Yours truly headed to Namur, in the deep South of Belgium, to attend two baseball games between the Mortsel Stars and the Namur Angels, that were played in the Belgian Silver League, something that would have been the relegation group. But since the Royal Greys withdrew from the Division 1 before the start of the…
It is that time of the week again. 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 weekend).
On the first night after the regular season, in the playoffs, the following games were scheduled: HCAW @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Oosterhout Twins @ Curaçao Neptunus. In the bottom four group, the following games were scheduled: Silicon Storks @ Hoofddorp Pioniers, and DSS/Kinheim @ Quick Amersfoort. Play Offs HCAW 5 – 6 L&D Amsterdam…
Today, the KNBSB held a round table conference about the rejuvenation of team Kingdom of the Netherlands. A few weeks ago, the federation let some players at the right side of 30 know that they would not get an invitation. When you see the current roster, it is even more mind boggling than expected. Let’s…
In a statement on its website, International Baseball Partners announced it has entered a Collaboration Agreement with the FEBEKO, the Baseball Federation of Curaçao. It is not the first time that International Baseball Partners shows its interest in the island of the Dutch Caribbeans. Back in 2015, IBP signd a Memorandum Of Understanding with the…
On this day in 1990, the very first father and son combo played together on the same team. Throughout the history of MLB, there have been many fathers and sons in the game, but until this day, no father and son played on the same team. Of course we are talking about the Griffeys. Ken…
Two years ago, Matt Burns and his son visited all Major League and Minor League ballparks in their home state California. The planing was to visit sixteen ballparks in eighteen days in the Carolinas in 2020 but the corona virus threw a spanner in the works. But now, Matt and his dad are making up…
In the past week, the U23 European Baseball Championship was played in Verona, Italy. This is a short evaluation of how I experienced the tournament from home. This evaluation is only about the fan experience for those who stayed home. I cannot tell anything about how the tournament was organized for the players (hotels, transport,…
Normally, series are played like doubleheaders on one day. But in this case, the teams opted to play on two separate days. After a hard fought victory in yesterday’s game, the Braves won again today, and much easier this time. A little bit later than normal, as yours truly had to call a game in…
In a surprising final (who expected the Germans to make it?), the Dutch kind of cruised to the tournament victory. Sure it wasn’t a blow out score like in the round robin, but the Dutch win was never in danger. The Netherlands 7 – 3 Germany After a scoreless first inning, the Netherlands took a…
