The Eastern Illinois League saw light in 1907. The league would last for two seasons and operated as a class D league. In the first year Charles Welvert started the season as league president but L.A.G. Shoaff shared took over halfway in the season. Shoaff would be sole president in 1908. He was also team…
With Spring Training in full swing it is time to see how the players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands will do in the upcoming season. Of course there is no crystal ball and it is still up in the air, but in general you can make a decent prediction based on the performance of previous…
As defending champion, the Dutch team was already invited for the France International Baseball Tournament, that will be played in Sénart, home of the Templiers. Two years ago, the Dutch won the invitational by beating France in the final. Next to Kingdom of the Netherlands and France, the other two participants are Germany and a team…
With Spring Training at full swing now, it is time to see how the players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands will do in the upcoming season. Of course there is no crystal ball and it is still up in the air, but in general you can make a decent prediction based on the performance of…
The newly acquired Aroldis Chapman will not start the season on Opening Day with the Yankees. After an alleged beating of his girlfriend at his Florida home, MLB suspends him for thirty games based on the new domestic violence policy. Chapman stated that he will not appeal the decision: “I want to be clear, I did not…
The other day you could read here about a feud between the officials of the FEMEBE and the Liga Beisbol Mexicana (Mexican Baseball League) which was the cause that the Mexican League refused to allow their players to represent Mexico in international tournaments. In the 2013 no players from the LBM played in the WBC…
Last week yakyubaka.com announed that Softbank Hawks’ manager Kimiyasu Kudo considered Rick van den Hurk as a opening day starter. Next to Rick Tadashi Settsu and Shota Takeda were considered too. In the previous four years Settsu was the opening day pitcher and according to dailyco.jp.coSettsu will start the March 25th game in Sendai where the Rakuten Golden…
With Spring Training at full swing now, it is time to see how the players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands will do in the upcoming season. Of course there is no crystal ball and it is still up in the air, but in general you can make a decent prediction based on the performance of…
After Dutch Hoofdklasse club HCAW and former Major Leaguer Ralph Milliard parted ways at the end of last season, the Hoofdklasse club from Bussum had to look for a new manager. It took the club long as it only became clear last Friday that it had found its man. After an extensive search, the club from…
With the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers 2 and 3 nearing, the rosters of the participating countries are taking shape. In fact the 28-man rosters were due on February 17. For most countries this may not have been a problem, but for Mexico it is… You may wonder why. Well, there is a longstanding feud going on between…
