vs Today the Hanshin Tigers hosted the Softbank Hawks in game one of the Nippon Series. For three innings both teams did not score but in the bottom of the fourth the Tigers took a 1-0 lead when Mauro Gomez hit an RBI double. This game was the first in the history of…
vs Where game one and two were rather one sided, game three was a nailbiter from the start. Tim Hudson who started for the Giants allowed one run in the first inning when Alcides Escobar, who had hit a double and had advanced to third on a ground out by Alex Gordon…
After the Germans invaded Western Europe, the Netherlands surrendered after five days of fighting. During the German occupation baseball in the Netherlands went through a hard time, just like the Dutch people. Many supplies were claimed by the Germans for their army and war industry. So wood and leather were materials that were hard to…
vs In game one the Royals were no match for the San Francisco Giants. Game two was exactly the other way around. Where Madison Bumgarner was flat out dominating for the Giants in game one, rookie pitcher Yordano Ventura was masterfull for the Royals last night. Ventura pitched five full innings and was…
vs Last night, the Kansas City Royals hosted the San Francisco Giants in game one of the Fall Classic. Many hoped that it would be an exciting game with two top pitchers on the mound but soon it turned out to be a one-sided show. James Shields was hit hard in the…
I love Minor League baseball as you may know by now. To me it is the more honest version of baseball. Sure these players hope to break into the Bigs one day but they play for the game itself. This is what I kept telling myself for years. Now it appears that this isn’t all…
ESPN published this article on the upcoming World Series. According to ESPN the 2014 edition would be the worst World Series ever…. Why? Because there are two Wild Card teams in it and their win-loss record isn’t quite something to write home about. Both teams had fewer than 90 wins in the regulars season. Why…
Today the decisive seventh game in the Pacific League’s Climax Series was played between the Softbank Hawks and the Nippon Ham Fighers (Nippon Ham is the owner of the club. I always thougth that the club’s name was Ham Fighters). This game wasn’t a walk over but the Fighters never came close in winning it,…
Last Saturday the Hanshin Tigers beat the Yomiuri Giants 8-4 in the Tokyo Dome (home of the Giants). With this win the Tigers clinched a spot in the Japan Series, their first since 2005. The Giants, who are the reigning champion in Japan were swept 4-1. It sounds strange that the Giants were swept four…
About ten years ago I wrote a piece about the history of Dutch baseball for the baseball forum baseball-fever.com. Through the years it has literally been copied and placed on Wikipedia. This is an updated version of my piece. 1869-1939 Long it was considered that J.C. Grase, an English teacher from Amsterdam was the person…
