Today, yankeebiscuitfan’s Dutch blog changed its name into the Dutch baseball hangout. The reason for this change is that the name yankeebiscuifans’s dutch blog did not show up in google when you looked at baseball blogs. The name change will ensure more hits because the name refers to our beloved sport in the title. Nothing…
On a hot day, the road teams of the previous two days went home to host the opponents. De Glaskoning Twins hosted Pickles UVV, Curacao Neptunus hosted Vaessen Pioniers, HCAW moved to Amsterdam to face L&D Amsterdam Pirates and this time DSS crossed the street to take on Kinheim in an Haarlem derby. Pickles UVV…
In the Hoofdklasse report of yesterday, May 7, I wrote a quick note on the no-hitter of Orlando Yntema. On a second thought I realized that this was not enough to honor him for this great feat, his third in the Hoofdklasse. Yesterday Neptunus had an easy win over Vaessen Pioniers as their offense exploded…
After two mediocre outings, Juan Carlos Sulbaran pitched a stellar performance last night for the Memphis Redbirds. In the first inning he had a bit of a rigid start as he gave up a lead off single to Tyler Ladendorf of the Nashville Sounds, who advanced to second on a 5-6-3 attempt for a double…
No, this ain’t no promotion for some kind of Disney amusement park of Disney movie. I have a friend Canada, who I “met” on a baseball forum in 2004. We are friends ever since. Last year I sent him a cap of Curacao Neptunus, since he is also a cap collector, just like me. Today…
Another gorgeous baseball day with a clear blue sky and nice temperatures. Kinheim crossed the street once again to face neighboring DSS. Curacao Neptunus only needed seven innings in Hoofddorp vs Vaessen Pioniers, De Glaskoning Twins headed to Utrecht to take on UVV and L&D Amsterdam Pirates was a party pooper in Bussum for HCAW….
The Eastern Shore League debuted in 1922 and lasted through 1928. The second run of the league was in from 1937 through 1941. The final run lasted four years, from 1946 through 1949. The league was classified as a Class D League. During the first run of the Eastern Shore League, the champions played the…
The El Paso Chihuahuas,the AAA farm team of the San Diego Padres, the team with arguably one of the worst logos in Minor League Baseball (I know, I know, it’s a matter of taste), have announced that the team will wear brown-yellow jerseys Padres throwback jerseys on May 7. Throwback because the Padres wore this…
There are a lot of players from the Dutch Kingdom active in the Minor Leagues. The biggest chunk of them comes from Curacao and Aruba. Here is an overview of those players playing in AAA, AA, A Advanced and A Full Season. AAA Roger Bernadina is having a good season so far. At bat he…
Yesterday it became clear that the city of Kinston in North Carolina has signed a stadium lease deal with the Texas Rangers to bring a A Advanced team to historic Grainger Stadium, former home of the Kinston Indians. According to the lease, signed in July 2015, the Rangers had two years until the start of…
