A major upset tonight in Utrecht. Next to the game between HCAW and UVV the game between Mampaey the Hawks and Pronto DSS was scheduled. HCAW @ UVV 9 – 5 Two innings long the game was scoreless, but in the top of the third HCAW caught fire all of a sudden. With Emersson Paula…
A night full of surprises not only in the play offs but also in the Runner Up competition. Tonight the following games in the Play Offs of the Hoofdklasse were scheduled: Vaessen Pioniers @ Curacao Neptunus and Corendon Kinheim @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates. Vaessen Pioniers @ Curacao Neptunus 6 – 3 Vaessen Pioniers that is…
Timothy Broas, the Uniteds States ambassador in the Netherlands, will be backing the efforts to get MLB games to the Netherlands. He said that last Monday during a reception that was organized for the occasion of the MLB Elite Camp for European baseball talents in Hoofddorp (about 15 km South of Amsterdam) at the US…
Yesterday the rosters of the Dutch All Star game were announced. There is a slight change regarding to previous years with the forming of the teams. In the previous years you had a North team and a South team. North mainly cointaining players form L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Corendon Kinheim, Vaessen Pioniers and HCAW. The South…
Dutch national team player Kalian Sams is a speedy guy. For his current team, the Quebec Capitales, he has stolen 30 bases so far. Since Minor League baseball is all about promotions, the Capitales thought it was a nice idea to lure fans to the stadium with a speed race between Kalian Sams and a…
My appologies for the delay, but internet was down yesterday, so I couldn’t post. Yesterday’s game between Pronto DSS and HCAW was rained out on Sunday and on Monday. It was one of those close games in which runs didn’t come cheap. HCAW took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Max Clarijs singled, Emersson…
Today in “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization: Number of Dutchies: 3 Matz Schütte: Matz signed a contract with the Minnesota Twins in September 2014. The tall pitcher who was born in Almere, came to Dutch Hoofdklasse club HCAW through his home town Almere ’90 and baseball academy Scimitars….
Another shorty in the series “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization”. This time I will write about: Number of Dutchies: 1 Milan Post: Dutch born Milan Post signed a deal with the Milwaukee Brewers in January 2014. Born in Diemen a community Southeast of Amsterdam, he played at…
On day three of the first round of the runner up competition, two games were scheduled, but the game between HCAW and Pronto DSS was cancelled and will be played tomorrow night at 7.30 PM (19.30). So the only game that was played today was: UVV @ Mampaey the Hawks 8 – 0 With two…
On the third day of round one of the Dutch Play Offs, the following games were scheduled: Curacao Neptunus @ Corendon Kinheim and L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Vaessen Pioniers. Curacao Neptunus @ Corendon Kinheim 19 – 0 After losing the previous two games vs Corendon Kinheim, Curacao Neptunus was in a must win situation today….
