The Boston Red Sox’ Aruban shortstop Xander Bogaerts became the third Red Sox player to get 1000 base hits before the age of 27. Only Tris Speaker and Bobby Doerr preceded him. Unfortunately, Bogaerts’ hit wasn’t of any value for the Red Sox as he didn’t drive in a run or scored himself after it….
Today, the Dutch will play their opening game vs Great Britain in Solingen. In the previous ten matchups between the two countries, the Netherlands stepped off the field as the victor. In the last edition, in 2016, the Dutch finished the game in seven innings as they beat the Brits 11-1. The game will be…
Last year, you could read a post here about Jakob Syrén, who was looking for a new club after Oosterhout Twins did not offer him a new contract. During the past season, he played for the Solingen Alligators but now he is looking for a new club. Perhaps this blog post will draw your interest….
Tomorrow, the European Championship will start in Germany (Bonn and Solingen). Several teams have unveiled their roster already. Today the KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation) unveiled theirs. At the roster, that was presented by manager Evert-Jan ‘t Hoen, there are three debuting players: Donny Breek (Minnesota Twins organization), John Polonius (UnipolSai Bologna) and…
In another close affair and a pitchers duel in which the runs didn’t come cheap, the Kingdom of the Netherlands stayed at the right side of the score. Dutch starting pitcher Luuk ter Beek pitched a gem. In seven innings, he limited Spain to only two hits. Until the third inning, neither team came close…
In a night cap, the Kingdom of the Netherlands took on Panama in the cosolation round. In a close game, the Dutch stayed at the right side of the score as they beat Panama 2-1. Panama took a 1-0 lead over the Dutch in the second inning when Valdes Abrego hit a sac fly to…
On the offensive side, things went pretty well today as the Dutch scored ten runs. On the defensive side, however, things did not pan out as expected as China scored six runs. Despite the win, the Dutch miss the Super Round. After a scoreless first inning, the Dutch offense took off in the second. With…
On their website, DSS from Haarlem has announced it will have talks with neighbour Kinheim. Both teams play at the Pim Mulier Sportspark and are only separated by a small road that lies between their baseball grounds. According to the website, both clubs have had talks in which they agreed to further talks about a…
What appeared to become a clear victory for the Kingdom of the Netherlands ended up in a narrow escape when the Dutch allowed two runs in the ninth to let Australia get closer from a 4-1 score to a 4-3 score. Eventually, Arij Fransen retired the final two batters for the save so the Dutch…
In a somewhat lopsided game, Curaçao Neptunus was no match for L&D Amsterdam Pirates. After the team tied the series at three yesterday, Pirates clearly had the momentum going. After six years, the dominance of Neptunus ended and Pirates could celebrate its fifth overall Dutch championship as it beat Neptunus 6-0. The unlikely hero for…
