This week, Jonathan Schoop was named the player of the week for the American League. He could not enjoy very long as the Orioles traded him to the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League. Mark Feinsand was the first on Twitter to confirm the news. Several sports websites also vented the news. The Orioles…
Good news for those who always loved the brown/yellow seventies look of the San Diego Padres. The club’s owner says research shows brown uniforms are most popular “but it’s a minority” that think so, current look is next most; may switch to brown full-time in 2020. One of the club’s executives, executive chairman Ron Fowler, stated…
Major League Baseball has suspended the Papa Slams promotion after a racial slur made by Papa John’s founder and chairman John Schnatter has been made public by Forbes. The relationship between Major League Baseball and Papa John’s began in 2016 when baseball started dubbing grand slams “Papa Slams.” Each grand slam allowed baseball fans to…
This blog post is about Leon de Winter who is working for the MLB scouting bureau. It is quite a unique feat that a Dutch guy, a former Dutch hoofdklasse player, is working for MLB. This blog post describes the way he got into (minor league) baseball and worked his way up to what he…
Major League Baseball announced that regular season games will precede tournaments like the 2019 NCAA College World Series. This game will be a regular season game. The Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals will face each other in the week the College World Series opens at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha. The Tigers-Royals game would…
Last night, Didi Gregorius played his 700th MLB game. In the 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, Didi went 1 for 4. With that 700th game, Didi set a record of most MLB games played by a Dutch-born player, overtaking Bert Blyleven, who participated in 699 games in his extensive career. Next, to the 692…
Through almost 200 years of baseball, records have been set and records have been broken. But how many times did it happen that two records were set on the same day by two different players? It happened on May 1st, 1991. May 1st, 1991 was a day on which all eyes were focused on Rickey…
In this edition of Dutchies around the World, we pay attention to Didi Gregorius, Juremi Profar, Chris Pieters, Isranel Wilson, Kalian Sams, Rick van den Hurk, and Gilmer Lampe. After a hot start in which Didi Gregorius hit well above .300 his numbers have declined significantly. In his last 22 games, he hit a sub-par…
About a year and a half ago, MLB announced a deal with Under Armour, who would provide the on-field clothing for all thirty MLB clubs starting in 2020. Today the Sports Business Journal announced that MLB is about to strike a deal with Nike to replace Under Armour. This deal comes as a surprise. With…
In his first start behind the dish, Spencer Kieboom collected his first MLB hit. The 27-year old catcher was called up last week but saw action for the first time today. Spencer caught the first game of a doubleheader vs the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the bottom of the third inning, Spencer got his first…
