After a close loss vs Korea and a humiliating defeat by Canada, the Kingdom of the Netherlands clinched its first win today vs Nicaragua. Starting pitcher Luuk ter Beek dominated the Nicaraguan lineup in six innings of work and helped to step off the field with a 2-4 victory. After Luuk ter Beek retired the…
At the start of the playdowns, nobody expected this to happen. Silicon Storks ended dead last in the regular competition. But now the team has clinched a spot in the 2020 hoofdklasse by beating DSS today 8-0 to win the series 3-1. Silicon Storks and DSS collected about the same numbers of base hits, Storks…
In a nailbiter of a game, L&D Amsterdam Pirates tied the Holland Series at three games apiece. After trailing 3-0, the team managed to come back in the game and win in the final inning as they beat Neptunus 4-3. After quite a long absence, Rob Cordemans took the mound for L&D Amsterdam Pirates. The…
In Baseball related songs, we pay attention to “Enter Sandman” performed by Metallica. The song itself has nothing to do with baseball but it became an instant classic at Yankee Stadium when Mariano Rivera used it as walkup song. “Enter Sandman” is a song about a little kid and his fears and nightmares. He/she is…
After a strong game against Korea, that was only lost in extra innings, the Dutch team may have had good hopes for a good result vs Canada. For three innings, the Dutch could keep pace with the Canadians but in the fourth, the Canucks had a big inning that was the foundation for an 11-0…
Today, 103 years ago, the fastest game in professional baseball was played. And all this because both teams had to catch their trains. On August 30, 1916, the Winston-Salem Twins and the Asheville Tourists played a nine-inning game at Riverside Park in just a bit more than half an hour, thirty-one minutes to be exact….
After leading the Netherlands 4-0, hosting nation Korea blew the lead and let the Dutch tie the game at four in the eighth inning. As the score was still tied after the ninth, extra innings were needed. With the tie-breaker rule in place, Korea handled it better than the Dutch to win 5-4 in walk-off…
The Florida State League (A-Advanced) has announced it will cancel the remainder of the season, including the playoffs and championship series as it prepares for the impact of approaching Hurricane Dorian. In a statement, the league said “This was a tough decision to make. The safety of our players, staff, umpires and fans are top…
After Sunday’s win, L&D Amsterdam Pirates was still trailing 3-1 in the Holland Series. But tonight, the club clinched another win (2-1) to get within a win from Curaçao Neptunus. With two outs in the second inning, Pirates took the lead when Max Clarijs doubled to left center field and scored on Delano Selassa’s single…
Misja Harcksen, pitcher of Curaçao Neptunus, will head to Australia at the end of September. The youngster served both as a starter and as a reliever this season. In Australia, he will join the Willagee Braves, a kind of farm team of the ABL’s Perth Heat. In the past three years, a lot has happened…
