This series is inspired by the must read book “All Caps, Stories That Justify an Outrageous Hat Collection” by Craig Colby. Craig wrote this book about the many caps he has and the stories behind it. Anyhow, this series will be the caps I own and the stories behind them. In this first episode, I…
Through the years built a small collection of baseball jerseys. It all started in 1991 when I got the jersey of my very first baseball club, now defunct Amstel Tijgers, three-time Dutch champion. From that moment on more jerseys got my way. This is an overview of the favorite jerseys of my collection. Amsterdam Baseball…
L&D Amsterdam Pirates (last year’s runner up in the Holland Series), Vaessen Pioniers and Corendon Kinheim prepared themselves to the upcoming season at the Charles Urbanus Tournament, organized by other Hoofdklasse club HCAW from Bussum during the Easter weekend. After HCAW from Bussum merged with Amstel Tijgers from Amsterdam prior to the 1989 season, the…
The eighties and nineties will be bad decades for many baseball clubs. In 1986, Charles Urbanus jr. decided that it would be his last season. In the long run (2 years) this was a huge blow for his club, Amstel Tijgers. Urbanus was a magnet for players. It was an honour to play with him….
Like said before until 1963 baseball was dominated by teams from Amsterdam and Haarlem. But in 1963 out of nowhere Sparta from Rotterdam became Dutch champion. From 1963 to 1974 the club clinched nine national titles, a record only to be improved in 1985 by Haarlem Nicols and later by DOOR Neptunus from Rotterdam. Haarlem…
The baseball world knows the story of how Dutch baseball is doing internationally. All the players from the Netherlands Antilles and from the European mainland are well known. But what the world doesn’t know is the hard times that some clubs have. Through the years, I have seen clubs disappear: – Amstel Tijgers, three time …
