A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about Dutch and Netherlands Antillian players and where I expected them to start the season. Now is the time to come to see whether is was right or not. In case of leagues lower than AAA, the rosters will be revealed on Monday or Tuesday. So…
In an interview with Fox sports, Yankees Opening Day starter, Masahiro Tanaka stated that he will throw less heat this year. He has been trying to add another pitch to his repertoire and he claims that he will throw more two seam fastballs than four seam fastballs, which will bring down the velocity automatically. Of…
First of all I’d like to wish you all a happy Easter. Today a rather short report because hardly any Dutchies saw action yesterday. Yesterday, the very last Spring Training games were played. Today the season will officially start in Chicago, where the arch rivals Cardinals and Cubs will face each other in a Wrigley…
In the off season, the Minnesota Twins signed RHP Ervin Santana to a four year deal worth $55 million. What did they get in return as a reward? A pitcher that was caught using PED, Stanozolol to be exact. Stanozolol was the drug that Canadian Sprinter Ben Johnson was ripped of his Olympic gold medal…
C.C. Sabathia started the game vs the Nationals and six batters later he had given up three runs already. The the remaining 4.1 innings on he mound, he settled down, but once again this Spring Training he was tabbed with the loss (L 0-3). Perhaps the Yankees can trade Sabathia. I wonder if they will…
I know this is nothing about Dutch baseball or the New York Yankees, but I was surprised to see how a player that was released three days ago, can get a new job so quick….in Japan. Some times, things can go very quick. This is what Nate Schierholz experienced after he was granted his release…
Normally I start these reports with the New York Yankees, but today I’d like to make an exception. The Atlanta Braves won a close one vs Baltimore. Andrelton Simmons went 1 for 3 with an RBI and a K. Andrelton hit a single in the fifth on which Christian Bethancourt scored. Andrelton was thrown out…
With the injury of Brendan Ryan, there was a glimpse of hope for Rob Refsnyder that he could make the Opening Day roster. Was. But yesterday the Yankees got Gregorio Petit from the Astros in exchange for a player to be named later and cash considerations. Petit, a Venezuelan infielder, that signed with the Athletics…
Yesterday’s game between the Rays and the Yankees looked like an April Fools joke. The story line was the Yankees’ ineptness to hit. In nine innings, the Yankees collected the whopping total of four basehits; only Brett Gardner, Carlos Beltran, Ramon Flores and Mark Teixeira got a hit. The pitching didn’t really do a bad…
A couple of days ago I wrote two articles on weird promotions / silly jerseys. Minor League clubs do everything possible to make the fans come to their stadium. But if these promotions and jerseys won’t draw fans, maybe this food will. At the time of writing, it is around dinner time in the Netherlands;…
