The Hiroshima Toyo Carp will commemorate the victims of the first atomic bomb that was dropped on August 6 1945. Coming August it will be seventy years ago that the Americans dropped the first atomic bomb ever on Hiroshima. To commemorate the victims, the players will wear a special jersey that sports an 86 uniform…
Four weeks ago, the news was spread that Rick van den Hurk would be promoted by the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, the defending champions of the NPB. You may understand that the Dutch baseball community was very excited. I found the news on Twitter and published it on my blog. It took several days before the…
Because of European Cup obligations Curacao Neptunus later this season, the game that was scheduled then, between Curacao Neptunus and L&D Amsterdam Pirates was played today. In a high scoring and close game, Neptunus took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning. With two outs and Rien Vernooij on first, Vernooij advanced…
Because of the start of the first stage of the Tour the France in Utrecht, today’s game between Pronto DSS and UVV was pushed back to 6.00 PM (18.00 hours). UVV took a 1-0 lead when Joris van Ballegooy hit a lead off single down the left field line. Van Ballegooy advanced to second on…
After a throrough rehab assignment that started in Frederick (A Advanced), Jonathan Schoop is back with the Baltimore Orioles. After a long knee injury, the infielder from Curacao played two games with the Frederick Keys in which he collected three hits in nine at bats before he would move up to AA Bowie. With the BaySox…
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…
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…
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…
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…
