For the third time this year, an Italian opponent was too strong for the Netherlands. Earlier this year, Fortitudo Bologna beat Amsterdam Pirates in the ECC’s final. Two weeks ago, Italy beat the Dutch in the U12 European Championship final. Today, the Italian U15 team proved to be too strong for the Dutch in the…
Dutch baseball academies exist for about twenty years now. It all started with the Unicorns in Rotterdam, founded by Robert Eenhoorn, who had a cup of coffee in the Bigs with the Yankees. Other cities like Haarlem and Amsterdam followed. In the heydays, there were six academies, now there are only four left. What did…
After two easy victories vs Slovakia (15-0) and Austria (21-0), the Dutch faced the Czech Republic, normally a force to reckon with. But also the Czechs would be roped to the Dutch chariot. In the Czech Republic, the Dutch faced the other unbeaten opponent in their group. The Czechs reached the final of the U15…
On this day, twenty years ago, Yankee pitcher David Cone pitched a perfect game, a feat he didn’t manage with Royals, the Mets, the Blue Jays and the Red Sox. On Yogi Berra Day, in a legend-filled Yankee Stadium, Don Larsen threw out the first pitch to 1956 battery mate Yogi Berra to commemorate Larsen’s…
The High Point Rockers of the independent Atlantic League have traded Dutch outfielder/slugger Kalian Sams to the Sussex County Miners of the CanAm League. The trade completed a trade made on January twelve. Back then, the Rockers took over Breeland Almadova for a player to be named later, which appeared to be Sams. Sams’ numbers…
In this episode of Baseball related songs, we pay attention to another song by the Baseball Project: “To the Veterans’ Committee” In previous episodes we already paid attention to two other songs of the Baseball Project: “Satchel Paige said” and “1976.” The Baseball Project was formed in 2007 by Peter Buck, Mike Mills (both R.E.M.), Scott McCaughey…
In this episode, we pay attention to the second and final run of the Middle Atlantic League. The league would last for six more years (1946-1951) before folding for good. After World War II, many minor leagues returned from 3-4 years of absence. Also the Middle Atlantic League returned after it ceased operations after the…
In this episode of Dutchies around the world, we pay attention to Didi Gregorius, Dashenko Ricardo, Calten Daal, Franklin van Gurp, Mike Kelkboom, Jonathan Willems en Mike Bolsenbroek. Didi Gregorius After a long stay on the Injured/Disabled List, Didi Gregorius made his return with the Yankees on June 7. Normally a slow starter, Didi went…
It has been a while since the Dutch Baseball Hangout posted a new episode of Smiley’s vlog. A lot has happened in the meantime. Jarreau Martina has been released by Fortitudo Bologna, even though he had the best batting average of the team. In today’s episode, you see Jarreau win the European Champions Cup with…
After a day of absence due to a baseball trip to Germany, the Dutch Baseball Hangout reports about the Dutch hoofdklasse again. The following games were scheduled: DSS @ Oosterhout Twins, Curaçao Neptunus @ Meerlease Pioniers, Silicon Storks @ HCAW and L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Quick Amersfoort. DSS 16 – 4 Oosterhout Twins A good…
