On the third day of round three, yesterday’s road teams returned home to host their opponents: DSS vs Curaçao Neptunus, Silicon Storks vs HCAW, Cityside Apartments Quick Amersfoort vs L&D Amsterdam Pirates and De Glaskoning Twins vs Hoofddorp Pioniers. Curaçao Neptunus 8 – 4 DSS Another easy victory for the current reigning Dutch champion. But…
In a move to fill a void on the Louisville Bats’ roster, the Cincinnati Reds have promoted Aruban catcher Chadwick Tromp to their International League affiliate. The Reds made plenty of roster moves the other day, a string of catcher promotions as a part of it. Cassidy Brown was promoted from the Daytona Tortugas (A…
On the second day of the third round, Hoofddorp Pioniers hosted De Glaskoning Twins, DSS headed to Rotterdam to face Curaçao Neptunus. L&D Amsterdam Pirates took on Cityside Apartments Quick Amersfoort in Amsterdam and HCAW had home field advantage vs Silicon Storks. De Glaskoning Twins 13 – 1 Hoofddorp Pioniers De Glaskoning Twins got their…
Spencer Kieboom, the catcher in the minor league organization of the Washington Nationals has been called up to fill the void left by Matt Wieters, who got injured during base running in a game vs the Arizona Diamondbacks. Kieboom is one of three baseball sons from a Dutch-born father, who played in the Dutch hoofdklasse. Spencer…
Tom de Blok seems to have found his groove again. In Wednesday game vs the Clearwater Threshers (Miami Marlins), Tom clinched his second win of the season. The right-handed Dutchman started the game in an impressive way as he retired the side in the first three innings. In the fourth though, he got into trouble…
Curaçao native Darren Seferina was released by the St. Louis Cardinals last Saturday. But the infielder found a new club in no time. Yesterday, the Milwaukee Brewers picked him up and sent him to AA Biloxi Shuckers of the Southern League. After a successful season with the Springfield Cardinals, in which he hit .277, the…
Unlike normal Thursdays, today’s games were played at daytime. DSS hosted Curaçao Neptunus, Cityside Apartments Quick Amersfoort hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates, HCAW headed to The Hague to face Silicon Storks and De Glaskoning Twins hosted Hoofddorp Pioniers. Curaçao Neptunus 12 – 5 DSS Curaçao Neptunus remains unbeaten as they clinched an easy victory in Haarlem….
Fortitudo Bologna announced the acquisition of Kevin Moesquit. The Curaçao born middle infielder will join the Italian powerhouse on May 20, in time for the European Champions Cup. Apparently, it is never enough for Italian teams. Quite often, Italian teams make moves like Bologna does now by acquiring a hired gun to reinforce themselves just in…
The Dutch Tigers, the occasional team from the Netherlands, will make another trip to Arizona in October (October 15 – 26), to participate in the MABL/MSBL. This trip will be their fifth as the team headed to Arizona for the first time in 2010. This trip is a bi-annual event. The MABL/MSBL, which stands for…
In this episode of Dutchies around the world we pay attention to Andrelton Simmons, Ademar Rifaela, Ray-Patrick Didder, Kirvin Moesquit, Wladimir Balentien and Kevin Kelly. MLB Andrelton Simmons is still one of the best shortstops in the game. He is capable of the most amazing plays. In the past few years, his fielding percentage was in…
