The Dutch government has appointed the Dutch baseball hoofdklasse as a COVID-19 pilot project to see if fans in the stands will be possible. As a test project, fans will be allowed during a period of two weeks, starting in the weekend of 22nd of May (Thursdays included). There are some but and ifs, though….
In today’s episode of “Baseball Shorts,” we pay attention to the double squeeze. A rare form of offense that was mainly used by the 1913 Philadelphia Athletics. We all know what a squeeze play is: With a runner on third, the batter is laying down a bunt with the expectation to be thrown out at…
Throughout the worldwide web, several messages about an upcoming cooperation between the Rakuten Golden Eagles and the Rakuten Monkeys are swirling around. A cooperation between the two clubs would not be strange as both are owned by the e-commerce company Rakuten. The Rakuten Golden Eagles are playing in the NPB (Japan), while the Rakuten Monkeys…
Yes!!! It’s that part of the week again. Here is another episode of “Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday” to celebrate the upcoming weekend. Enjoy.
On Ascension Day, the following games were scheduled to start at 14:00 instead of 19:30 Dutch time: L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ DSS/Kinheim, Curaçao Neptunus @ Hoofddorp Pioniers, HCAW @ Silicon Storks, and Oosterhout Twins @ Quick Amersfoort. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 12 – 0 DSS/KinheimA lot of threes today for L&D Amsterdam Pirates and a perfect…
After a season where baseball was only played locally without any real competition, baseball in France appears to take off again in 2021. When? That remains the question. But the FFBS (French Baseball and Softball Federation) has put a schedule online. According to fellow blogger Le Baseblog, the proposed starting date of Division 1 was…
Recently, you could read about MLB clubs leaving their minor leaguers in the cold after Manfred and co. decided that minor league players could not use the help of host families due to corona. Now one club finally has stepped up to help its minor leaguers, a club one would not expect: the Astros. Not…
The intention was to play all three games that were rained out on Thursday night, last night. But guess what? Due to superfluous rainfall, two of the three rained out again. These games are rescheduled for coming Tuesday. In the one game that took place last night, hardly could be called a game because of…
Italian pitcher and globetrotter Alessandro Maestri announced today that he has decided to hang up his spikes. His career began in Torre Pedrera, in one of Italy’s lower leagues. In 2005, he broke into the Serie A with San Marino. But Maestri’s stint with San Marino would not last long as he was signed by…
Another player from Curaçao is heading to the Italian Serie A. The Dutch Antilles are a popular resort for Italian clubs, since the inhabitants have a Dutch passport and thus, according to the rules, they can be regarded as Dutch citizens. The club that has signed another player from the Caribbean island is Milano United….
