Today, June 26th, the Caribbean Cup will tee off. Originally, the tournament was scheduled for the Month of April but a spike in COVID-19 contaminations pushed back the starting date. Since former manager of the Cuban national team and chairman of the Cuban baseball federation, Higinio Velez passed away on May 13, the tournament will…
For the first time since its establishment in 2014, when it was still called Yankeebiscuitfan’s Dutch Blog, the Dutch Baseball Hangout has gotten at least 10,000 hits in twelve consecutive months. If the Dutch Baseball Hangout would not have been 32 hits shy of 10,000 in June 2020, that milestone would have been reached much…
Today the second game of the make up series between DSS/Kinheim and Oosterhout Twins was scheduled. In a lopsided game, Twins bested DSS/Kinheim as it won 9-0. Next to the big score, today’s game was the story of the pitching of Oosterhout Twins. Starting pitcher Simon Gross dominated the DSS/Kinheim lineup and pitched a seven-inning…
In a do-or-die game for both teams, it was especially Team Kingdom of the Netherlands that did not do and so they fell to Venezuela in seven innings. As a result the road to Tokyo ended in Puebla for the Dutch and the Venezuelans advanced to the winner-take-all game against the Dominican Republic. In the…
Another day, another loss. But the Dutch team clearly showed improvement compared to the game vs Venezuela. Eventually the Dutch lost 4-3 against a heavy favored Dominican team. For five innings, Dutch starter, Tom de Blok pitched a gem, shutting out the Dominicans and allowing only three hits. But in the sixth inning, De Blok…
It’s that time of the week again. Friday. To celebrate the upcoming weekend, here’s another episode of Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday with Charlie Brown and his baseball gang. Enjoy.
As DSS/Kinheim and Oosterhout Twins did not play their series in round six, two weeks ago, they faced each other for game one tonight. As Twins still doesn’t have proper lighting, the team played its home game at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, home of DSS/Kinheim. DSS/Kinheim 6 – 2 Oosterhout TwinsTonight’s game was…
With a team of independent minor leaguers, pitchers from the Dutch hoofdklasse and several players that hadn’t played a game in a year, the Dutch took on Venezuela in the second game of the Final Olympic Qualifier. It didn’t pan out well as the Dutch fell to the Venezuelans 9-3. Since players from the Caribbean,…
In today’s episode of Baseball Shorts, we pay attention to the fact why the Peoria Chiefs sport a Dalmatian dog as their (cap) logo. With a name like the Chiefs, one can expect that the club from Peoria once had a native American-themed logo. With the political correctness spreading like a wildfire, the club slowly…
In the opening match of the final Olympic Qualifier, the Dominican Republic stayed at the right side of the score as they beat Venezuela 10-7. In a seesaw game Venezuela scored a run in each of the first seven innings. As a result, it took the lead twice. The Dominican Republic on the other hand,…
