On the second day of the first round of the second half of the season, Vaessen Pioniers hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates, HCAW took on Kinheim at home, De Glaskoning Twins headed to Rotterdam to face Curacao Neptunus and DSS hosted Pickles UVV. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 2 – 3 Vaessen Pioniers After both teams scored a…
The Softbank Hawks want to extend the contract of Dutch RHP Rick van den Hurk. But earlier this month, the Hawks took him from the active roster to give him some rest. After he clinched the “rookie”record of consecutive wins for a foreign and new pitcher in the NPB, he lost his first game since his…
In fact it was a formality after the Dutch baseball federation announced that the ban on participating in the Euro League Baseball would be uphold, but today the president of the European Association of Professional Baseball (EAPB), Wim van den Hurk, announced that Amsterdam Baseball was pulled from the ELB schedule. Van den Hurk stated that…
Last night it became clear that Carter Kieboom, younger brother of Spencer Kieboom, has been drafted by the Washington Nationals as 28th overall pick. If both parties can agree on a deal, Carter will join the organization where his brother is playing (at AA Harrisburg) already. Both are sons of a Dutch born father who…
The organization of the St. Louis Cardinals has sent Juan Carlos Sulbaran down to AA Springfield (Texas League) from AAA Memphis. The 26-year old right hander from Curacao had a dream start at AAA with Memphis as he won his first two games with a low ERA. But from that point he started to struggle…
On the first day of the first round of the second half of the 2016 Hoofdklasse season, the following games were scheduled: Kinheim faced HCAW in Bussum, Curacao Neptunus hosted De Glaskoning Twins, DSS took on UVV at home and L&D Amsterdam headed to Hoofddorp to face Vaessen Pioniers. Kinheim – HCAW After…
Stunning news. Through a press release, Dutch champion Curacao Neptunus announced that their 26-year old catcher Dashenko Ricardo will stop playing baseball immediately. Last week, Neptunus and Ricardo had several talks but the club could not convince the power hitting catcher to keep playing. According to the press release, Dashenko cannot motivate himself for the…
You all may have noticed by now that L&D Amsterdam Pirates won the European Champions Cup by beating A.S.D. Rimini Pirates in extra innings. But was this a surprising win? Even though Curacao Neptunus won the cup last year, Italian club baseball was dominant in Europe over the past eight years. Since 1996, Neptunus from…
The unthinkable happened. L&D Amsterdam Pirates won the European Champions Cup. Unthinkable? Well, at least before the tournament started. In the final, in which the score went back and forth, the Amsterdam team had the longest breath in the end. For three innings the game was scoreless but in the fourth, current Italian champion A.S.D….
In a game that was a promotion for baseball, L&D Amsterdam Pirates stepped off the diamond as a victor. In a game that was a nail biter at times the Amsterdam team stayed at the right side of the score vs Curacao Neptunus: 11-7 Dennis Burgersdijk started for L&D Amsterdam and was flat out dominant…
