diminishes with age..
Haven’t read every Fred ,
But we used to travel up to Speke Old Boys, biannually from the Tavistock Pub in roath.
What a weekend that used to be
I played for Wales at under 14s in the early 2000’s, stayed up in Liverpool. It’s like they dragged a few kids off the streets to be honest, we beat them by an Innings. Still got my Wales jersey. The under 16s and men’s match was competitive though. Everyone went back to a pub called the first base afterwards.
It’s such a great game with a much better format than the American version, a real shame it’s died out. I’ve been involved in epic games for Grange Albions where the last man needs two or three runs to win and there’s a huge crowd watching, always thought it was better than a lot of sports that get televised.
The women’s game is going strong which is good.
you can get updates every week from this welsh baseball twitter account
Grange Albion v St Albans yesterday . Nathan Taylor of Grange Albion at the pegs #welshbaseball #cardiffbaseball #newportbaseball #baseball #schoolsbaseball #welshsport #sportwales #cardiffsport #wlbu #ladiesbaseball pic.twitter.com/trRr4pszuP
— Welsh Baseball (@baseballwales) June 11, 2023
Tees Rd in Newport ?
Is it near the transporter bridge ?
If it is might it be named so because Middlesborough, in tees side is the only other uk city with the same kind of bridge ?
My feeling was there were some right handy feckers on those diamonds
Probably went down the city
I lived midway between Splott and Roath Parks and watched St. Albans in particular and Penylan.
Loved watching Slogger Slocombe batting for the Buns and Graham Pymble on base 1 for Penylan and Ted Petersen bowling.
I remember them showing baseball now and then on BBC Wales weekend sports shows. It was quite a different style to MLB from memory, more like rounders?
Why was it just cardiff , Newport and Liverpool that were big on baseball
Bristol , Swansea , Southampton etc .....all ports