This time in Ballparks around the world I will pay attention to the newest ballpark in the Netherlands. Newest but also most controversial. The ETO ballpark in Hoofddorp, home of the Hoofddorp Pioniers and host to the 2016 European Championship. In 2014 the ETO ballpark was opened and in the inaugural year the stadium…
In the weekend around New Year’s Eve, the Melbourne Aces extended their lead in the standings by winning three out of four. They were able to do so as the runner up, the Canberra Cavalry split the series against the Perth Heat. The Adelaide Bite won the first two games of their series vs the…
Normally I only write about the wacky promotions of Minor League clubs but this time I would like to make an exception. The New York Mets will have some awesome promotions during the 2017 season. It is all about T-shirts. Next to several other promotions during the season, the Mets will have free T-shirt Fridays….
Today, Jeremy Guthrie debuted with the Melbourne Aces. Guthrie must have dreamt of a better debut as he was hit hard and lasted only four innings in which he gave up six runs to the Sydney BlueSox. With a lot of uproar, the Melbourne Aces announced that they had attracted Jeremy Guthrie for the second…
According to m.appledaily.com.tw the CPBL, KBO and NPB want to organize a new post season tournament between the winners of each of those leagues. This tournament would replace the defunct Asia Series. The three leagues have planned a new tournament in November 2017 with four participants. Question is who will be the fourth particpant. Will…
The Golden Baseball League was one of the more recent independent leagues. The league was founded in 2004 and started playing in 2005. The league lasted through the 2010 season. After the 2010 season, the league merged with the United Baseball League and the Northern League into the North American Baseball League. The Golden Baseball…
Relief pitcher Tom de Blok will not head to Japan for the time being. The Rakuten Golden Eagles showed interest in the 20-year old closer and invited him for a two-day tryout. According to a source within the club of L&D Amsterdam Pirates, De Blok has decided not to try his luck in Japan. A…
With the Spring Training well on its way, the best baseball players of the world will take on each other in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. Team Kingdom of the Netherlands will be in group A together with host Korea, Chinese Taipei and Israel. What are the odds for the Dutch to reach the next…
Bull Durham. Isn’t this everybody’s favorite baseball movie? The cult movie from the eighties, in which Kevin Costner played minor league catcher Crash Davis and Tim Robbins played Braves’ prospect Nuke LaLoosh, may get a sequel according to a movie website. Kevin Costner was recently a guest on The Dan Patrick Show and said he’d be…
Former Corendon Kinheim starting pitcher Tom Stuifbergen has signed with Kinheim’s neighbor DSS for the coming season, just like a couple of his team mates. But where Stuifbergen used to have a role as starting pitcher, he will become a reliever with the Haarlem based club. In an interview with the local Haarlem newspaper, Stuifbergen…
