In the third week of the ABL competition, the following series were scheduled: Perth Heat @ Sydney BlueSox, Adelaide Bite @ Canberra Cavalry and Melbourne Aces @ Brisbane Bandits. The biggest winners in this round were the Melbourne Aces as they swept the Brisbane Bandits. The week started with only one game on Thursday. The…
Today the KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation) revealed the big names on the preliminary roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic. As expected the big names of MLB players are on the list. The big names on this list are: Xander Bogaerts (Boston Red Sox), Didi Gregorius (New York Yankees), Kenley Jansen (Los Angeles…
Today it was announced that Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven will join the staff of team Kingdom of the Netherlands with the upcoming World Baseball Classic. Just like four years ago, Blyleven will serve as a pitching coach. Blyleven will take care of the pitchers of the Dutch team together with Steve Jansen, who is…
In the second week of the Australian Baseball League, the following series were played: Canberra Cavalry vs Sydney BlueSox, Perth Heat vs Brisbane Bandits and Adelaide Bite vs Melbourne Aces. The Canberra Cavalry rebounded from a lost series last week, while the Sydney BlueSox cooled off after a hot start. The Adelaide Bite bounced back…
The Lincoln Saltdogs have signed the next Dutchie. After Shairon Martis, Curt Smith (who has joined Pioniers of the Dutch hoofdklasse but only will play there in the play offs when the Saltdogs are eliminated), Randolph Oduber and Dashenko Ricardo, the team signed Christopher Garia on November 18. Garia sustained an injury during Spring Training…
Roger Bernadina, the outfielder from Curacao and player of team Kingdom of the Netherlands, will continue his career in the KBO as he has signed a deal with the Kia Tigers. Last season Roger played for the AAA affilate of the New York Mets in the Pacific Coast League. Despite having a decent season he wasn’t…
The Regensburg Legionaere from Germany announced through their website today, that Dutch pitcher Mike Bolsenbroek will stay with the club. 2017 will be his tenth season with the club from the German Bundesliga. With the exception of three years in the minors (2008-2010) Bolsenbroek played for the multiple German champion since 2008. Mike even pitched…
The Yakult Swallows and Wladimir Balentien have agreed on a new one-year contract worth $3,000,000 + incentives. After you could read here that the Yakult Swallows had made an offer to Wladimir Balentien, one of my sources in Japan informed me about an article at sponchi.co.jp about the Swallows and Balentien signing a new deal. Masayuki…
Today five years ago I was still in an euphoric mood after the Dutch baseball team had won the world championship. Around eleven o’ clock a colleague of mine approached me with the news that a baseball player was killed. When I checked the headlines, it appeared to be Gregory Halman who had been killed….
Last Thursday the Australian Baseball League season started again. The team of Dutch right hander Loek van Mil took on the Sydney Blue Sox. It wasn’t quite a successful start of the season for the Adelaide Bite, as they lost three out of four. Opening Day was on Thursday as the Brisbane Bandits, with Justin…
