Recently, you could read a blog post about Advocates for Minor Leaguers. In that blog post, it was mentioned how bad the Los Angeles Angels are treating their minor leaguers. A spokesman of the club stated that it was an outrage and that the club would address it… In other words, the Angels pretended like…
The U18 World Cup, that was supposed to be played from September 10 through September 19, will be postponed. As a result the two European representatives, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Italy, will have to wait for 2022 to appear on the highest world stage in that age category. The intention was to play…
As almost all games of last weekend were canceled, a lot of them had to be made up. Yesterday three of them were played, today three more. The following games were scheduled tonight: Hoofddorp Pioniers @ Quick Amersfoort, DSS/Kinheim @ Silicon Storks, and Curaçao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam. The latter is part of a complete…
Tonight several make up games for last weekend’s rained out games were played. The following games were scheduled: HCAW @ Curaçao Neptunus, Quick Amersfoort @ Hoofddorp Pioniers, and Oosterhout Twins @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates. HCAW 9 – 6 Curaçao NeptunusLikely with a little help from the curfew rule, HCAW dealt Curaçao Neptunus its third loss…
An entertaining game in Oosterhout in which L&D Amsterdam Pirates stayed at the right side of the score in extra innings. Here is a photo impression of a game in which the relief pitching on both sides did not pan out very well. This blog post is brought to you by
On the third day of the eleventh round in the Dutch hoofdklasse, the following games were scheduled: Quick Amersfoort @ Hoofddorp Pioniers, HCAW @ Curaçao Neptunus, Silicon Storks @ DSS/Kinheim, and L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Oosterhout Twins. Unfortunately, the games between HCAW and Neptunus and Quick Amerfsoort against Hoofddopr Pioniers were canceled due to heavy…
According to the local newspaper Haarlems Dagblad, players of the Dutch hoofdklasse will get a serious voice in the talks about next season’s schedule. According to the newspaper, a player’s council has been erected. The Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation, KNBSB, has decided to erect a players council.Likely this is an attempt to keep hoofdklasse…
Once in a while you see an incredible play that deserves the nomination “play of the year.” Last night, Monte Harrison made a play like that. In last night’s game between the Charlotte Knights and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (that name should be forbidden), outfielder Monte Harrison made an incredible catch. Not only did he…
On the second day of round eleven, the following games were scheduled: Oosterhout Twins @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, DSS/Kinheim @ Silicon Storks, Hoofddorp Pioniers @ Quick Amersfoort, and Curaçao Neptunus @ HCAW. Due to superfluous rainfall, the first three games were canceled. Oosterhout Twins – L&D Amsterdam Pirates Canceled DSS/Kinheim – …
In today’s episode of “Ballparks Around The World,” we pay attention to a brand new ballpark. It is even so brand new that it hasn’t opened its doors yet. We are talking about ABC Supply Stadium, (near) future home of the Beloit Snappers. It can easily be said that ABC Supply Stadium saved baseball for…
