Where we wrote earlier today that Hensley Meulens was still in the running for the job of manager of the New York Mets, the Score.com announced that the NL franchise will hire Luis Rojas on a multi-year contract. According to Mets GM Brody van Wagenen, Rojas is very well qualified. “We anticipate him to be…
After Carlos Beltran decided to step back as manager of the New York Mets because of the Astros’ sign stealing scandal, the Mets are looking for a new skipper. According to MLBtraderumors.com, the National League team is narrowing its search in its own ranks with three names remaining. Next to Luis Rojas, Tony DeFrancesco and…
For the third year in a row, Andruw Jones was on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. And once again he got more votes than in the previous year. On a day on which Derek Jeter got one vote shy of becoming the second unanimous HOF inductee and Larry Walker was voted in on his…
As we already knew which clubs would participate in the European Champions Cup, it was waiting for the grouping. Yesterday the CEB unveiled both groups A and B of the event in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Group A contains of the following clubs: Curaçao Neptunus (Ned) Fortitudo Bologna (Ita) Heidenheim Heideköpfe (Ger) Rouen Huskies (Fra) Group…
The WBSC (World Baseball and Softball Confederation) revealed the new World Rankings today. The Kingdom of the Netherlands rose one spot and overtook Cuba. Compared to the previous world ranking, the Dutch gained 269 points to get on a total of 2690. The Australians, that were on spot in front of the Dutch in the…
After a bit more than five years, Dutch Baseball Hangout has changed the logo. The logos of MLB, KNBSB, MiLB, and NPB have disappeared to emphasize the independence of this blog. The new logo still contains the World Baseball Classic NL logo of the Dutch national team to emphasize the Dutch roots of this blog….
Infielder Juremi Profar from Curaçao has signed a one-year] minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox. After seven years with the Texas Rangers organization, the younger brother of Jurickson opted for free agency on November 4, 2019. Before last season, the Rangers clearly didn’t know where to put Juremi as they let him play…
In this episode of Ballparks around the World, we pay attention to the home field of L&D Amsterdam Pirates: Loek Loevendie Ballpark. The facility opened in the year 2000 and was renamed after the founder of Pirates, Loek Loevendie in 2019. Of course, Pirates started as a baseball branch of the Amsterdam based soccer club…
In the past decade, a lot of baseball took place. This is my top five of the best baseball moments in the past decade. 5. Cubs win World Series After 108 years, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series in 2016. In a nailbiter of a World Series that went seven games, the Cubbies bested…
The Detroit Tigers and Curaçao-born infielder Jonathan Schoop have agreed on a one-year contract worth $6.1 million. As part of the Minnesota Twins last season, Schoop reached the playoffs for the second time in his career. After spending five seasons with the Baltimore, the Orioles traded him to the Milwaukee Brewers halfway the season. With…
