Dutch national team player Kalian Sams, who had been struggling of late, was named player of the week by the CanAm League. The outfielder of the Quebec Capitales went 11 for 22 in six games last week. The website of the Capitales announced the news with the following text: Kalian Sams fait parler son bâton…
Four weeks ago, the news was spread that Rick van den Hurk would be promoted by the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, the defending champions of the NPB. You may understand that the Dutch baseball community was very excited. I found the news on Twitter and published it on my blog. It took several days before the…
Because of European Cup obligations Curacao Neptunus later this season, the game that was scheduled then, between Curacao Neptunus and L&D Amsterdam Pirates was played today. In a high scoring and close game, Neptunus took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning. With two outs and Rien Vernooij on first, Vernooij advanced…
Because of the start of the first stage of the Tour the France in Utrecht, today’s game between Pronto DSS and UVV was pushed back to 6.00 PM (18.00 hours). UVV took a 1-0 lead when Joris van Ballegooy hit a lead off single down the left field line. Van Ballegooy advanced to second on…
After a throrough rehab assignment that started in Frederick (A Advanced), Jonathan Schoop is back with the Baltimore Orioles. After a long knee injury, the infielder from Curacao played two games with the Frederick Keys in which he collected three hits in nine at bats before he would move up to AA Bowie. With the BaySox…
On a red hot day the folllowing games were scheduled: Vaessen Pioniers @ Curacao Neptunus; Corendon Kinheim @ HCAW; UVV @ Pronto DSS and Mampaey the Hawks @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates. There was one very big suprise in today’s results. Vaessen Pioniers @ Curacao Neptunus 19 – 2 Yes you read it well. Apparently Vaessen…
The Yankees needed twelve innings to seal a victory over the Rays at Yankee Stadium. Masahiro Tanaka took the mound for the Yankees and didn’t look good in the first inning as he gave up two doubles and a walk that gave Tampa Bay a 2-0 lead. After the first inning he settled down as…
A day after his call up, Rick van den Hurk started vs the Seibu Lions of the Central League. Rick was flat out dominating in the first four innings striking out six and he took a 1-0 lead (solo homerun by Yuki Yanagita) into the fifth inning. But in the fifth the Lions tied the…
On the first day of the fourth round in the second half of the season, the following games were scheduled: Mampaey the Hawks @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates; Corendon Kinheim @ HCAW, UVV @ Pronto DSS and Vaessen Pioniers @ Curacao Neptunus. Three of the four games were ended without having played the full nine innings,…
