For the twenty-fourth time in the history, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has won the European Championship. In the final against Israel, the Devil was in the tail and the Dutch beat Israel 9-4 Despite opening the score in the second inning, on a single by Juremi Profar, the Netherlands trailed Israel for the biggest…
Today, the Sunville Tigers from Zonhoven headed to Brasschaat to take on the farm team of the Brasschaat Braves in the Division Two. With a win, the Tigers would be another step closer to the championship of the Division Two and earn a promotion to the Division One in 2022. The Tigers relied heavily on…
A bronze medal game that was worthy to be a final game. Good pitching, good defense, and two teams that kept each other in check for most of the game. Spain 0 – 2 ItalyEven though both teams had their opportunities to open the score, neither team did cross home plate until the seventh inning. …
Thanks to a busy schedule on Friday, yours truly forgot to post the weekly “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday.” So to make up for that forgotten episode, yours truly will post one today. Enjoy (the final day of he weekend).
On the last day but one, six placement matches were played. France @ Slovakia, Greece @ Ukraine, Sweden @ Austria, Belgium @ Croatia, Russia @ Germany, and Great Britain @ Czech Republic. France 6 – 5 SlovakiaIn a matchup between two countries that were demoted to the B-group already, France stayed at the right side…
Shortly before midnight, the dream of team Italy to win the European championship in its own country, shattered. Team Israel shoved the Azzurri aside as the tactics of manager Nate Fish worked pretty well. Italy 5 – 11 IsraelWhen Italy took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, it looked like Israel was no match….
Today, the first of the placement matches for the fifth to eighth places took place. Belgium took on Great Britain and the Czech Republic faced Croatia. Great Britain 12 – 11 BelgiumBelgium fought hard but just fell short against a team with 46% of foreign born players. Thanks to the many errors, this game didn’t deserve…
In the relegation round, two games were planned today: Greece @ France and Slovakia @ Ukraine. Both games were close affairs. Greece 12 – 9 FranceFor three innings, France was kept on a leash by Jonathan George Kountis but in the fourth inning, France struck first when Andy Paz hit a two-run home run. Greece…
A game that was a semi final worthy. A close affair in which the Kingdom of the Netherlands barely ended up at the right side of the score. The only thing that marred this semi final, were the three errors the Dutch committed. Kingdom of the Netherlands 9 – 8 SpainIt goes too far to…
Today the following quarter finals were scheduled: Croatia @ Italy, Belgium @ Spain, Czech Republic @ Israel, and Great Britain @ Kingdom of the Netherlands. All games were quarter final worthy as all of them had close scores. Croatia 5 – 8 ItalyA four-run eighth inning saved Italy from losing to Croatia today. Croatia fought…
