Tonight the battle for first place of the first half of the season was decided. The one game that was suspended due to a bench clearing brawl, was played all over again tonight. Current European champion L&D Amsterdam Pirates headed to Rotterdam to take on current Dutch champion Curacao Neptunus. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 1 – 6…
The new indoor training facility near Amsterdam and Haarlem, called the Strike Zone, has started a crowd funding to finance €20,000. Right now the amount gets stuck at €9,256 (49% of the projected amount). There are still seven days to go. In the last week the number of donations soared as the amount then stood…
Even though his player page and the roster of the Billings Mustangs tell a different story, Baseball America announced today that the Cincinnati Reds have released Curacao born outfielder Jonathan Martijn. Jonathan Martijn was born in 1994 in Willemstad, Curacao. At the age of 19 he signed a deal with the Cincinnati Reds. Later that…
In the meantime this is kinda old news as it was published on the Facebook page of Curacao Neptunus, but I totally missed it. The Dutch shortstop Stijn van der Meer, who was drafted in the 34h round of this year’s amateur draft, has signed a deal with the Houston Astros. According to the article…
According to YakyuDB, Rick van den Hurk has developed a pain in the neck while playing catch on June 21. Because of this pain his return to the Softbank Hawks has been pushed back. Hawks manager Kimiyasu Kudo has not put a time table on Rick’s return. Two weeks ago, Van den den Hurk was removed…
Today the third round was played when Curacao Neptunus hosterd HCAW, L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted Pickles UVV, De Glaskoning Twins was the home team vs DSS and Vaessen Pioniers headed to neighbouring Haarlem to take on Kinheim. HCAW 0 – 2 Curacao Neptunus In a real pitching match up between Kenny van den Branden and…
After spending quite some time in the New York – Penn League (A Short Season) and the Sally League (South Atlantic League, A Full Season), Jiandido Tromp finally was promoted to A Advanced two days ago. A 14- game hitting streak did not go unnoticed by the Phillies. Tromp started the season with the Lakewood BlueClaws,…
Today, De Glaskoning Twins headed to Haarlem to face DSS again. UVV hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Curacao Neptunus took on HCAW in Bussum and Vaessen Pioniers hosted Kinheim. For the change there wasn’t a blow out score as most scored were rather close. De Glaskoning Twins 6 – 2 DSS After the tight score on…
Today yesterday’s rained out game were rescheduled. L&D Amsterdam Pirates headed to Utrecht to face Pickles UVV and Vaessen Pioniers hosted Kinheim, that handed Pioniers its first loss of the second half of the season. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 6 – 1 Pickles UVV A rather easy win for L&D Amsterdam Pirates in Utrecht. With their…
For a column that I write for the KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation), I bumped into new Dutchies that I didn’t notice before. Zander Wiel and Chris Pieters are the guys that are rather new to me. Zander Wiel was born in Murfreesboro TN, from a Curacao father. This father happens to be…
