It is a sad day for the Dutch baseball community. Today, two greats left us. At the age of eighty-five Hamilton Richardson passed away, and way too young, former catcher of Amsterdam Pirates and the Dutch national team, Sidney de Jong left us. Richardson was born on the island of Sint Maarten, but moved to…
This series is inspired by the must read book “All Caps, Stories That Justify an Outrageous Hat Collection” by Craig Colby. Craig wrote this book about the many caps he has and the stories behind it. Anyhow, this series will be about the caps I own and the stories behind them. This episode of “Personal…
Today I had an appointment with a former team mate to trade a cap of my former team for a baseball jersey of the Dutch national team I never wear anymore. Both teams are playing in Division 5, a sixth-tier league. Stags 1 is the “flagship” team, Stags 2 is the “farm team.” Until last…
Every hardcore baseball fan may have heard of the longest game ever played. It was a game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings in 1981. The game lasted thirty-three innings. But did you know a Dutch guy participated in this game? We’re talking about Win Remmerswaal. This kid was the first…
In a relatively close game, the Netherlands beat the Czech Republic 3-0 to advance to the finals. Despite one fielding error and one hit less than the Czechs collected, the Dutch stayed at the right side of the score. The Dutch defense appeared to get through the first inning in a quick fashion as they…
After victories over Lithuania and Austria, the Netherlands had to take on Italy, that was also unbeaten. Already in the first inning, the Netherlands took a 1-0 lead and never looked back. It was a game in which the Dutch scored many runs with two outs. After a threatening situation on the bases in the…
After the opening game of the tournament, in which the Czech Republic beat France 14 – 4, the Netherlands took on Lithuania in the second game of the day. The Dutch only needed two-and-a-half innings to win it 26 – 0. In the bottom of the fist inning, the Netherlands scored twenty-one (!) runs and…
Vanavond was er een internetvergadering/-bijeenkomst die georganiseerd werd door de “Groep Jaarsma.” Er waren op het hoogtepunt, zo’n drieënzestig mensen die de bijeenkomst bezochten en/of vragen stelden en zich in de discussie mengden. Ronald Jaarsma begon de bijeenkomst met een presentatie over wat hem en zijn medestanders tot het al eerder besproken plan heeft gedreven….
Naar aanleiding van de inzet van de groep waarvan Ronald Jaarsma woordvoerder is, heeft een aantal clubs een voorstel ingediend om op de agenda van het komende KNBSB congres te krijgen. Deze voorstellen zijn door de KNBSB afgewezen. Volgens de statuten van de bond wordt de agenda van het congres uiterlijk vier weken vóór het…
Naar aanleiding van het plan dat door een groep prominenten uit de Nederlandse honk- en softbalwereld is opgesteld, organiseert deze groep een online meeting om het plan en het verzoek tot uitstel van de stemming van het nieuwe bestuur van de KNBSB uit te leggen. De groep Jaarsma, zoals ik deze maar even voor het…
