Big news from the former German capital. The local baseball club, Bonn Capitals, caught a big fish to bolster their bullpen. The German champion of 2018 signed former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher and farmhand Dovydas Neverauskas from Lithuania. The 29-year old Neverauskas was the first pitcher from Lithuania to make it to the Bigs. From 2017…
The other day, Collecchio Baseball, playing in the Italian Serie A, announced the signing of a player with a Dutch passport. In the past few years, players from the Dutch Kingdom are popular among Italian clubs. Especially players from Curaçao and Aruba since those players have a Dutch passport and thus can be considered players…
Today, yours truly went to Borgerhout (Antwerp) to attend a game between hosts Borgerhout Squirrels and guests Brussels Kangaroos. For the Kangaroos it was the first practice game after coming out of hibernation and it showed. The team looked somewhat rusty but of course, several injuries and sicknesses didn’t help their cause. The game took…
A bit late, but better late than never. Here is another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday, just to salute the weekend. Enjoy.
In the past year, the various leagues in Minor League Baseball had sterile names like AAA-West, and AAA-East) after MLB took over in a money grab move. Today, MiLB/MLB announced that the old names will return for the 2022 season. At the same time, a new logo for the Pacific Coast League was presented. In…
About a week ago, you could read about the merger of two baseball clubs in the Amsterdam area (in Dutch). Last Thursday the name change of the merger club was officially confirmed. The new merger club is the result of a decision of the city council of Diemen, a town adjacent to Amsterdam. The local…
And once again, just like that, it is Friday. Time to celebrate the upcoming weekend with another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy.
The other day, the Mainz Athletics announced the acquisition of Gianni Frolijk in an Instagram post. The Dutch infielder joins the two-time German champions for the 2022 season. After spending three years in the Dutch hoofdklasse with HCAW (2) and Hoofddorp Pioniers, Frolijk decided to take a step back to the overgangsklasse by joining RCH-Pinguïns…
And once again the week has come to an end. It is Friday!!! Time to celebrate the upcoming weekend with another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy.
Nadat TIW Survivors door de gemeente Diemen is verdreven naar O.V.V.O. in Amsterdam, om plaats te maken voor voor de hockeyvereniging in Diemen, hebben beide clubs besloten tot een fusie. Afgelopen zaterdag was ondergetekende bij de enige honkbalwinkel in België, the Cage in Antwerpen. Die wisten mij te vertellen dat ze een aanvraag voor een…
