Some time ago, you could read here about Bob Uecker and his quotes. But years before the active days of Bob Uecker, there was a player that was at least as colorful as Uecker was. For sure he was the better player of the two but he had some very humorous quotes as well. We…
A few weeks ago, you could read here about the Battle At The Castle youth tournament to call it quits. You could also read about a similar tournament in the Czech Republic but since not everyone is capable of getting to the Czech Republic, Baseball Culture has decided to fill the void the BATC has…
For the average (Dutch) baseball fan, the name Rick van Dijck may not ring a bell immediately but Rick is one of those Dutch players that is playing abroad for several years now. Time to put him into the spotlights. Rick started to play baseball at the age of eight with De Knuppelaars from Rosmalen….
How cool is this? Color footage of the AAGPBL. You know… “A League of Their Own” and “There is no crying in baseball.” The league existed from 1943 through 1954. It is not clear of which year this footage is. But this is some nice footage, yours truly has never seen before. Enjoy. Pretty cool…
With the Battle At The Castle in Oosterhout ceasing activities, another baseball youth tournament in Europe is entering its third year. The Euro Baseball Tour Summer Cup will be organized again in Třebíč this year (barring more corona misery). The Dutch Baseball Hangout was asked to help promoting this tournament. When it comes to baseball,…
Today, the baseball community mourns the passing of Hank Aaron. Besides the Dutch baseball community, not many know about the visit he once paid to the Netherlands. There is some footage (Kodak Super 8) about this visit. Back then in 1974, Hank Aaron visited the Netherlands as part of a promotion by Rob Muller, who…
Recently you could read here about Bat King Europe and the Dutch Baseball Hangout teaming up for 2021. But there is more to tell about the new web shop. Bat King Europe is the specialist that is storing the most popular bats for clubs and players in European wood bat leagues. Because of this, clubs…
When you visit this blog from now on, something new may catch your eye. The advertisement of Score66 Baseball has been replaced by Bat King Europe. Bat King Europe was recently established and to become a more common name in the baseball bat branch, the owner opted to put the logo of that company in…
For the most of us, 2020 is a year we would like to forget as soon as possible. Still I would like to give my take on how I experienced the baseball year 2020. Of course, baseball was hit by the coronavirus as well. Many competitions were postponed and some were even cancelled. But in…
To conclude 2020, the year we likely like to forget as soon as possible, the Dutch Baseball Hangout will sum up the top three of most popular blogposts in 2020. The funny thing is that the top article wasn’t even written in 2020 but in the year before. 3. Manny has offered himself, still negotiating…
