A Japanese contact informed me about an upcoming friendly between Japan and team Kingdom of the Netherlands. Goal of this game is the promotion of the game of baseball with the 2020 Olympic Games in mind. My contact at the KNBSB confirmed that a friendly match will be played but that the NPB and the…
During the month of July there will be no new blogposts due to my vacation in the USA.
Today the first game of the series between L&D Amsterdam Pirates and HCAW was played. This game was rained out on Thursday. HCAW 2 – 4 L&D Amsterdam Pirates In a relative close game, HCAW took the lead in the second inning as the team got on the board with two outs thanks to back-to-back-to-back singles…
Another game postponed today as the infield of Pickles UVV looked like a swimming pool. The games that were played were those between Kinheim and DSS, Curacao Neptunus and Vaessen Pioniers and L&D Amsterdam Pirates and HCAW. Kinheim 7 – 2 DSS After the previous two games were played at the ballpark of Kinheim, both teams…
Another game that was canceled due to wet circumstances . The field of L&D Amsterdam Pirates was flooded. All the other games were played. A very surprising result in Rotterdam between Curacao Neptunus and Vaessen Pioniers. De Glaskoning Twins hosted Pickles UVV and DSS crossed the street to face neighbour Kinheim. DSS 1 – 11…
Baseball a summer sport? So far Dutch baseball season looks like fall or a monsoon season. Rain keeps falling down and once again, two games were rained out tonight: Vaessen Pioniers @ Curacao Neptunus and HCAW @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates. The two games that went on were Pickles UVV @ De Glaskoning Twins and DSS…
The Brevard County Manatees, Advanced A affiliate of the of the Milwaukee Brewers, will leave Space Coast Stadium which is the Spring Training home of Washington Nationals. The team will leave for Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee FL, soon to be the former home of the Houston Astros. The owners of the Manatees have struck…
With the Colorado Springs Sky Sox not even gone yet, it remains to be seen if they will leave any time soon, the city of Colorado Springs and Dave Elmore, owner of the Sky Sox, are discussing the possibility to keep minor league baseball in the city with a downtown ballpark. But this downtown ballpark will not…
In 2014 a lawsuit was filed in California to fight the ridiculous low wages in Minor League Baseball. For decades minor league players are getting paid poverty wages and do only get pay during the season. During Spring Training and during instructional leagues they are not paid. A federal magistrate has granted preliminary class-action status. This means that…
The Strike Zone, the new indoor baseball facility that soon will be opened, announced some positive news today. First of all, baseball club Thamen from Uithoorn has struck a deal with the facility to train there during the winter with ten of its teams. Other clubs are still negotiating with the founders of the new…
