A bit late, but yours truly had other obligations yesterday. On the third day of the third round of the hoofdklasse playoffs, HCAW hosted Hoofddorp Pioniers and hurt them badly. L&D Amsterdam Pirates headed to Rotterdam to take on Curaçao Neptunus and never came close to the win. Hoofddorp Pioniers 8 – 15 HCAW Hoofddorp Pioniers…
After two losses, the Kingdom of the Netherlands finally clinched its first win. South Africa appeared to be no match for the Dutch. In a 4.5 -inning mercy rule shortened game, the Dutch trounced their opponent 22-3. In the first inning, the Kingdom of the Netherlands flexed its muscles and scored fourteen (!) runs and…
In a rather close game between Cuba and the Netherlands, the Dutch stayed at the wrong side of the score (3-0) for the second day in a row. But the bright spot was it wasn’t a trouncing like yesterday. Unlike yesterday, the Kingdom of the Netherlands managed to collect several hits, seven to be exact,…
On the first day of the third round of the promotion/relegation competition, Pickles UVV hosted De Glaskoning Twins, DSS hosted Storks and Quick Amersfoort “hosted” Onze Gezellen. De Glaskoning Twins 4 – 1 Pickles UVV For the players of De Glaskoning Twins, this was a makeup game for the games they lost against Pickles UVV…
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…
