For those who were not allowed to go to ballpark De Slotbossetoren today, you have missed an exciting and close game. Both teams could have won, but HCAW prevailed. Here is a short photo impression.
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On their website, Amsterdam Pirates have announced that former Pirate Michael Duursma will be the flagship team’s new manager. This after Brian Finnegan told the club he won’t be available for the 2020 season. Duursma played for a variety of clubs in the Dutch hoofdklasse, L&D Amsterdam Pirates was the last one before…
Tonight’s game was exactly the opposite of last Thursday’s one. Rob Cordemans was far from dominant and Diegomar Markwell was a lot more effective than last week. Key to Neptunus’ victory was Pirates’ bullpen that could not stop its offense as Pirates lost 13-4. After Curaçao Neptunus took a 1-0 lead, L&D Amsterdam Pirates bounced…
On the second day of the fourteenth round, only two games were played as the game between De Glaskoning Twins and Hoofddorp Pioniers was rained out. Curaçao Neptunus was way too strong for DSS even though it took them until the fifth inning to make that clear and L&D Amsterdam Pirates had to go deep…
Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf posted an article on its website about the selection of team Kingdom of the Netherlands for the upcoming World Port Tournament in Rotterdam. The creation of the 24-man roster can be called remarkable, to put it mildly. This year the coaching staff will be led by Sydney de Jong. This is…
Baseball is losing ground. Not only in the USA but also in the Netherlands. Less fans that head to the ballparks. Less people that play the game. Thirty years ago, some Hoofdklasse games drew around 800 – 1,000 fans per game easily. Nowadays clubs are happy if there are 100-200 fans in the stands. What needs to be…
After a bit more than five years, Dutch Baseball Hangout has changed the logo. The logos of MLB, KNBSB, MiLB, and NPB have disappeared to emphasize the independence of this blog. The new logo still contains the World Baseball Classic NL logo of the Dutch national team to emphasize the Dutch roots of this blog….
