Likely no one expected Andruw Jones to be voted into the Hall of Fame. But the Curaçao Kid’s numbers improved compared to last year. For a long time it looked like the improvement would be close to 20% but eventually the improvement stuck on 14.5 %. Where Jones got 19.4% of the votes last year,…
The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, one of the MiLB teams that were kicked out of minor league baseball by MLB and former member of the Northwest League, announced today it will start an new independent baseball league. According to the team, The Mavericks Independent Baseball League as the new league will be called, will feature top level…
With the Battle At The Castle in Oosterhout ceasing activities, another baseball youth tournament in Europe is entering its third year. The Euro Baseball Tour Summer Cup will be organized again in Třebíč this year (barring more corona misery). The Dutch Baseball Hangout was asked to help promoting this tournament. When it comes to baseball,…
Today, the baseball community mourns the passing of Hank Aaron. Besides the Dutch baseball community, not many know about the visit he once paid to the Netherlands. There is some footage (Kodak Super 8) about this visit. Back then in 1974, Hank Aaron visited the Netherlands as part of a promotion by Rob Muller, who…
Recently you could read here, that three teams (Nettuno BC 1945, Nettuno Baseball City and Nettuno 2) merged into one club under the moniker of Nettuno BC 1945. After the club earned a promotion to the Serie A1, it thought it was time to move on under a new flag. And thus a new logo…
With the Appalachian League becoming a collegiate wood bat league all of its teams that were named after their parent club announced to change their moniker. The Danville Braves are the first to take action on this. The Appalachian League was kicked out of minor league baseball by MLB to keep the costs of developing…
The CEB (European Baseball Confederation) announced the groupings of five of the six scheduled European Championships. Only the European Championship for seniors (older than 23) was not announced yet as still four teams need to qualify. U12 ChampionshipTo be played in Mortsel (Belgium) from July 6 through 10 Group AItalyCzech RepublicFranceUnited Kingdom Group BKingdom of…
The Kansas City T-Bones announced today the team has rebranded. The new name of the team will be Kansas City Monarchs, after the famous Negro League team that fielded many future Hall of Famers. In cooperation with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, American Association member Kansas City T-Bones has decided tp change…
Recently you could read here about Bat King Europe and the Dutch Baseball Hangout teaming up for 2021. But there is more to tell about the new web shop. Bat King Europe is the specialist that is storing the most popular bats for clubs and players in European wood bat leagues. Because of this, clubs…
For the fifth straight year, the Templiers de Sénart is the biggest club of France. Since 2016, the club has the most members of all clubs in la Hexagone, like France is also called. In 2020 the club had 15 teams in total, including 6 adult squads. The club participated in all French championships, from…
