As you all may know, the contract of Didi Gregorius with the Yankees will expire after the 2019 season. The question remains if he will return or more important if the Yankees will make him an acceptable offer. No doubt the Yankees will make a qualifying offer, that will pay Gregorius around $18,000,000 for…
With the overgangsklasse season ready as well, most things have been decided. The champion of the overgangsklasse was known after it won yesterday and after today, three of four teams that will be demoted are known as well. Yesterday, HSV Kinheim from Haarlem clinched its second overgangsklasse championship in as many years as it beat…
On the fifth and final day of the European/African Olympic Qualifier, the following games were scheduled: Israel @ South Africa, Kingdom of the Netherlands @ Italy and Spain @ Czech Republic. Israel 11 – 1 South Africa The only way Israel could blow its ticket to Tokyo was by losing to South Africa. But Israel…
On the final day, Italy hosted the Kingdom of the Netherlands as both countries faced each other for the second time in a week. Where the Dutch only had one big inning last week, the team had two this time as they beat Italy 8-3. In the bottom of the third inning, with a runner…
On the final day of the Olympic Qualifier, the Netherlands is hosted by Italy in another of many confrontations between the two countries. So far, the Dutch won the most contests. The winner will have the right to participate in the last qualifier that will take place in Taiwan, early 2020. The direct ticket to…
On the fourth day of the Olympic Qualifier, the following games were scheduled: South Africa @ Kingdom of the Netherlands, Italy @ Spain and Czech Republic @ Israel. South Africa 1 – 7 Kingdom o/t Netherlands To keep the chance of qualifying alive, the Kingdom of the Netherlands did what it had to do: beating…
Today, I went to see a game in the Dutch overgangsklasse (second-tier league) as the Dutch hoofdklasse season is already over. The game between Alcmaria Victrix and Oosterhout Twins 2 (farm team of the Hoofdklasse club Oosterhout Twins) was played in Oosterhout. Twins 2 won the game 14-7. Here is a photo impression of that…
Today the Kingdom of the Netherlands will face South Africa. Both countries did not face each other much, but the South Africans managed to win once. That was during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Two days after the Dutch had stunned the baseball world by beating Cuba, South Africa pulled off a stunt against the…
On the third day of the Olympic Qualifier, the following games were scheduled: South Africa @ Czech Republic, Israel @ Italy and Spain @ Kingdom of the Netherlands. Besides these games, the remainder of the game between South Africa and Italy, that was rained out on Wednesday, was resumed. Italy 10 – 4 South Africa…
For a long time, the Kingdom of the Netherlands had a hard time to walk away but eventually, in the seventh inning, the Dutch scored some insurance run that secured the 6-2 win. Spain sent Holwuin Sacramento to the mound, the pitcher that made the Dutch life very hard during the European Championship’s semi-final. But…
