Italian Baseball 2015. While the Italian team is preparing in Taiwan for the upcoming Premier 12 tournament, two clubs of the Italian Professiional League IBL, Parma and Nettuno are in financial trouble. Journalists of the Italian website Baserball.it have mentioned the financial problems that surrounds the two former powerhouses of Italian baseball. ASD Baseball Parma…
Corendon Kinheim and Vaessen Pioniers both have seen a lot of players leave. The Haarlem based club has seen the following players leave. Pim Walsma will leave for the third team of L&D Amsterdam Pirates (called the Mokum Hawks). Mervin Gario will head to Hoofddorp to join Pioniers. First baseman Jeffrey Arends will join Oosterhout…
According to the website of RTV Utrecht, UVV will have eleven new players on their roster. After several players left for other clubs, the Utrecht based club needed to do something. Pitchers Kevin van Veen, Quinn Tramm and Jose Moreno jumped ships from Mampaey the Hawks to reinforce the UVV roster. Kevin van Veen posted…
According to the website of Twins from Oosterhout, the club has made seven acquisitions. Manager Kevin Roovers and technical manager Patrick van Gool evealuated the needs of the team and decided that several reinforcements were needed. The team that clinched a promotion to the Hoofdklasse was good but we needed a deeper roster to play at…
Once again Curacao Neptunus appears to be the winner of the transfer period. The Rotterdam based club has attracted five players to reinforce their ranks. Last year the club from Rotterdam only acquired pitcher Kenny van den Branden from UVV. But this year the club acquired five from several clubs. Dashenko Ricardo decided to move…
A press release by HCAW unveils that a lot of persons (not only players) have left the club. Earlier it was announced that the club and manager Ralph Milliard decided not to go on with each other. Also assistent coach Marlon Frolijk would leave the club as he would become manager of RCH-Pinguins from Heemsteede…
The Alabama – Tennessee League was a class D league and lasted only one season in 1921. The league had three teams in Alabama (Tri City Triplets, Albany-Decatur Twins and the Russelville Miners) and one in Tennessee (the Columbia Mules). Class D was what would be rookie level today. The only season was played in…
On their website, L&D Amsterdam announced that they have acquired three new players. Next to the three newbies, a couple of players left the club in a search for greener pastures. Of the new players that will reinforce the team, two are playing for the national team. Gilmer Lampe and Danny Rombley will reinforce the…
Yesterday the Miami Marlins confirmed that they struck a four year deal with former Yankee great and Dodgers’ manager Don Mattingly. In a quick move, the Marlins approached the former first baseman after he was fired by the Dodgers. Oh yeah, the Dodgers said that both sides agreed that further continuation would not work: “The Los…
Yesterday the nominees for the Gold Glove Awards were announced by MLB. At the position of shortstop, three Dutchies are nominated; two in the American League East and one in the National League East. In the National League, Andrelton Simmons is nominated again. If he wins again this year, it would be his third consecutive…
