Two days ago the 2015 AL and NL Gold Glove winners were announced. The three National League candidates were Brandon Crawford, Adeiny Hechavarria and Andrelton Simmons. The three American League candidates were Didi Gregorius, Xander Bogaerts and Alcides Escobar. The winner of the NL Gold Glove was Brandon Crawford. Andrelton Simmons, the winner of the…
Yesterday the nominees for the Gold Glove Awards were announced by MLB. At the position of shortstop, three Dutchies are nominated; two in the American League East and one in the National League East. In the National League, Andrelton Simmons is nominated again. If he wins again this year, it would be his third consecutive…
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said during a press conference that reducing the number of games can be discussed. Right now the number of games during the regular season is 162 as we all know . The number should go back to 154, the number of games before the first expansion in MLB in 1961. It…
With spring training around the corner, I thought it would be nice to give an overview of Dutch and Netherlands Antillian players who play in the US at various levels. I will drag those players into the spotlight that play on MLB, AAA, AA, A Advanced, A Full Season, A Short Season and Rookie (Appalachian…
Once again the Japanese pitching was magical and kept the MLB All-Stars in check rather well. Shota Takeda pitched three innings in which he allowed only one unearned run on four hits. He walked four and fanned three. The only run that Takeda (Softbank Hawks) allowed came when Alcides Escobar reached first base in…
Matt Shoemaker recovered from his loss in game one of this series in Japan. In the first game he took the loss after five innings of work and two runs allowed. This time Shoemaker lasted five innings again but he allowed only two hits and struck out two. Jose Altuve was smoking again. In…
vs This year’s World Series will end in the way that every World Series should end: With a seventh game. In a must win situation, trailing 3-2 in games, the Kansas City Royals kept their cool and flexed their muscles in game six as they out hit and out scored San Francisco. Yordano Ventura…
vs Game five was a copy of game one. Madison Bumgarner dominated the hitters of the Royals. The score was a bit different though. Bumgarner went the distance and allowed four hits and struck out eight for the win. With this outing he lowered his ERA for the World Series to a microscopic 0.56….
vs In a timespan of three innings the Giants broke the stronghold of the Royals’ bullpen. After game three, Giants’ manager Bruce Bochy said that the Royals’ bullpen was one of the best around. Yesterday they did nothing to prove his point. After the Royals had taken a 4-1 lead in the top…
vs Where game one and two were rather one sided, game three was a nailbiter from the start. Tim Hudson who started for the Giants allowed one run in the first inning when Alcides Escobar, who had hit a double and had advanced to third on a ground out by Alex Gordon…
