Een nieuw item op The Dutch Baseball Hangout. Voor de verandering in het Nederlands. De bedoeling is dat dit item vier à vijf keer per jaar verschijnt, aangezien ik ook nog graag naar wedstrijden in België en Duitsland ga. In deze eerste episode, besteed ik aandacht aan de Uden Red Sox, een club die al…
When baseball rules were translated into Dutch, one rule about pitching was lost in translation. It took forty-six years before this mistake was discovered. Read on and you learn about how. In the Netherlands, Baseball is played since 1908. In those days there wasn’t a regular competition yet. Even though the sport was introduced in…
A local hero in Grand Rapdis, MI but also one in the Netherlands has passed away last Tuesday. At the age of 96, Bob Sullivan left us for baseball’s Eternal Hunting Grounds. Through the Facebook page Takemeouttotheballgame2024, the Dutch Baseball Hangout learned about the passing of Bob Sullivan. His death was announced Wednesday by Fans…
It is a sad day for the Dutch baseball community. Today, two greats left us. At the age of eighty-five Hamilton Richardson passed away, and way too young, former catcher of Amsterdam Pirates and the Dutch national team, Sidney de Jong left us. Richardson was born on the island of Sint Maarten, but moved to…
This series is inspired by the must read book “All Caps, Stories That Justify an Outrageous Hat Collection” by Craig Colby. Craig wrote this book about the many caps he has and the stories behind it. Anyhow, this series will be about the caps I own and the stories behind them. This episode of “Personal…
Today I had an appointment with a former team mate to trade a cap of my former team for a baseball jersey of the Dutch national team I never wear anymore. Both teams are playing in Division 5, a sixth-tier league. Stags 1 is the “flagship” team, Stags 2 is the “farm team.” Until last…
Every hardcore baseball fan may have heard of the longest game ever played. It was a game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings in 1981. The game lasted thirty-three innings. But did you know a Dutch guy participated in this game? We’re talking about Win Remmerswaal. This kid was the first…
In a relatively close game, the Netherlands beat the Czech Republic 3-0 to advance to the finals. Despite one fielding error and one hit less than the Czechs collected, the Dutch stayed at the right side of the score. The Dutch defense appeared to get through the first inning in a quick fashion as they…
After victories over Lithuania and Austria, the Netherlands had to take on Italy, that was also unbeaten. Already in the first inning, the Netherlands took a 1-0 lead and never looked back. It was a game in which the Dutch scored many runs with two outs. After a threatening situation on the bases in the…
After the opening game of the tournament, in which the Czech Republic beat France 14 – 4, the Netherlands took on Lithuania in the second game of the day. The Dutch only needed two-and-a-half innings to win it 26 – 0. In the bottom of the fist inning, the Netherlands scored twenty-one (!) runs and…
