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When I wrote about the affiliation changes yesterday, I wrote:  “Here is a summary of the changes (so far).” In the meantime there have been some more changes and PDC extensions and I found some older ones that I haven’t mentioned in the previous article. AAA Minnesota will stay put in Rochester for the coming…

Since 2004 I am addicted to Minor League baseball. Not that it is easy to attend a game when you live in the Netherlands, but I love the way those clubs are more focused on families, children and the related entertainment. In 2008 I attended my first Minor League game at Adelanto, CA. The High…

Jonathan Schoop and the Orioles or “How the East was won.” What’s better than clinching a pennant in your own stadium. This is what the O’s did. In the second game of a three game series against runner up the Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto’s José Bautista scored the opening run on a double by Edwin…

On the fifth day of the European Cup, there was almost one surprise. Belgium came back from behind in the seventh inning after trailing 3-0 and took the lead in the eight when Sebastiaan Vandesompele scored the go ahead run. But France fought back in the ninth when they scored two runs for the 5-4 walk…

I realize that this rant doesn’t really belong on a blog about (mainly) Dutch baseball. But I have to vent my frustration somewhere. Nowadays it is hard to be a Yankee fan (much to the amusement of the many Red Sox fans that I know). When I woke up this morning and checked the baseball…

A limited number of Dutchies saw action yesterday. The Dodgers won with big numbers so Kenley Jansen could take a rest. His team mate Roger Bernadina was kept on the bench. The Red Sox didn’t play, so no Xander Bogaerts either. Jonathan Schoop entered last night’s game vs the Blue Jays in the ninth as…

Belgian starter Cedric Desmedt threw a 143 pitch complete game that was won by the Red Hawks 5-0. This time the victim was Great Britain. Belgium scored five runs (one unearned) on six hits. Desmedt allowed three hits, walked four, fanned six, hit two batters with a pitch and threw one wild pitch. The last…

Next to the Belgium’s no-hitter and the perfect game by Dutch pitcher Mike Bolsenbroek, there were four other games played as well. Spain needed seven innings to shut out Russia. Spanish starter Eric Gonzalez went six full innings in which he allowed five hits, struck out five and walked one. Germany clinched their second win…