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…
Finally after eight years, the supremacy of Italian baseball clubs has been broken. In a rather dominant outing Curacao Neptunus from Rotterdam, beat Fortitudo Bologna 7-3. The rubber game of the three game series started at noon today, because of the flight schedule of the Italians. Curacao Neptunus took a lead in the bottom of the…
After the 5-3 loss in Bologna last Thursday, it was a must win game for Curacao Neptunus. The game would be a real nail biter. After two innings both team had not scored but in the bottom of the third, Shaldimar Daantji scored the opening run for Neptunus. After he doubled down the left field line,…
On the second day of the final round of the regular season, the following games were scheduled: HCAW @ Pronto DSS, Corendon Kinheim @ Vaessen Pioniers and UVV @ Mampaey the Hawks. HCAW @ Pronto DSS 1 – 4 HCAW from Bussum moved to Haarlem to take on DSS. Once again the team from Bussum…
In the series “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization” it is time to pay attention to the: Number of Dutchies: 3 A short episode this time as the Red Sox do not have many Dutchies in their farm system. Xander Bogaerts: The 22-year old shortstop of the Boston Red Sox.debuted with the MLB team…
Today the two winners of the preliminary rounds of the European Cup in Rotterdam and in Paris faced each other for game one in Bologna. Fortitudo Bologna had won the tournament in Paris and advanced to the championship series. So did Curacao Neptunus from and in Rotterdam. Curacao Neptunus @ Fortitudo Bologna 3 – 5…
