Rick van den Hurk injured himself a few weeks ago, shortly before the start of the NPB season. After a rehab stint with the Ni-Gun team of the Softbank Hawks, he was ready to pitch at the NPB. But the timing of this injury could not have been worse. The Hawks used pitcher Edison Barrios…
The Nippon Ham Fighters will spend a part of the 2016 Spring Training at the Peoria sports complex, used by the San Diego Padres and the Seattle Mariners. BTW, don’t misuse their name, like I did. It is not Nippon HamFighters but Nippon Ham (as name of the company) Fighters, former club of Texas Rangers…
The Yankees have placed starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka on the 15-day Disabled List with a tight wrist. According to GM Brian Cashman, Tanaka came to the team doctor yesterday with the complaint about his wrist. An MRI scan showed a tenditis, but according to Cashman the tight wrist could signal a fore-arm strain. So to…
After the Yankees clinched the home series vs the Mets (not always with the best baseball), they hosted the Tampa Bay Rays for game one of a three game series. Adam Warren started the game and lasted 5.2 innings. He allowed one run on five hit and struck out six. Warren cruised through the first…
The local government of Curacao has signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) together with International Baseball Partners LLC. This MoU is nothing more than a document in which both parties delcare their intent of building a baseball facility at the island of Curacao. Due to this MoU, both parties have put together an official business…
On day two of round two, the following games were scheduled: Corendon Kinheim – Curacao Neptunus; HCAW – L&D Amsterdam Pirates; Mampaey the Hawks – Pronto DSS; UVV- Pioniers HCAW – L&D Amsterdam Pirates 0 -10 Once again HCAW committed a shipload of errors, four to be exact and all four led to runs. Already…
Big news for Dutch baseball fans. Two Dutchies have been added to a roster of a new club. Sharlon Schoop, the older brother of…., has been promoted from AA Bowie to AAA Norfolk. The 28-year old infielder struggled last year with the BaySox as he hit .217. The Orioles did resign him and placed him…
Wladimir Balentien, the NPB homerun record holder from Curacao, has been placed on the NPB roster of the Yakult Swallows. After surgery to his Achilles tendon, Balentien went a relatively long way to recovery. Last week he played two rehab games with the Ni-Gun team of the Yakult Swallows with mixed results. Last Wednesday Balentien…
The year started with not much faith in this Yankee team from my side. Still I don’t think that they will be a contender but after the series vs the Tigers, there is some belief coming. First the close loss with a very good outing by C.C. Sabathia. Then the 5-2 win on Tuesday and…
Today the second round started with the following scheduled games: UVV – Vaessen Pioniers; Corendon Kinheim – Curacao Neptunus; Mampaey the Hawks – Pronto DSS; HCAW – L&D Amsterdam Pirates Corendon Kinheim – Curacao Neptunus 3 – 4 On paper the absolute Match of the Day was the one between Corendon Kinheim and Curacao Neptunus….
