Dutch Hoofdklasse, Sunday July 5
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Rumors, rumors, trade rumors: Samardzija to Yankees?
With the trading deadline nearing, the rumors about players are swirling around. The Yankees would be interested in Jeff Samardzija of the White Sox. According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, Samardzija would be a good fit with the Yankees. Samardzija’s ERA is at 4.33. Noramlly I tend to say that an ERA like this…
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San Antonio lobbying for AAA baseball
The city of San Antonio, home to the AA (Texas League) Missions, wants to be home of a AAA team. This isn’t something new. With the 2012 Baseball Winter Meetings, this was discussed already. But like always, there are some problems that block the way to get a new team to town. First of all…
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Dutch Hoofdklasse, Saturday July 4
On a red hot day the folllowing games were scheduled: Vaessen Pioniers @ Curacao Neptunus; Corendon Kinheim @ HCAW; UVV @ Pronto DSS and Mampaey the Hawks @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates. There was one very big suprise in today’s results. Vaessen Pioniers @ Curacao Neptunus 19 – 2 Yes you read it well. Apparently Vaessen…
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Yanks need extra innings to clinch victory
The Yankees needed twelve innings to seal a victory over the Rays at Yankee Stadium. Masahiro Tanaka took the mound for the Yankees and didn’t look good in the first inning as he gave up two doubles and a walk that gave Tampa Bay a 2-0 lead. After the first inning he settled down as…
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Rick van den Hurk gets no-decision in first start after call up
A day after his call up, Rick van den Hurk started vs the Seibu Lions of the Central League. Rick was flat out dominating in the first four innings striking out six and he took a 1-0 lead (solo homerun by Yuki Yanagita) into the fifth inning. But in the fifth the Lions tied the…
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Dutch Hoofdklasse, Thursday July 2
On the first day of the fourth round in the second half of the season, the following games were scheduled: Mampaey the Hawks @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates; Corendon Kinheim @ HCAW, UVV @ Pronto DSS and Vaessen Pioniers @ Curacao Neptunus. Three of the four games were ended without having played the full nine innings,…
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Didi Gregorius goes 2 for 4 in Yankees’ win
Last night the Yankees avoided a sweep by winning the third game of the three game series vs the Anaheim Angels. The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Didi Gregorius led off with a sharp single to right field, followd by a sac bunt laid down by Stephen Drew. When Brett Gardner…
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Rick van den Hurk likely to start in July 2 game for Hawks
Several newspapers in Japan are stating that Rick van den Hurk may start the NPB game of July 2nd for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks vs the Seibu Lions. In the last few days, Rick took part in the pitcher practice in Saitozaki training camp. According to sources, Jason Standridge will be pulled from the roster the…
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Dutch Hoofdklasse, Tuesday June 30
Tonight one game and a remainder of another were scheduled. L&D Amsterdam Pirates would take on Curacao Neptunus in Rotterdam and Mampaey the Hawks and UVV would play the remainder of a game that was played on May 28, in which a player of the Hawks had used an illegal bat. UVV filed a protest…