On the second day of the tenth round of the Dutch hoofdklasse, the following games were scheduled: Quick Amersfoort @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, DSS/Kinheim @ HCAW, Hoofddorp Pioniers @ Silicon Storks, and Curaçao Neptunus @ Oosterhout Twins. Quick Amersfoort 0 – 10 L&D Amsterdam PiratesIt took L&D Amsterdam Pirates until the fifth inning to break…
The Cologne Cardinals are playing at their current facility for more than thirty years. Besides some complaints about noise, which have been debunked thanks to measurements, there never was a problem. Now all of a sudden, the City of Cologne is forcing the club to downsize because of the aforementioned noise complaints. With twelve teams,…
For the first time in about seventy years, the voice of minor league players is heard. For the first time there is an organization that is a champion for their rights. All this thanks to Advocates for Minor Leaguers. For decades, minor league players have been vastly underpaid. They were/are supposed to stay in shape…
As you may know by now, yours truly is a cap enthusiast or a cap nut if you want to. I love to wear authentic baseball caps. Since my aversion of MLB, I turned to Minor League caps and caps of European clubs more and more. But what bugs me is the lack of accuracy…
In an easy 12-2 victory over the Netherlands, Italy clinched first place in Group B. Both teams already had clinched a spot in the semi-finals on the previous day. In the first inning, the Italians took a decisive lead thanks to an RBI groundout and a three-run home run. But the team continued to drive…
Yup! It’s that time of the week again. Friday, start of the weekend. To celebrate, here is another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy.
For the first time in weeks, there was a full four-game schedule again. The following games were programmed for tonight: HCAW @ DSS/Kinheim, Silicon Storks @ Hoofddorp Pioniers, L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Quick Amersfoort, and Oosterhout Twins @ Curaçao Neptunus. HCAW 5 – 0 DSS/KinheimBy winning in Haarlem tonight, HCAW did Oosterhout Twins a big…
As I wrote in one of my previous blog posts (the one about Ballparks Around the World), I watched a baseball documentary named “Summer Ball.” It is about a collegiate woodbat team in the community of Bancroft, Iowa. This community has a population of about 730 and baseball is the thing that bonds the people…
After yesterday’s four inning victory over Austria, the Netherlands also made quick work of the game vs Slovakia. In five innings, the Dutch bested the Slovakians 15-1. In the five-inning game, the Dutch scored at least one run per inning. It all started with a five-run first. Singles by Reyes Mercado, Mauricio Espinoza Montenegro, D’mani…
In today’s episode of “Ballparks Around the World,” we pay attention to a ballpark you likely will never have heard of: Bancroft Memorial Park in Bancroft Iowa. I bumped into this little wooden ballpark when watching the documentary “Summer Ball.” It is about the Bancroft Bandits, which plays in the Pioneer Collegiate Baseball League. This…
