Already eliminated from the semi-finals, team Kingdom of the Netherlands clinched its first victory of the tournament by beating Germany, that was unbeaten until today, 2-1 in another close affair. Two pitchers of Oosterhout Twins and one of Meerlease Pioniers had strong outings. Thomas Roijers (Twins) pitched four solid innings in which he gave up…
Today 106 years ago, an American Association game between the Minneapolis Millers and the Indianapolis Indians finally finish after four attempts as the Millers beat the Indians 11-2. The Indianapolis Indians weren’t quite successful in that 1913 season. At the end, the team finished dead last with a 68-99 record, thirty-two games out of first…
The New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox will play a game at the famed Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa, on Aug. 13, 2020, the teams announced Thursday. For the occasion, an 8,000 seat ballpark will be erected for the first MLB game ever played in Iowa. “As a sport that is proud of its history linking generations,…
Today the Dutch U23 team took on France for its second game of the tournament. After yesterday’s loss vs Great Britain, it was a must win situation for the Kingdom of the Netherlands. And once again, the Dutch stayed at the wrong side of the score as France won 2-1. The Dutch team started slowly….
Chairman of the WBSC, Riccardo Fraccari, has announced that international baseball games will last seven innings instead of nine after the Olympic Games. This is bad news for baseball. Baseball will be an Olympic sport during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. But with the 2024 Olympics in Paris, baseball will be not on the Olympic…
On the first day of the U23 European Championship Baseball in Prague, Czech Republic, the Dutch took on Great Britain. But the Brits handed the Dutch an unexpected loss mainly because Dutch hoofdklasse pitcher Paul Kirkpatrick outmatched them. Team Great Britain won 2-1. Kirkpatrick, born in London, but raised in the US, was practically unhittable…
Today, eighty-two years ago, an Appalachian League game was called because there were no balls left to play with. The Newport Canners was one of the inaugural members of the Appalachian League’s restart in1937. The team, named after its local main industry, would stay six years in the Appy League but in those years the…
For a long time past, the KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association) is generating money at the expense of the Dutch baseball and softball clubs. The “tax” that is most annoying is one that forces clubs to give a certain amount of the sponsor money to the KNBSB. The clubs are taking a lot…
On the third day of the playoffs, Meerlease Pioniers headed to Rotterdam to face Curaçao Neptunus, the likely victors of the upcoming Holland Series. L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted HCAW. In the playdowns, Quick Amersfoort hosted Silicon Storks, that clinched a surprising win yesterday and Oosterhout Twins hosted DSS. Meerlease Pioniers 0 – 8 Curaçao Neptunus…
Today, Twins and DSS played in Oosterhout but Twins was the road team. For seven innings long, Twins appeared to cruise to an easy victory but in the eighth inning, DSS came back to 6-5. Eventually, Twins scored three insurance run in the ninth to clinch the sure win. With two wins, the club only…
