On day two of round six in the second half of the season, the following games were scheduled. Mampaey the Hawks @ Corendon Kinheim, Curacao Neptunus @ UVV, Pronto DSS @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates and HCAW @ Vaessen Pioniers. Mampaey the Hawks @ Corendon Kinheim 0 – 11 Mampaey the Hawks, that decided last week…
Last night C.C. Sabathia gave up five earned runs in the Yankees’ 7- 6 loss vs the Rangers. We all know that C.C. isn’t his old self for a couple of years now. Yesterday the news was spread around that Michael Pineda has been placed on the 15-day Disabled List with a forearm strain, an…
On day one of round six in the second half of the season the following games were scheduled: Curacao Neptunus @ UVV, Pronto DSS @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Vaessen Pioniers @ HCAW and Mampaey the Hawks @ Corendon Kinheim. Two major surprises today. Curacao Neptunus @ UVV 5 – 0 Orlando Yntema made the history…
Last Friday, July 24, Rick van den Hurk pitched his sixth game for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of the Japanese highest baseball league, the NPB. Due to my vacation I didn’t notice. Even though it is old news, the way Rick, currently the best Dutch export “product” to Japan, kept the Orix Buffaloes in check is…
The Texas Rangers are certainly not one of the strongest teams this season, but a pummeling like last night could not be forseen. In a slugfest, the Yankees spanked the Rangers 21-5. Once again Didi Gregorius saw the ball very well. In the first inning the Yankees didn’t score yet and Chris Capuano showed his…
Today the remainder of the game between Curacao Neptunus and L&D Amsterdam Pirates was played. The original game was played on June 30 in which L&D Amsterdam Pirates won 4-1. In that game Nick Urbanus of L&D Amstersdam Pirates hit with an illegal bat (one that isn’t on the CEB’s list of approved bats) according…
The week couldn’t have started any better for Didi Gregorius. In the opener of a four game series in Arlington (TX), he went 3 for 4 and drove in four runs of the total of six that the Yankees scored. It is no secret that Didi is seeing the ball well lately, but if my…
Today 111 years ago, John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants, announced that if the Giants would win the NL pennant, they would not play the American League champion. The Boston Americans/Pilgrims/Red Sox won the pennant of the Junior Circuit and the World Series were not played. What was the reason for this behaviour by the…
Dutch national team player Kalian Sams, who had been struggling of late, was named player of the week by the CanAm League. The outfielder of the Quebec Capitales went 11 for 22 in six games last week. The website of the Capitales announced the news with the following text: Kalian Sams fait parler son bâton…
