Last Saturday, the hoofdklasse playdown game between Silicon Storks and DSS was postponed after the home plate umpire was hit by a foul ball. The foul ball itself wasn’t the direct cause of the postponement, merely a nasty remark by one of the players of DSS. After home plate umpire was hit on the hand…
After spending a season with the Harrisburg Senators (AA, Eastern League), Spencer Kieboom was called up by the Washington Nationals yesterday. As expected for a late-season call-up, he didn’t get playing time in his first game. After leaving a good impression last year, as he spent about half of the season with the Nats, Spencer…
After four scoreless innings, Curaçao Neptunus opened the score as it plated two runs in the top of the fifth inning. But in the bottom of that frame, L&D Amsterdam Pirates scored five times to reach the final score of 5-2. As written in the prologue, Neptunus opened the score thanks to an RBI single…
It was a close call as Japan threatened in the sixth inning with runners in scoring position but the tiny Caribbean island managed to keep Japan at bay and advance to the Little League finals, where it will meet the winner of the game between the US Southwest region and West region. Thanks to an…
Another close game, another victory for Curaçao Neptunus. For five innings the team was kept in check by Kevin Heijstek as he limited them to one hit. The team needed only two innings to turn the tables and walk off the field with a 2-1 victory. Until the third inning, neither team did not score…
Hensley Meulens, the Curaçao-born bench coach of the San Francisco Giants made his first step in Major League Baseball, today 30 years ago. With the New York Yankees, Meulens became the first player from Curaçao to make it to the bigs. Meulens was signed by the Yankees as an undrafted free agent in 1985. After…
In game one of the 2019 Holland Series, Curaçao Neptunus hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates. In a real see-saw game, both teams took the lead several times. But eventually, Neptunus took full advantage of Pirates’ struggling pitching and beat their opponent 6-4. Curaçao Neptunus opened the score in the third inning when Stijn van der Meer…
In the second round of the playdowns, Silicon Storks from the Hague hosted DSS from Haarlem. The game was played in Hoofddorp as Storks’ home field doesn’t have artificial lights. DSS clinched an easy 3-1 victory. Juan Carlos Sulbaran limited his former team (Storks) to three hits in six innings. He needed a lot of…
Once again complaining neighbors have made baseball’s life nearly impossible. In the past, the Dutch Baseball Federation implemented the dreaded curfew rule to avoid complaints from people living around or near baseball diamonds. The curfew rule prevents clubs to start a new inning after 22:30 (10:30 PM) during night games. This time neighbors living near…
In France’s Division 1 best-of-five championship series (Championnat de France), the Rouen Huskies have taken a commanding 2-0 lead. After yesterday’s game in Sénart was rained out, a doubleheader was played today. In both games, the Huskies beat the Templiers de Sénart with big margins: 9-2 and 10-3. The first game of today was also…
