In “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization this time the: Number of Dutchies: 2 Roger Bernadina: Roger signed a deal with the predecessor of the Washington Nationals, the Montreal Expos in 2002. The (now) 31-year old outfielder from Curacao made his first steps in pro ball with the GCL Expos…
After days of signing Dutchie talents, summing up Dutchies, reporting about the European Cup and the Dutch Hoofdklasse, now a more playful article. The other day I saw a nice item about baseball caps of the seventies. Those born after the seventies must know that it was an era in which baseball uniforms had the wildest…
It looks like it is harvest season when it comes to players from the Netherlands Antilles. Two days ago the Baltimore Orioles signed Gillian Wernet from Aruba and today it was the turn to the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds will sign 16-year old shortstop Jonathan Willems from Curacao, to a contract in the course of today….
In the series “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization” it is time to pay attention to the: Number of Dutchies: 1 This will be one of the shortest episodes in this series. The only Dutchie who is playing with the Cleveland Indians is Sicnarf Loopstok: Sicnarf signed a contract with the Cleveland…
After losing the homerun season record to Curacao native Wladimir Balentien iwho broke the record by five homeruns in 2013, which set the mark on 60, Sadaharu Oh was surpassed by Takeya Nakamura who hit his sixteenth grand slam of his career which put him in sole posession of the list of career grand slams. In…
The Baltimore Orioles signed Gillian Wernet from Aruba the other day. Gillian played on his native Aruba for the BlueClaws Indians. In 2014 he also participated in the MLB Fall Tournament that was played in Hoofddorp (Netherlands). In that tournament he was a member of the Dutch Caribbean team. The 17-year old pitched in two…
The All Star Game of the Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation will be played on September 6 at the facility of UVV. Also the softball All Star Game will be played on that field on the same day. In both All Star Games the best players from the Dutch Hoofdklasse (baseball) and Golden League (softball) will…
In the series “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization” it is time to pay attention to the: Number of Dutchies: 5 Carlton Daal: The highest ranked Dutchie in the Reds’ organization is Carlton Daal. The 22-year old shortstop from Curacao was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He started his career…
In the series “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization” it is time to place the following club in the lime light: Number of Dutchies: 2 An even shorter one than the previous edition. Pedro Strop: I have some mixed feelings about Pedro Strop. Sure he has a father from Curacao, which gives him a…
On the third day of the final round of the second half of the season, the following games were scheduled: Pronto DSS @ HCAW, Vaessen Pioniers @ Corendon Kinheim and Mampaey the Hawks @ UVV. Two rather close games and a kind of blow out score. Pronto DSS @ HCAW 2 – 6 In a…
