Just as Jonathan Schoop started to find his groove an injury ruined his party. An MRI scan revealed that he has a partially torn PCL and sprained MCL in his right knee. The Orioles have placed him on the 15-day DL. Schoop suffered the injury Friday night when he tripped over first base in a…
Today was day two of the first round of the Hoofdklasse season. The following games were scheduled: Curacao Neptunus – HCAW; Pronto DSS – Corendon Kinheim; L&D Amsterdam Pirates – UVV and Vaessen Pioniers – Mampaey the Hawks. I attended the latter. L&D Amsterdam Pirates – UVV (remainder of Thursday’s game) 0-2 Because a part…
For most of the Dutchies in the minors it was a bad day. Many of them didn’t see the ball well. AAA The Tacoma Rainiers needed eleven innings to beat the Albuquerque Isotopes 3-1. Roger Bernadina went 0 for 2 but did draw two walks. AA Randolph Oduber got a pinch hit appearance for the…
Tonight the long awaited start of the Hoofdklasse season in the Netherlands finally was there. Three games were played: Curacao Neptunus – HCAW; Vaessen Pioniers – Mampaey The Hawks and Corendon Kinheim – Pronto DSS. In each of the three games, one team was vastly superior over the other. It may appear weird to Americans,…
AAA Roger Bernadina played his sixth game of the season and collected 2 basehits out of four at bats. In his first at bat of the game he hit an RBI line drive. He drove in one of the five runs that the Isotopes scored in the first inning. Eventually they beat the Tacoma Rainiers…
The Montgomery Biscuits played the first series at home vs the Chattanooga Lookouts (Minnesota Twins affiliate) The Biscuits won their first game of this homestand 4-3. In game two the Biscuits were no match for the Lookouts. Chattanooga scored four runs in the fifth and two in the ninth. All the Biscuits could do was…
The Yankees lost to the Orioles 4-3 and C.C. Sabathia gave up all the runs that the O’s scored. To me the most important thing was that Didi Gregorius got a basehit out of three at bats and that he scored a run. Unfortunately he committed one fielding error (his first of the season) but…
Tonight, current Dutch champion, Curacao Neptunus from Rotterdam presented their Hoofdklasse team to club members and the press. Chairman and former Hoofdklasse pitcher Geoffrey Kohl, said some nice words about the former main shirt sponsor DOOR Training (which will remain as sub sponsor at the back of the jerseys) and explained how the contact with…
Once again the Yankees trailed most of the game but a four run seventh inning (thanks to a grand slam homerun hit by Stephen Drew), saved the game for them as they beat the Orioles 6-5. Didi Gregorius left three runners on base as he went 0 for 4 with a strikeout. Despite striking out…
Yesterday, the Dutch baseball and sofball federation (KNBSB) kicked off the new baseball season with a presentation of the Dutch national team. A few new faces could be recognized next to the similar ones. The plans for the future were also presented. The training program of the Dutch national team will be expanded from two…
