This morning the World Baseball and Softball Confederation has presented the pairings of the two groups for the first ever Premier 12 tournament that will be held later this year. One thing that catches my eye is that the USA has been paired to Japan and Korea. So obviously, the WBSC has struck a deal…
Suns to Spotsylvania County? The Hagerstown Suns (former club of Dutchie Spencer Kieboom) are in the attention of Spotsylvania County. A proposed ballpark deal with Fredericksburg fell through, so the team is looking for a new place to move to. Eventhough Hagerstown has made a proposal, the Suns favored Fredericksburg’s offer. But now the deal…
The West Virginia Black Bears, have unveiled their new uniform today. The team in the New York-Penn League (A Short Season), that moved from Jamestown, where they played as the Jammers, will start their inaugural season in 32 days. As expected the team colours will be white, orange and black. The alternate cap will be…
Jeffry Loria, owner of the Miami Marlins has fired his manager Jim Redmond after disappointing results. It happens all the time in sports when a team underperforms; the manager is fired. It is the easiest thing to do. Why would the brass of a club look to itself? Why facing the fact the you mismanage…
After a period in which the Yankees were playing some good baseball and were red hot, it seems like they have been cooled off again. In their last seven games, they were outscored 37-22. The team is 4-6 in their last ten games now. Maybe it doesn’t come as a surprise that they lost two…
On day three of round five, the following games were scheduled: Vaessen Pioniers – L&D Amsterdam Pirates; Pronto DSS – Curacao Neptunus; UVV – Corendon Kinheim; Mampaey the Hawks – HCAW. No big surprises except one today. Vaessen Pioniers – L&D Amsterdam Pirates 7 – 5 In Hoofddorp Vaessen Pioniers hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates in…
The other day I spoke to someone about the newly erected Euro League Baseball. This person told me a couple of things that I would like to share with you. It is mainly about the reason behind the decision to start this league. The reason for establishing the league and the governing body before everything…
The following games were scheduled for day two of round five: Curacao Neptunus – DSS; Corendon Kinheim – UVV; L&D Amsterdam Pirates – Vaessen Pioniers and HCAW – Mampaey the Hawks. Curacao Neptunus – Pronto DSS 4 – 1 A four run fifth inning was enough for Curacao Neptunus to stay on the right side…
In a crazy game, the Cubs beat the Pirates in twelve innings. After leading the Bucs 7-1 in fifth, the Cubs blew it and allowed the Pirates to come back and tie it at ten. Eventually the Cubbies scored the much needed eleventh run in the twelfth inning. Pedro Strop entered in the top of…
It was one of those nights. The pitching didn’t work and most of all, the bats stayed dormant again. Michael Pineda suffered his first defeat of the season. He was abandoned by his slider and was roughed up in 5.1 innings in which he allowed five runs on ten hits. Coming of a 16 K…
