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Dutchies around the world, part 10
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 28, 2017

In this week’s edition of Dutchies around the world, we pay attention to Andrelton Simmons, Shairon Martis, Sharlon Schoop, John Polonius, Shakir Albert, Ryan Oduber and Kalian Sams. Andrelton Simmons Even though Andrelton’s batting average has been fluctuating in the month of June, it is well above his career batting average of .263 with an…

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Minor League | Minor League ballparks | Minor League Baseball

Salt Lake Bees to welcome 12 millionth fan
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 28, 2017

The Salt Lake Bees, AAA affiliate of the Anaheim Angels in the Pacific Coast League, hosted 4,155 fans in last night’s game (a 9-3 win over the Reno Aces). With this number of fans, the club is only 10,230 away from reaching the 12 million mark. After the Portland Beavers, who replaced the independent…

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Minor League Baseball | Minor League rebranding

Fayetteville name search down to five
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 27, 2017

The future Fayetteville farm team of the Houston Astros is looking for a new name. The team launched a name the team contest in March and now the five best names have been released for fans to vote on. After more than 1,400 suggestions, Fayetteville’s minor league baseball team has five finalists for its name….

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Dutch baseball | Minor League Baseball

De Blok returns to WhiteCaps in pitching duel
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 27, 2017

The Detroit Tigers have been moving around Dutch pitcher Tom de Blok lately. The Tigers want to convert the closer/ reliever into a starter and that’s why the 21-year old was sent down to A Short Season recently. But last night, after a solid outing of three innings with the Connecticut Tigers of the New…

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Dutch baseball | Dutch Hoofdklasse

Dutch hoofdklasse 2017: Round 11, day 3. A day full of surprises
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 25, 2017

On the third day of round eleven, L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted De Glaskoning Twins, DSS hosted Hoofddorp Pioniers and Curaçao Neptunus hosted HCAW. Where in the previous two days, the results were rather predictable, today’s games had a somewhat surprising outcome. HCAW 11 – 6 Curaçao Neptunus In an exciting game in which the score went…

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Minor League affiliation news | Minor League Baseball

Rockies extend PDC with Isotopes
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 24, 2017

The Colorado Rockies have extended the player development contract with their AAA affiliate Albuquerque Isotopes with two more years. The current contract will expire in 2018 so the new deal will link the two through the 2020 season. The two clubs are in the third year of the cooperation that was signed in 2015. “The…

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Dutch baseball | Dutch Hoofdklasse

Dutch hoofdklasse 2017: Round 11, day 2
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 24, 2017

On the second day of the eleventh round, L&D Amsterdam Pirates did not have much trouble with De Glaskoning Twins. Curaçao Neptunus had to work a bit harder to keep HCAW at bay and Hoofddorp Pioniers needed eight mercy rule innings to finish off DSS. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 12 – 1 De Glaskoning Twins A…

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Dutch baseball | Dutch Hoofdklasse

Breaking news: Urving Kemp suspended
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 23, 2017

Today, the press officer of Curaçao Neptunus released a press release about one of the players of the club. The KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation) has informed the club Urving Kemp has been suspended for the time being. Urving is the younger brother of Neptunus’ infielder Dwayne Kemp. The press release stated that Urving…

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Dutch baseball | Uncategorized

Remarkable selection of Dutch team for World Port Tournament
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 22, 2017

Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf posted an article on its website about the selection of team Kingdom of the Netherlands for the upcoming World Port Tournament in Rotterdam. The creation of the 24-man roster can be called remarkable, to put it mildly. This year the coaching staff will be led by Sydney de Jong. This is…

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Dutch baseball | Dutch Hoofdklasse

Dutch hoofdklasse 2017: Round 11, day 1
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 22, 2017

On day one of round eleven Curaçao Neptunus hosted HCAW in a nail biter, De Glaskoning Twins was no match for L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Hoofddorp Pioniers was way too strong for DSS in Haarlem. HCAW 2 – 4 Curaçao Neptunus In a nerve wrecking game, Jim Ploeger of HCAW took a no-hitter into the…

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