About a month ago, International Baseball Partners LLC, announced the inauguration of a Curacao Winter League. Plan is to play the games at the new baseball complex (Project 421) that will be built on the island of Curacao. Until the end of the construction, the league will play it’s inaugural season at the Santa Maria…
Curacaoan infielder Gianfranco Wawoe has been promoted by the Seattle Mariners. I realize that this is a bit old news, but since I focused on the European Cup, I have totally missed this news. Wawoe, who played a variable season at A Full Season level with the Clinton LumberKings of the Midwest League, has been promoted…
As you may have read in my previous post, the grand finale of the European Cup won’t be an all Dutch game. In a game where the runs didn’t come cheap but in which they came early, Bologna took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, Francesco Fuzzi drew…
Maybe rather unexpected but certainly deserved, Draci Brno faced Curacao Neptunus in the final game of the 2015 European Cup in Rotterdam. What a game it was. This game was a true promotion for European baseball. Draci scored a run in the first and a run in the second to take an unexpected 2-0 lead….
Last night the New York Yankees clinched a 7-2 home win over the Anaheim Angels, winning the first two games of a three game homestand vs the Angels. So far the season has been a roller coaster ride. After a cold start, the Yankees caught fire in May before they cooled off again. But in…
Last night, after being on the road for 59 days and 54 games, the Biloxi Shuckers could finally play their first home game. MGM Park opened it’s doors after a delay of about three months. The stadium is still not complete, but it is safe to host players and fans. Two weeks ago it was…
The Daytona Tortugas (A Advanced Florida League), former Daytona Cubs, have been sold to a new owner: Reese Smith III. The veteran sports operator announced that he will keep the team in Daytona and that he wants to stay in historic Jackie Robinson Ballpark. I always cheer for these kind of initiatives. Finally a new…
Heidenheim Heideköpfe @ Draci Brno 5 – 1 Draci had to win to get to the final game towmorrow. Of course they were depending on the result of the afternoon game between A.S.D. Rimini Pirates and Curacao Neptunus. In the first inning Draci Brno openened the score when they scored a run when Michal Ondracek…
UnipolSai Bologna @ Solingen Alligators 18 – 10 With a 12-2 score in the favor of Bologna, it looked that this would be another mercy rule, seven inning game. But in the seventh inning, Solingen decided to spoil Bologna’s party. Pietro Caldoni entered the game in relief for Justin Cicatello, much to the liking of…
A.S.D. Rimini Pirates @ Templiers de Senart 2 – 11 In Rotterdam A.S.D. Rimini Pirates took on Temliers de Senart in the morning. What most fans already knew happened: Templiers de Senart wasn’t a match for Rimini. Only in the second inning the players of Rimini flexed their muscles. After a two run first inning,…
