On the first day of 2016 I’d like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. 2015 has been a great year for this blog as it reached 100K hits. Let’s hope that 2016 will be another great baseball year and that your favorite baseball club may win it all (except when the owner of…
Where Dutch candidates did not get very far in the previous editions of the Power-Showcase home run derby, one of the two Dutch participants made a statement yesterday. Julian Rip belted five home runs which made him advance to the finals on January 2. The other representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Jowenrick Daantji, did…
The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed Scott Kazmir to a 3-year deal worth $48 million. The contract also contains an opt-out clause after the first year. With signing Kazmir, the Dodgers now have a rotation of five left handers. The move comes almost a month after the Dodgers failed to resign Zack Greinke. Drafted by the…
After the Yankees acquired Aroldis Chapman in a trade with the Reds, they said rather quick that they want to keep the bullpen together as it is. So with Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Chapman this would be a formidable backend of the Yankees’ bullpen. But do the Yankees really want to keep the three together…
The Central Kansas League was a class D league that saw the light in 1908. It lasted through the 1912 season before it renamed itself into Kansas State League in 1913. Cities represented: Abilene, KS: Abilene Red Sox 1909; Abilene Reds 1910 Beloit, KS: Beloit 1909-1910 Chapman, KS: Chapman 1910 Clay Center, KS: Clay Center…
Normally I don’t promote other people’s blogs overhere, but this time I would like to make an exception. I am talking about www.dutchbaseballtraveler.wordpress.com. A baseball buddy of mine, that I know from Facebook and that I have met at several Hoofdklasse games is the author of this blog. He is a very talented kid who…
In a high scoring game,the Sydney Blue Sox ended at the wrong side of the score. The Blue Sox had a great start as they scored five runs in the second inning, but Jan Stöcklin could not cling on to the lead as he allowed the Bandits to score five runs in 3.1 innings. Stöcklin issued four…
The Yankees have reportedly traded for Aroldis Chapman. The Reds get pitchers Caleb Cotham and Rookie Davis (what’s in a name?) and low profile infielders Eric Jagielo and Tony Renda. Besides Cotham the damage is not too big. Cotham is considered a big talent by many even though his ERA told a different story last season….
In the third game of the Adelaide Bite vs the Canberra Cavalry, Loek van Mil blew his first save and was tabbed with his first loss of the season. Van Mil entered the game in the top of the eighth inning with a 6-5 lead, with a runner on third and two outs. Bryan Pounds…
A great promotion in Melbourne: Hall of Famer George Brett will coach the Melbourne Aces on Thursday, December 31st and Friday, January 1st as a guest coach. Besides being a HOF member, Brett is also Vice President of Baseball Operations for the World Series Champion Kansas City Royals. Together with his brothers he also owns Brett…
