Same opponent as last year, same result. A 4-0 sweep in games vs the Yomiuri Giants. Today’s game ended in a 4-1 victory for the Hawks, who outscored the Giants 26-4 over the stretch of four games. One can wonder if a dominance like this is good for any sport. But nevertheless, the Hawks were…
With the SoftBank Hawks having a comfortable 3-0 lead in games, it is a must win situation for the Yomiuri Giants today. But it will be hard as they play at the Pay Pay Dome, the home field of the Hawks. Today’s game will start at 18:30 local time (10:30 CET and 04:30 AM Eastern…
After the Yomiuri Giants did not stand a chance against the SoftBank Hawks yesterday, the team from Tokyo looked to rebound in game two. For the Giants, pitcher Oshiro Imamura took the mound. The SoftBank Hawks sent Kai Ishikawa out to start the game. Just like yesterday, it wasn’t much of a game as the…
The Nippon Baseball League started its season last weekend. Like the two other main Asian competitions, the league started its games without fans in the stands. But there is hope for the Japanese baseball aficionados. While the Korean KBO is still playing in empty stadiums, the Taiwanese CPBL is allowing fans again with no limits…
As all the baseball fans of the Dutch Kingdom (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustace, St. Martin and The Netherlands) will know, there are two players (Wladimir Balentien and Rick van den Hurk) from the Dutch Kingdom playing in Japan for a couple of years now. For the first time, they are playing on one…
Since the announcement by the NPB to start the season on June 19, the NPB players have been training again. Since yesterday, June 2nd, the teams are playing practice games again but behind closed doors. But after just one day of practice games, two players have been tested positive on COVID19. Reigning Central League MVP…
NPB commissioner Atsushi Saito announced in an online press conference that the NPB will start the 2020 season on June 19. The season will be reduced to 120 games. The teams will play no interleague games and will face each league opponent 24 times. This year, no All-Star Game will be played. Practice games will…
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. 🚨NEWS🚨Full article on website➡️: https://t.co/OcEOT3zhht #VandyforCharity pic.twitter.com/wGdS06GtZY — Rick van den Hurk (@rickvandenhurk) May 21, 2020 The Dutch-born pitcher from Eindhoven will donate game-used baseball items and…
Recently you could read here about three players of the Hanshin Tigers that were contaminated with the coronavirus, which caused the cancellation of all practice games. There is some good news to tell as one of those players was released from the hospital. Today, the Hanshin Tigers announced that their 25-year old catcher Kenya Nagasaka…
After three players of the Hanshin Tigers have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, the NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) has decided to cancel all practice games of the Japanese major league clubs. At least, according to a Tweet by Dutch pitcher Rick van den Hurk, all practice games are cancelled but the Ni-Gun (minor league) games…
