On the first day of playoff round one, Hoofddorp Pioniers hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Curaçao Neptunus hosted HCAW. Even though it wasn’t a blowout score, the Amsterdam victory never was in danger as was the victory of Neptunus over HCAW. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 4 – 1 Hoofddorp Pioniers L&D Amsterdam Pirates took an early…
About a month and a half after Curaçao Neptunus’ Urvin Kemp was suspended because of alleged PED use. Earlier this week, strong rumors about a second player swirled around. And indeed a second player of Curaçao Neptunus has been suspended. In this case Christian Diaz. After I was informed about the rumors, I did some research and…
He may end up in the history books as one of the worst owners in Major League Baseball: Jeffrey Loria, soon, former owner of the Miami Marlins. An owner that hijacked and blackmailed a city into paying 80% of the costs of a ballpark. A former owner who hijacked a Canadian team and was responsible…
After months, if not years, of talk about possible locations for a new 51s ballpark, there is some positive news to announce as the 51s are “cautiously optimistic about a new stadium deal.” This is what the Las Vegas Review-Journal headed. After years of insecurity, the owners of the 51s seem to be optimistic to…
In this edition of Minor League History, I pay attention to the Kansas State League. The league had several runs of which the first was in 1887. The last started in 1909 and would last three seasons. After the league folded for the final time, the Central Kansas League adopted the vacant name in 1913….
In one of the Pony League World Series elimination games, the Netherlands took on Brownsville from Texas. Just like yesterday, the game didn’t go well for the Dutch. The pitching was hit hard and had to allow twelve runs on fourteen hits. Eventually, the Dutch fell to Brownsville 12-4. After Texas took a 4-0 lead…
In a real nail biter, the Kingdom of the Nethelrlands beat the Czech Republic in extra innings. The Dutch gave away the lead thrice but eventually ended at the right side of the score: 10-9. The plan was to win the championship, but the championship game was nearly a bridge too far for the Kingdom…
The Oakland Athletics have launched a website to gather community feedback. The website contains a fan survey. Something quite remarkable. On Thursday, the club announced the launch of a new website: oaklandballpark.com. In a statement on the club’s website, it was said that the community’s feedback is critical to the A’s ballpark’s success. “We need to understand…
The Netherlands debuted in the Pony League World Series today. They faced an opponent from Washington County in Pennsylvania, of which quite some players were about a foot taller than the Dutch kids. The Netherlands took the lead in the top of the first inning when Raydley Legito scored from third base on a 4-3 ground out hit…
Today, the Kingdom of the Netherlands U23 team became the first finalist as they beat Belgium 10-5. With this win, the Dutch also earned a ticket to the 2018 U23 World Cup. Even though the team remained unbeaten, today’s victory wasn’t as easy as it looked like on paper. In the first inning, Belgium took a…
