During my vacation in Southern Germany, yours truly intends to attend some baseball games. Today, I attended the first one, a game between the Stuttgart Reds and the IT-Sure Falcons from Ulm. For most of the game, the Falcons had a 1-0 lead, but in the ninth, the pitching collapsed and the Stuttgart Reds won 5-2 eventually. Here is a photo impression of the game.
It has been a while since the Dutch Baseball Hangout posted about players of the Dutch Kingdom that play around the globe in other countries than their home countries. In this first episode, we pay attention to Xander Bogaerts, Dashenko Ricardo, Calten Daal, Eugene Helder, and Jonathan Willems. Xander Bogaerts The Aruban born shortstop is…
With the Dutch hoofdklasse starting this weekend, there are now five major countries where the competition has started: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain. Here is an overview of this week’s games in the various leagues. Austria Two clear victories for the Schwechat Blue Bats, that is debuting in the Austrian Baseball Bundesliga….
Today, yours truly went to Cologne in Germany to watch a quarter final game of the German 1. Baseball Bundesliga between the Cologne Cardinals and the Regensburg Legionäre. The weather was good, the burgers and the prezels delicious. So a good day for a ballgame. A game started as an exciting pitching duel between Florian…
In Belgium’s first game of today, it did not stand a chance against a strong German team. For the Germans it was its third double digit win and its second with twenty runs or more. Belgium 2 – 22 GermanyUnfortunately for the host nation, the Germans were way too strong. The German pitching limited Belgium…
Today, the DBV (Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband or German Baseball and Softball Federation) announced through its website that the upcoming season will be postponed until May 9th. According to the federation, this will give the clubs the opportunity to prepare for the season if training activities can be started again mid-April or at the…
Today, the World Baseball and Softball Confederation unveiled the new World Ranking. The top three did not change much. Japan and Chinese Taipei are still firm in first and second place, but Korea was overtaken by the USA for rank #3. Of the European countries, the Netherlands remains the strongest. As a matter of fact,…
