On day three of the 2023 European Champions Cup, HCAW took on the German champion Bonn Capitals and Amsterdam Pirates faced the 2022 German runner up Untouchables Paderborn. Bonn Capitals 5 - 2 HCAWIn the past few years, the Bonn Capitals proved to be a team to be reckoned with. Even though HCAW took an …
2023 European Champions Cup: Day 2
On the second day of the European Champions Cup, the two Dutch representatives HCAW and Amsterdam Pirates took on Arrows Ostrava and Parmaclima respectively. HCAW 12 - 0 Arrows OstravaThe Dutch champion only needed seven innings to clinch the victory. The two-time Czech champion did not stand a chance as it was limited to two …
2023 European Champions Cup: Day 1
Today, the ECC teed off with the Dutch representatives playing the night cap. Amsterdam Pirates took on Draci Brno, while HCAW took on Rouen Huskies Amsterdam Pirates 3 - 4 Draci BrnoThe weird situation occurs that Amsterdam Pirates represents the Netherlands even though the club didn't make it to the Holland Series. As the club …
World Baseball Classic 2023: Czechs Clinch Come-Back-From-Behind Victory vs. China
In a see saw game between the Czech Republic (or Czechia as the Czech government likes to call the country now) and China, both teams took the lead but eventually the Czechs stayed at the right side of the score, scoring four runs in the ninth. In the first inning, the Czech Republic scored two …
WBSC Unveils New World Ranking
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, …
Oosterhout Twins Signs Czech Pitcher
Through their Instagram account, Oosterhout Twins announced the signing of a pitcher from Czechia for the 2023 season. With the loss of Ryan Huntington, Oosterhout Twins had to look for pitchers outside the borders of the Netherlands to strengthen its pitching staff. The pitcher we are talking about is Filip Čapka. Čapka played for the …
Logo of The 2023 European Championship Baseball Unveiled
Today, the WBSC Europe and the Czech Baseball Association unveiled the logo of the 2023 European Baseball Championship. With this, the candidacy of the Czech Republic was announced as well. With a tweet, the WBSC Europe unveiled the official logo of the tournament. Where in the Czech Republic the tournament will be played was announced …
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Regensburg Awarded WBC Qualifier
Good news for German baseball fans. The rumors were floating around in the past few weeks, but now it has been announced officially. Regensburg (Germany) has been awarded one of the two World Baseball Classic Qualifiers. The other qualifier goes to Panama City. The last time, Regensburg hosted a qualifier of the World Baseball Classic …
2022 European Champions Cup: Curaçao Neptunus Wins But is Destined to Play Against Relegation
This early morning, the game between T&A San Marino and Curaçao Neptunus, that was postponed at a 5-5 score on Monday, was rescheduled for today. Neptunus had to win with a difference of three runs to make it to the semis. T&A San Marino 7 - 8 Curaçao NeptunusThe game continued at the start of …
2022 European Champions Cup, Day 3
So far the tournament has been plagued by inclement weather, so the schedule has been reshuffled. Yesterday's game between the Bonn Capitals and Curaçao Neptunus was rescheduled for today at 16.00. Other scheduled games were: Draci Brno @ Heidenheim Heideköpfe, Arrows Ostrava @ Curaçao Neptunus, Parmaclima @ Heidenheim Heideköpfe (remainder of yesterday's game), L&D Amsterdam …
2022 European Champions Cup, Day 2
On the second day of the 2022 European Champions Cup in the former German capital Bonn, the following games were scheduled: L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Draci Brno, T&A San Marino @ Arrows Ostrava, Arrows Ostrava @ Bonn Capitals (make up game for yesterday's rainout), Parmaclima @ Heidenheim Heideköpfe, and Bonn Capitals @ Curaçao Neptunus. Once …
2022 European Champions Cup, Day 1
On the first day of the 2022 ECC, the following games were scheduled: Draci Brno @ Parma, Heidenheim Heideköpfe @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Curaçao Neptunus @ T&A San Marino, and Arrows Ostrava @ Bonn Capitals. Draci Brno 1 - 11 ParmaclimaParmaclima needed eight innings to clinch today's victory. In the first inning, Draci took a …
Eugene Helder Will Join Draci Brno For Second Consecutive Year
According to the Czech baseball website milujeme-baseball.cz, Aruban-born Eugene Helder will return to the multiple Czech champions. Eugene Helder with the Everett AquaSox Helder joined the Dragons from Brno at the end of the regular season. He played a total of seven games in which he batted .333 with a .515 OBP and a .619 …
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U23 European Baseball Championship: Day 4
On the fourth day of the 2021 U23 European Championship, two relegation games and two semi-finals were scheduled. The relegation games: France @ Belgium and Ukraine @ Czech Republic. Semi-finals: Great Britain @ the Netherlands and Germany @ Italy. France 12 - 5 Belgium https://dutchbaseballhangout.blog/2021/08/27/u23-european-baseball-championship-belgium-loses-big-against-france/ Ukraine 0 - 15 Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic wasn't wasting …
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U23 European Baseball Championship: Day 3
On the third day of the 2021 U23 European Championship, the following games were scheduled: Ukraine @ the Netherlands, Belgium @ Germany, France @ Czech Republic, and Italy @ Great Britain. Ukraine 0 - 10 The Netherlands https://dutchbaseballhangout.blog/2021/08/26/u23-european-championship-ukraine-also-no-match-for-the-netherlands/ France 5 - 7 Czech RepublicBy losing to Great-Britain yesterday, it was clear that we will have …
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U23 European Baseball Championship: Day 1
On the first day of the 2021 U23 European Baseball Championship the following games were scheduled: Great Britain @ France, Ukraine @ Germany, the Netherlands @ Belgium, and Italy @ Czech Republic. Great Britain 3 - 0 FranceIt was a game in which the runs and the hits did not come cheap. Both teams collected …
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2021 U12 European Championship: The Netherlands Fall to The Czech Republic
In the semi-final, the Netherlands faced a strong Czech team. The team that had beaten Italy in the round robin. The Dutch team went down but not without a fight. The Netherlands 4 - 8 Czech RepublicIn the first inning the game started to look like yesterday's ass whooping by Germany, as the Czech Republic …
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Kingdom of The Netherlands Climbs One Spot in World Ranking
Today, the WBSC (World Baseball and Softball Confederation) released the new world ranking. As usual, there were some countries that rose some spots and there were countries that dropped some spots. First of all Japan. The land of the rising sun is unchallenged with a more than eight hundred point lead over the second place …
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