On the second day of round three, L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted Curaçao Neptunus and Hoofddorp Pioniers hosted HCAW after the previous game was rained out twice. Curaçao Neptunus 1 – 7 L&D Amsterdam Pirates After a scoreless first inning, L&D Amsterdam Pirates opened the score in the bottom of the second inning. With Gilmer Lampe…
Four Dutchies have reached the playoffs of the American Association (independent) with their team the Lincoln SaltDogs. Aruban Randolph Oduber and Curaçaoans Dashenko Ricardo, Curt Smith and Shairon Martis won last night’s game vs the Gary Southshore RailCats 3-1, to clinch the AA Central Division with a 3.5 game lead over the Kansas City T-Bones….
In their first game of the 2017 World Cup in Thunder Bay Canada, the USA was way too strong for the Kingdom of the Netherlands. No matter how hard they tried, but the Dutch pitching could not meet the challenge of the American offense. Eventually the Dutch lost 11-1. Not only the pitching wasn’t able to…
The Houston Astros have acquired a big prize just before the trading deadline of September 1st. In exchange for three top talented minor leaguers, the American League West team hauled in Justin Verlander. By getting the 34-year old right hander before September 1st, he can be placed on the Astros’ post season roster. Another nice…
The A Advanced Carolina League announced yesterday that Curaçao native Ademar Rifaela has been named MVP of 2017. But it wasn’t the only way Rifaela was laureled. He was also added to the Carolina League Postseason All-Star Team, together with another player from the Dutch Caribbean (the island of Aruba in this case), Sicnarf Loopstok. In…
It was the only game tonight as the other game between Hoofddorp Pioniers and HCAW was rained out. Curaçao Neptunus hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates. After trailing 3-0, Neptunus stepped on it and got the win in the final three innings: 6-3 For quite a while, both starting pitchers kept their opponent in check. Until the…
The Samsung Lions are the latest of four clubs admitting they have paid a former umpire. The Lions, the former club of Dutchy Rick van den Hurk paid the umpire a day before they clinched the 2013 KBO title. A senior club employee wired four million Won (USD 3,850) to a person surnamed Choi, back…
Curaçaoans Jair Jurrjens and Ozzie Albies will participate in the Dominican Winter League or the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana (LIDOM), which will start in October. Jurrjens has signed a contract with the Tigres del Licey, Ozzie Albies has signed a deal with the arch rival of the Tigres del Licey: Aguilas Cibaeñas. For…
The Houston Astros were forced to move their series against the Texas Rangers to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The reason was the refusal of the Texas Rangers to swap a set of series. The Astros asked the Rangers to take the series, that was eventually played at Tropicana Field, as their home series…
It took a while. Other countries had announced their 20-man roster already but finally today the KNBSB announce d the 20-man roster of team Kingdom of the Netherlands U18. The team contains three professionals of which one has signed a contract but hasn’t played a professional game yet. The professionals are Sherten Apostel, Mike Kelkboom…
