On the fourth day of the Olympic Qualifier, the following games were scheduled: South Africa @ Kingdom of the Netherlands, Italy @ Spain and Czech Republic @ Israel. South Africa 1 – 7 Kingdom o/t Netherlands To keep the chance of qualifying alive, the Kingdom of the Netherlands did what it had to do: beating…
Today, I went to see a game in the Dutch overgangsklasse (second-tier league) as the Dutch hoofdklasse season is already over. The game between Alcmaria Victrix and Oosterhout Twins 2 (farm team of the Hoofdklasse club Oosterhout Twins) was played in Oosterhout. Twins 2 won the game 14-7. Here is a photo impression of that…
In this episode of Ballparks around the world, we pay attention to Koshien Stadium which is located in Osaka. It is the oldest baseball stadium in Japan and home of the annual Koshien high school tournament and the Hanshin Tigers. Koshien Stadium opened its doors in 1924 to host the National High School Baseball Invitational…
Today the Kingdom of the Netherlands will face South Africa. Both countries did not face each other much, but the South Africans managed to win once. That was during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Two days after the Dutch had stunned the baseball world by beating Cuba, South Africa pulled off a stunt against the…
On the third day of the Olympic Qualifier, the following games were scheduled: South Africa @ Czech Republic, Israel @ Italy and Spain @ Kingdom of the Netherlands. Besides these games, the remainder of the game between South Africa and Italy, that was rained out on Wednesday, was resumed. Italy 10 – 4 South Africa…
For a long time, the Kingdom of the Netherlands had a hard time to walk away but eventually, in the seventh inning, the Dutch scored some insurance run that secured the 6-2 win. Spain sent Holwuin Sacramento to the mound, the pitcher that made the Dutch life very hard during the European Championship’s semi-final. But…
After yesterday’s heartbreaking loss vs Israel, it is up to the Dutch team to bounce back. Today the opponent is Spain, a country that has made the Dutch go deep in the past few times the both countries faced each other. In the European Championship’s semi-final, the Dutch won by the smallest possible margin: 1-0. To…
A few weeks ago, you could read a rant about the WBSC cutting the number of innings of baseball games. Instead of nine, the governing body of world baseball has decided to scale the number of innings down to seven. All in the best interest of baseball…. This move can only be explained as the…
On day two of the Olympic Qualifier the following games were scheduled: South Africa @ Spain, the Czech Republic @ Italy and the Kingdom of the Netherlands @ Israel. South Africa 1 – 7 Spain After a strong part of a game vs Italy yesterday, South Africa appeared to continue to surprise the baseball community…
On the second day of the Olympic Qualifier, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was the visiting team vs Israel. Since the 2017 World Baseball Classic, this was the fourth time both teams faced each other. In the first round of the 2017 WBC, Israel beat the Kingdom of the Netherlands but in the next round,…
