Today, the World Baseball and Softball Confederation unveiled the new World Ranking. The top three did not change much. Japan and Chinese Taipei are still firm in first and second place, but Korea was overtaken by the USA for rank #3. Of the European countries, the Netherlands remains the strongest. As a matter of fact, …
2021 World Cup U23: Dutch Blow 7-2 Lead And Lose in Extra Innings
They were so close. The Dutch were three outs away from becoming the second European team that pulled off an upset but they blew a five run lead in the seventh inning and fell to Korea in the eighth. The Kingdom of the Netherlands scored thrice in the first inning on a sac fly and …
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Kingdom of The Netherlands Climbs One Spot in World Ranking
Today, the WBSC (World Baseball and Softball Confederation) released the new world ranking. As usual, there were some countries that rose some spots and there were countries that dropped some spots. First of all Japan. The land of the rising sun is unchallenged with a more than eight hundred point lead over the second place …
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Watch Korean Baseball Here
For those interested in high quality baseball other than MLB, there is an open website (yes it is legal) to watch KBO games. The website is of the Korean streaming service Naver.com. When you enter the website, you have to scroll down a little bit to get to today's games. Here is the link.Enjoy.
NC Dinos Get Their Hardware
Last year's champions of the KBO, the NC Dinos have received their personal championship trophies. What the players of the first time KBO champion, that celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, received, wasn't too shabby. Have a look and judge yourself yourself. The ring is as preposterous as those in MLB but when you put …
SSG Landers present logo
Two days ago you could read an article about the SK Wyverns changing names. The club now called the SSG Landers, after the e-commerce arm SSG of the Shinsegae Croup, presented its logos today. The logo of the "new" KBO club shows an unidentified flying object beaming down to the word baseball club. In the …
SK Wyverns renamed SSG Landers
Recently you could read here about the KBO's SK Wyverns being sold to SSG. Today the new name of the club was announced. The new owners of the team, the Shinsegae Croup, named the club after its e-commerce arm SSG. The name Landers is a tribute to the city of Incheon and its airport and …
SK Wyverns sold
The SK Wyverns of the Korean Baseball Organization, has been sold unexpectedly. The new owner will be retail giant Shinsegae Group, that has bought the club for approximately 100 million Euros (122 million USD). On February 23rd, the official handover from the current owner SK Telecom to Shinsegae Group will take place. The new owner …
Rick van den Hurk donates for charity
In a tweet and on his own website, Rick van den Hurk announced that he will have a weekly auction, to raise money for the Ronald McDonald Foundation. https://twitter.com/rickvandenhurk/status/1263451862633549824 The Dutch-born pitcher from Eindhoven will donate game-used baseball items and equipment from teams he played for. Since his MLB debut with the Florida Marlins in …
Watch all KBO games
In the past week, I posted several links to KBO (Korean Baseball Organization) games. I found a general link that leads you to all KBO games per day. https://tv.naver.com/l/livehome Enjoy.
Watch Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers here
vs Today the Kia Tigers take on the Samsung Lions in the KBO. Here is a link to the game with English commentary. http://123tvnow.com/watch/espn-2/ Enjoy.
Watch Doosan Bears vs KT Wiz here
Next to CPBL baseball, there is KBO baseball to watch as well. vs The link below leads to the today's game between the Doosan Bears vs the KT Wiz http://live.qq.com/10049486?fbclid=IwAR35zJ5tmkFr6c0RqcSx7DZAMYwX0d5fKkDn19O0EAoixpVw79p9BR_T5Ao Enjoy.
A little bit more baseball. Watch Korean baseball here
Today, the KBO league starts after a big delay due to the coronavirus. Here is the link with which you can watch without being subscribed to watchESPN. This game is between the visiting NC Dinos and the Samsung Lions http://123tvnow.com/watch/espn-2/ Enjoy.
Start of KBO season at hand
After Taiwan, it looks like Korea will be the second country where the baseball season will take off. The KBO is planning to start the season early May but under strict rules to avoid corona infections as much as possible. The league has unveiled a manual that points out how players and teams can deal …
Also KBO postpones season
After the NPB decided to postpone the upcoming Japanese baseball season, the KBO decided to do the same in Korea. Yesterday the NPB announced to push back the start of the 2020 baseball season. The start of the season is now scheduled for somewhere in April. The league has decided to do so after close …
Hensley Meulens debuted in MLB 30 years ago
Hensley Meulens, the Curaçao-born bench coach of the San Francisco Giants made his first step in Major League Baseball, today 30 years ago. With the New York Yankees, Meulens became the first player from Curaçao to make it to the bigs. Meulens was signed by the Yankees as an undrafted free agent in 1985. After …
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No KBO contract for Roger Bernadina
As all KBO clubs signed the foreign players they needed and that market closed on December 29, Roger Bernadina wasn't signed by any of the ten KBO clubs. Earlier during the KBO offseason, the Kia Tigers announced they would not re-sign Bernadina as his numbers dropped and as he has spent some time on the …
Not a great day for Dutch hoofdklasse players in ABL
Two of the three Dutch hoofdklasse players in the Australian Baseball League, did not have a great day. Sam Kennelly and his Perth Heat didn't make it through the first inning due to inclement weather. Dwayne Kemp and Shogo Nakashima lost 7-4 with the Sydney Blue Sox vs the Canberra Cavalry. The Blue Sox pitching …
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