Back in 2014, I wrote a series of blog posts about the origin of minor league team names. Since then, the minor league landscape has changed a lot. Clubs moved, adopted new names. All reasons to have a new series in which the new names are added and explained. This time the letter: P Palm…
As you could read about the likeliness of the postponement of the Baseball Gold League in Belgium, earlier this week, the KBBSF (Royal Belgian Baseball and Softball Federation) has released an official statement. Full competition stop for all Belgian Baseball and Softball competitions for at least 4 weeks! The KBBSF has decided, in accordance with…
Aruban catcher Chadwick Tromp has been called up by the San Francisco Giants today. The backstop confirmed this on his Twitter account. Im lost at words. This is more than a dream come true. Thankyou god for showing me the way, and thankyou for giving me the strength and determination to wake up every day…
Last weekend the first round of the Dutch hoofdklasse was played. A novelty was that every game was streamed live. Here are the summaries of each series made possible by Eyecons.com. First the leader of the pack. Unexpectedly, Oosterhout Twins is leading the Dutch hoofdklasse with three victories over Silicon Storks in as many games. …
Earlier today you could read here that baseball games in Flanders (Belgium) have to be played without an audience. But it has gotten worse. Since the Province of Antwerp is a hotspot of the resurgence of the coronavirus, the governor of the province has announced several extra steps to contain the virus. Next to a…
For the time being, Belgian baseball games will be played without fans in the stands. The Minister of Sports of Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, and the Belgian sporting sector have decided to ban all spectators from sports matches in an attempt to contain the new spread of the coronavirus. The Belgian sporting sector…
On the third day of round one in the Dutch hoofdklasse, the following games were scheduled: Curaçao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Meerlease Pioniers @ DSS/Kinheim, Quick Amersfoort @ HCAW, and Oosterhout Twins @ Silicon Storks. Curaçao Neptunus 13 – 6 L&D Amsterdam Pirates In the rubber game of the series, Neptunus clearly stayed on…
On the second day of the first round the following games were scheduled: DSS/Kinheim @ Meerlease Pioniers, Curaçao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, HCAW @ Quick Amersfoort, and Silicon Storks @ Oosterhout Twins. DSS/Kinheim 6 – 10 Meerlease Pioniers After a narrow walk-off loss on Thursday night, Meerlease Pioniers managed to tie the series at…
TGIF. Therefore we put up another Peanuts baseball comic to celebrate the upcoming weekend. Enjoy. Oh, and have a nice weekend.
For a long time, Aruban catcher Chadwick Tromp was in the mix for a spot on the Opening Day roster of the San Francisco Giants but tonight, the club presented its Opening Day roster and the name of Chadwick wasn’t on it. In fact, it was already clear on July 19 when Chadwick was appointed…
