The Los Angeles Dodgers have activated Kenley Jansen from the DL After foot surgery earlier this year, Jansen pitched six games at the Dodgers’ A Advanced affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. He appeared in six games, of which five starts. In 5.1 innings he gave up three runs on five hits (one homerun) and struck out…
Last week the new Euro League Baseball was founded. Even though I am enthousiastic about the initiative a lot of questions remain. In an interview with www.honkbalsite.com, co-founder Jan Maarten Kops answered a couple of the questions. How about the rosters? If the teams will play next to their regular national competiton, their rosters need…
An artilce on MLB.com hints about various trades that “should” be made before the All Star Break. When it comes to the Yankees, they refer to the weak position of the Yankees’ rotation. With Chase Whitley out with an elbow injury and C.C. Sabathia’s injury riddled recent past, it may be wise to trade for…
I realize that the head of this post sounds a bit exaggerated, but it is not about the three losses in a row. It is about the way HOW they lost. Last night the Yankees lost their third game in a row vs Tampa Bay. The final score: 6-1. The only run was scored on…
The Pittsburgh Pirates and eighteen-year old Paul Brands have signed a seven year deal. The Dutch infielder recently debuted in the Dutch Hoofdklasse with Vaessen Pioniers from Hoofddorp. He is one of the talents that is coming from the APPM Rabbits baseball academy, located in Haarlem. Tomorrow Brands will leave for Bradenton in Florida to…
On day one of round five, the following games were scheduled: L&D Amsterdam Pirates – Vaessen Pioniers; Curacao Neptunus – Pronto DSS; HCAW – Mampaey the Hawks; Corendon Kinheim – UVV There were two surprising results today. L&D Amsterdam Pirates – Vaessen Pioniers 3 – 2 In a game between title candidates, Vaessen Pioniers took…
Maybe you have read that the bus of the Carolina Mudcats got off he road tipped and landed on it’s side, causing injuries to seven people that needed to be treated in hospital. After a few days the team has decided to let the others to be checked and to let them receive additional medical…
After a month and a half, it catches my eye that things are slowly getting back to normal in Major League Baseball. Back to normal? Yes back to normal. What I mean to say is that the teams with a flying start are slowly cooling off and geting more down to earth again. So far…
AAA The Albuquerque Isotopes fell 4-5 to the Sacramento RiverCats. Batting leadoff, Roger Bernadina went 0 for 4 with three strikouts. He also drew a walk. Matt den Dekker also hit leadoff in the Syracuse Chiefs’ 5-2 win over the Gwinnett Braves. The right fielder went 3 for 5 with a double, a strikout and…
The Yankees won their third game of the four game homestand vs the Baltimore Orioles. The Yanks outscored the Orioles 6-2 despite having as many hits as the team from Baltimore. As the team performed well, there was one played that had a stellar outing: Michael Pineda. The 6′ 7″ (2 meter) giant fanned sixteen…
