Last weekend, yours truly attended the eerste klasse (second-tier league) game between host Jeka and guest Herons/Alcmaria Victrix. After I wasn’t able to attend the unofficial opening of the new facility, as it was on a Friday night, I decided to attend last weekend’s game so I could interview the manager Mitchell Berghmans of Herons/Alcmaria…
Even though it isn’t Friday anymore in other parts of the world, it still is in the Netherlands and the countries West of us. Therefore, we can still celebrate the upcoming weekend with another edition of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy (your weekend).
On the first day of the fourth round of the 2022 Dutch hoofdklasse, the following games were scheduled: Storks @ Pioniers, RCH Memorie Sieraden @ Quick Amersfoort, L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ DSS/Kinheim, and Oosterhout Twins @ Curaçao Neptunus. Storks 2 – 15 Hoofddorp PioniersStorks didn’t stand a chance against Hoofddorp Pioniers. The club from Hoofddorp…
Last year, the Field of Dreams site in Dyersville, Iowa, hosted an MLB game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox. This year, the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds will face each other on August 11. But a prelude will be played on August 9, when two Minor League teams will…
The independent Frontier League, founded in 1993, has presented a new logo. One of the premier indy leagues is home to sixteen teams divided into two divisions and will serve as an MLB “partner” league for the second season. According to its website,” the new Frontier League logo, created by Brian Gundell Design, features patriotic…
Today, yours truly headed to Breda, to attend a game in the Eerste Klasse (a second-tier league in the Netherlands) because of an appointment I had with the head coach of the Herons/Alcmaria Victrix combination (in the coming days more on this blog about that). It was an entertaining game, not the best I have…
Last night, on the first day of the third round in the Dutch hoofdklasse, the following games were scheduled: Curaçao Neptunus @ Hoofddorp Pioniers, HCAW @ Quick Amersfoort, L&D Amsterdam @ Storks, and Oosterhout Twins @ RCH Memorie Sieraden. Curaçao Neptunus 14 – 1 Hoofddorp PioniersHoofddorp Pioniers was no match for Curaçao Neptunus last night,…
Dutch right-handed pitcher Rick van den Hurk officially announced his professional retirement today. Through his Instagram account he announced to end his professional career after twenty years. The thirty-six year old righty, was born in Eindhoven and debuted in professional baseball in 2003 with the Rookie farm team of the Florida Marlins. After spending five…
Since the season in Belgium has started already, it is a bit like swinging after the bell, but better late than never. In today’s episode of “Transactions in Belgian Baseball…” we pay attention to the recently promoted Sunville Tigers, who had to wait for the final additions before the club could provide the necessary information. …
On the final day of the second week in the Dutch hoofdklasse, the following games were scheduled: Silicon Storks @ RCH Memorie Sieraden, HCAW @ DSS/Kinheim, L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Quick Amersfoort, and Oosterhout Twins @ Hoofddorp Pioniers. HCAW 6 – 1 DSS/KinheimHCAW laid the foundation for its third victory of the week in the…
