The other day you could read here about a feud between the officials of the FEMEBE and the Liga Beisbol Mexicana (Mexican Baseball League) which was the cause that the Mexican League refused to allow their players to represent Mexico in international tournaments. In the 2013 no players from the LBM played in the WBC…
There was some news to announced about players from Curacao the other day. Former Atlanta Braves star, Jair Jurrjens signed a deal with the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, of the CPBL. The 30-year old will be the third player from the Dutch kingdom that will spend time with the club from Taiwan. Rob Cordemans pitched for…
As expected, Australia has won the first World Baseball Classic Qualifier of 2016. In the final they outscored and outhit South Africa 12-5 and 17-7. But the score didn’t reflect the course of the game as the Australians only dealt the decisive blow in the eighth inning. The lack of depth in the South African bullpen…
Evert Jan ‘t Hoen, manager of current European and Dutch champion Curacao Neptunus, has been named European coach of the year during the congress of the European Baseball Confederation CEB in Hoofddorp Netherlands (near Amsterdam Airport). Last year Curacao threepeated as Dutch champion and also clinched the European title for clubs. During the season, Van…
In this game between South Africa and New Zealand it became clear that New Zealand is still quite a bit away from competing with the rest of the world. But since the New Zealand baseball federation was founded in 2002, you can say that baseball in New Zealand is pretty much in its infancy so…
Okay, Australia won the night cap of today’s double header vs South Africa. And it was in a convincing way as they never really got into trouble. But despite the loss, the South Africans kept the damage limited and can be really proud of their performance. For Australia it was a case of “Noblesse oblige”….
In a must win situation for both New Zealand and the Philippines, the Diamondblacks stayed at the right side of the score.in an entertaining and high scoring game. The Philippines took a 1-0 lead. Eric Farris hit a lead off double off Andrew Marck and advanced on a fly out to right field hit by…
In the night cap of today’s double header, Australia hosted the Philippines. For six innings the archipelago republic could keep pace rather well before its defense collapsed and it eventually became a blow out score. The Philippines surprisingly got on the board first as Eric Farris scored from second base on a line drive single…
Today the World Basecall Qualifier 1 in Sydney took off. In the first game New Zealand hosted South Africa. The final score was rather lopsided as the winner only walked away in the final inning. The game was rather close until the ninth and the runs did not come cheap until then. South Africa started…
It is always good to see that there are people who intent to help other countries to develop the game of baseball. In the eighties there was a Dutch group, called the Trailblazers, that helped to develop the game in Eastern Europe, back then still under communist rule. After a career that brought him to…
