After their debut at the Series Latinoamericana, in which they won one game, the board of the Latin American Baseball Association (Asociación Latinoamericana de Béisbol) will add Curaçao as an official member of the organization. In the press release, the Latin American Baseball Association called Curaçao a great opponent with a good level of competitiveness. Together…
After the Wildcats debuted with a win, they lost the following two games as they could not cling to a lead twice. With a win and two losses, the team finished third and had to take on Tobis de Acayucan from Mexico in the semi-final. The Wildcats did not stand a chance as they fell to…
With a team with quite some familiar names for baseball fans from the Netherlands and Curaçao, the Curaçao representative in the Serie Latino Americana, the Wildcats, won their debut in this central American championship. In the brand new Dennis Martinez Stadium in Managua, the Wildcats stayed at the right side of the score: 7-6. The Wildcats…
German First Bundesliga club Munich-Haar Disciples announced today they have signed Czech national team player Jan Tomek for the 2018 season. Last year, Tomek joined Curaçao Neptunus to pitch for the farm team, but due to many injuries, Tomek pitched the biggest chunk of the season for the flagship team. A few weeks ago, a…
Today, the World Baseball and Softball Confederation presented the new world rankings baseball. In this ranking, the Dutch moved one place up, from the ninth to the eighth thanks to several good performances of several national teams. The other European top team, Italy, lost two places and dropped to the twelfth spot in the rankings,…
Partially thanks to a 2+ inning outing by Loek van Mil, the Adelaide Bite beat the ABL title favorite Brisbane Bandits in the first game of a doubleheader. The Bite took a bold 3-0 lead in the second inning as they scored two runs in the first on an RBI single by Tai-Shan Chang and…
With the end of the year at hand, it is time to write a review of the 2017 season. But this will a review of the year how I have experienced it. It has some lows and it has some highs as well. Overall, I enjoyed the 2017 season a lot. Unlike the previous years,…
The European Baseball Confederation (CEB) has drawn the teams for the two groups for the upcoming European Champions Cup which will be played in Rotterdam next year. Reigning champion Curaçao Neptunus will face two opponents from the Italian Serie A1 (recently the Italian Baseball Federation (FIBS) decided to fold the Italian Baseball League). Neptunus will be…
33-year old Dutchie, Loek van Mil, has been selected for the World All-Stars roster for the 2017 ABL All-Star Game. The World All-Stars will take on team Australia in this year’s friendly of the Australian Baseball League. This season is Van Mil’s third season in the ABL. In the previous two seasons, also with the Adelaide…
After a 10-5 loss vs the NPB East delegation, the WBSC took on the CPBL today. For five innings the WBSC kept the Taiwanese in check as they allowed three runs on six hits. Final score 5-3. Pitcher Joshua Kimborowicz kept the Taiwanese limited to two hits and struck out five in six innings of work. The…
