This hot stove blog posted an article on David Robertson, last season’s closer of the New York Yankees. David Robertson has turned down a qualifying offer by the Yankees. The purpose of a qualifying offer is to make sure that the team that offers this amount, will get a draft pick of the team that…
The first matchup between the MLB All Stars and the Samurai Japan team was a pure pitching duel. Both starters lasted five innings. The difference between the two was two runs. Kenta Maeda, the ace of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, was masterful and cruised through the five innings that he pitched. Matt Shoemaker pitched…
In my “How to get through the baseball off season?” post, I wrote about a things you could do during the baseball off season to avoid baseball hibernation. One of them was watching/following the Australian Baseball League. I found a new option. I know that there are only a few games played, but what about…
Well, I wrote in my previous post that I wasn’t quite sure which team did advance to the championship round: Italy or Czech Republic. Italy turns out to be the team that has been eliminated. Due to the Czech Republic’s win over Mexico, both teams ended with identical W-L records but because the Czechs defeated…
The fifth day of the U21 World Cup baseball brought some more upsets. First of all for me and the many Dutch fans: The Dutch team lost again in the final inning. After trailing most of the game they tied it at three in the seventh. Eventually Venezuela scored three runs in the ninth for…
vs Once again the Dutch U21 squad played a good game, but once again they blew it in one inning. For five and a half innings the Dutch trailed; first 1-0, from the fourth with 3-0. But this time they had the flexibility to get back in to the game. In the…
Day four brought at least one surprise as the Czech Republic beat Italy 3-1. A one run third, fourth and fifth inning sealed Italy’s fate. Czech starter Marek Cervenka had a hell of an outing. He pitched a complete game in which he fanned eleven and allowed just one run on two hits. Cervenka gave…
vs Playing your best game so far and still ending up at the wrong side of the score. That is what happened to the Dutch U21 squad today. Versus Nicaragua the Dutch took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Kirvin Moesquit doubled down the left field line. Moesquit promptly stole…
Unbeaten Nicaragua took on team Australia that is fielding a team of minor leaguers. So far Australia fell to Japan and beat the Netherlands. This game turned out to be a close one. Nicaragua scored the opening run in the bottom of the third inning. When Australia tied the game in the top of the…
Today there was one surprise as far as I am concerned. In the opening game of today, New Zealand beat Mexico 9-5. Mexico took a 1-0 lead in the first but the Kiwis scored two in the second inning and never looked back. A big inning for them in the seventh when they scored four…
