On day one of round four the following games were scheduled: Mampaey the Hawks – L&D Amsterdam Pirates; Vaessen Pioniers – Curacao Neptunus; UVV – Pronto DSS and Corendon Kinheim – HCAW. A blow out score, a low scoring game and a little surprise at the start of round four. Mampaey the Hawks – L&D…
Last night the Yankees were beaten by the Blue Jays 5-1. It is not about the loss itself. You can’t win them all. It is about C.C. Sabathia. We all know that C.C. always needs a couple of games to find his groove. And indeed, on April 20 he pitched a good game: eight innings,…
After a 3-1 loss vs the Blue Jays in Toronto, the Yankees bounced back. In the previous game, knuckle ball pitcher R.A. Dickey was nearly unhittlable. Last night the Yankees did a lot better at the plate as they collected eleven basehits. Michael Pineda was masterful once again. In eight innings he gave up five…
In the Wall Street Journal there is an interesting article about the deteriorating Venezuelan Summer League. Where the Houston Astros made the first step of what would become the Venezuelan Summer League, the league had more than twenty MLB clubs with an affiliation in the late 1990s. After the Seattle Mariners left their facility near…
At AAA level no Dutchies saw action. The game in Albuquerque between the Isotopes and the Las Vegas 51s was postponed. Sharlon Schoop hasn’t played a game with the Norfolk Tides since April 30. Also at AA level no Dutchies. Some just didn’t play, others are on the DL (Shawn Zarraga and Randolph Oduber). A…
Jacques Sambo, a talented RHP pitcher from Curacao is the next talened kid from Curacao that has been signed by a Major League club. The 16-year old kid signed a contract with the Houston Astros. Sambo, born on July 27 1998 has played little league on the Referina ISLA team from Curacao. It remains to…
In the Atlantic League (independent) af few remarkable promotions will take place. The first one is not really a promotion but an experiment. But it is marketed as a family friendly promotion. The Southern Maryland BlueCrabs will play a seven inning instead of nine inning game. This is quite remarkable since the Atlantic League season…
Last Friday, Alex Rodriguez hit his 660th homerun that tied him for fourth place with Willie Mays. The way he reached this goal remains questionable. Most of his career he used PEDs so his numbers are tainted for sure. Now the Yankees say that they will not pay him the agreed $6 million bonus for…
On this rainy day three of round three, the follwing games were scheduled: Mampaey the Hawks – Curacao Neptunus; Corendon Kinheim – L&D Amsterdam Pirates; UVV – HCAW; Vaessen Pioniers – Pronto DSS. Mampaey the Hawks – Curacao Neptunus 2 – 5 Neptunus starting pitcher Kenny van den Branden was perfect through the first…
Kenley Jansen is on the way back towards the Major Leagues. Last Friday he started the game for the Dodgers’ A Advanced affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. Jansen pitched only one inning. He started the game with giving up a single to the Inland Empire’s Bo Way, who hit the ball towards center field. Way promptly…
