Belgian Division 1 club Brasschaat Braves has added to American players to its roster, one pitcher (Cole Jenkins) and one infielder (Eli Straw). The new infielder is Eli Straw from Ocracoke NC. Straw can play third base and the other infield positions and he can also serve as a relief pitcher according to Baseball Reference….
Today, the Qualifiers for the European Championship started. Well, the Moscow group that is. In that group two games will be played. Tomorrow, the Bratislava and Utena groups will start. The Belgrade group will start on July 1st. The two games that were played in Moscow today, were the ones between Russia and Slovenia and…
Several Italian Serie A clubs have acquired some reinforcements just before the periode in which this is allowed will end. The most eye popping transactions will be mentioned below. Nettuno BC 1945 The oldest club of Italy is finally back at the highest level of Italian baseball. The promotion was earned last year. So far…
Today, manager Eric de Bruin released a list with names of players that will be on the roster for the upcoming U18 European Championship. There are several players with experience in the Dutch hoofdklasse. The U18 European Championship will be played in Italy from July 5 through July 11. In the round robin, the Dutch…
Only one reel today as there was only one series played last weekend: DSS/Kinheim vs Oosterhout Twins. Please note that you have to subscribe to Eyecons in order to watch the footage. Enjoy. https://eyecons.com/videos/twins-oosterhout-pakt-mede-dankzij-triple-play-tweede-plaats-9567?utm_medium=share&fbclid=IwAR3OOK3cZnLDS-zxlpvrxWeh1Pvi4HZnXHxwRlEjLPj9QRQFi3-563EaOqY This blog post is brought to you by
While roaming Youtube, I bumped into two very nice documentaries. One about Ken Griffey Junior and one about the Cap Cod Baseball League. I just wanted to share them with you because they are worth watching. Even though I loathe MLB nowadays, I enjoyed watching the documentary about Ken Griffey Junior. He was always one…
According to the website of the Pericos (parakeets) de Puebla, the club has acquired Dutch starter Tom de Blok in a surprising move. Or isn’t the move surprising at all? Since team Kingdom of the Netherlands played the Olympic Qualifier in the ballpark of the Pericos de Puebla, the club could see all the good…
Another weekend, another baseball game visited. This time DSS/Kinheim @ Oosterhout Twins. A lopsided game in which Twins beat DSS/Kinheim 11-0 in seven mercy rule innings. Thanks to the victory, Twins has moved into second place of the Dutch hoofdklasse. Here is a photo impression of the game. This blog post is brought to you…
On the third day of the trilogy between DSS/Kinheim and Oosterhout Twins, the circus moved to Oosterhout to play the third game of the series. Within no time, the game was a run race as Twins needed seven innings for an 11-0 win. The foundation for the mercy rule victory was laid in the first…
In today’s episode of “Ballparks Around the World,” we pay attention to the home of the Creighton Blue Jays and the College World Series, TD Ameritrade Park. With the demolition of Rosenblatt Stadium, both the Omaha Royals (AAA team of the MLB namesake) and the College World Series had to look for a new place….
