Most of you will know Bob Uecker but mainly because of his role of Harry Doyle in Major League. Despite his abysmal stats, he still managed to stay in the bigs for six seasons. But Uecker was best known for his quotes. Here is an anthology. Bob Uecker as Harry Doyle in Major League Uecker …
Today in Baseball: Braves and Padres “slug” it out
Today, thirty-six years ago, the Atlanta Braves and the San Diego Padres have a "slugfest" throughout most of the game. But with the term slugfest, one should not think of a game full of extra base hits. On that memorable day in 1984, the very first pitch of the game, thrown by Pascual Perez, hits …
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Baseball Shorts: Magic Words
In this episode of "Baseball Shorts," we pay attention to the term Magic Words. In general, magic words are needed to make something happen or to make someone do something for you. In baseball, the magic words are those words that make an umpire toss you from the game. Bobby Cox, former manager of the …
Today in Baseball: Ted Turner’s one Game Stint
Today, 43 years ago, Atlanta Braves owner took over as the team's manager in an attempt to halt a 16-game losing streak. 1977 wasn't the Braves' year. In their 12th year in Atlanta, the team served as the doormat of the Nationals League West. After a losing streak of 16 games, owner Ted Williams had …
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Today in Baseball: Bulls play home opener in road unis
Today, forty years ago, the Durham Bulls returned from a season-opening road trip to Durham Athletic Park for their home opener. But something was going on during that first home game of the 1980 season. As the team's home uniforms were stolen two days prior to the season, Hank Aaron, the Braves' Minor League director, …
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Andruw Jones’ HOF numbers are improving
For the third year in a row, Andruw Jones was on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. And once again he got more votes than in the previous year. On a day on which Derek Jeter got one vote shy of becoming the second unanimous HOF inductee and Larry Walker was voted in on his …
Padres sign Dutchie
The San Diego Padres have signed Aruban infielder Ray-Patrick Didder to a minor league contract. He is not the first player from the Kingdom of the Netherlands that will play for the Padres. Kalian Sams preceded him and also Jurickson Profar has joined the Padres recently after he was traded by the A's. After …
Baseball related songs: “To the Veterans’ Committee” by the Baseball Project
In this episode of Baseball related songs, we pay attention to another song by the Baseball Project: “To the Veterans’ Committee” In previous episodes we already paid attention to two other songs of the Baseball Project: "Satchel Paige said" and "1976." The Baseball Project was formed in 2007 by Peter Buck, Mike Mills (both R.E.M.), Scott McCaughey …
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County tries to buy out FireFrogs
Indeed this is stunning news. The measure was added to the consent agenda and briefly discussed and approved at Monday’s meeting. According to the Osceola News-Gazette, Osceola County has approved a measure that will pay the Florida FireFrogs $500,000 if the team will leave Osceola County Stadium after this season. If the team accepts the offer, …
Draci Brno signs Peter Moylan
Draci Brno has made a surprising move by signing a twelve year MLB veteran. The 40-year old Peter Moylan will wear the colors of the Dragons for one season. One may wonder why an ex MLB player is opting for the Czech Republic instead of Italy where still quite some money can be earned by …
Andruw Jones’ HOF numbers are improving
For the second year in a row, Curaçao native Andruw Jones managed to stay on the HOF ballot as he got more than five percent of the votes again. This year his numbers were even better than in 2018. The Curaçao kid got 7.3% of the votes in 2018 (31 of all votes). This year …
Atlanta Braves sign Dutch talent
The Atlanta Braves have signed Dutch (Aruban born) catcher Denzel Bryson to a minor league contract. The 17-year Aruban born comes from a modest season with HCAW in the Dutch hoofdklasse. Denzel broke into hoofdklasse baseball through the (now defunct) Bixie baseball academy. He debuted in the hoofdklasse with De Glaskoning Twins in Oosterhout in 2016 …
Why are some MiLB teams so eager to lose their own identity?
In the fifties, sixties, and seventies it was a common thing to name a minor league club after the parent club. Slowly things changed and nowadays most of the minor league clubs have a moniker other than the parent club. But since the start of the 2010s, there is an ongoing trend. A trend regarding …
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Dutchies around the World 2018
A new baseball season, a new round of updates about players of the Dutch Kingdom. With the Minor League season a week old now, it is time to shed a light on my fellow countrymen. MLB Even before the season started, it was clear that Ozzie Albies would be the everyday second baseman of the Atlanta …
Braves are high on Ray Patrick-Didder
Yesterday, the Atlanta Braves played their last exhibition game before Opening Day. In a nine-inning event, they took on their most promising minor league players. One of those future stars, as the team was called in the box score, was Aruba born Ray Patrick-Didder. This spring training Ray-Patrick had six at-bats with the MLB squad. Unfortunately, he …
Jair Jurrjens goes indy
Jair Jurrjens will join the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League. The league is considered as strong as AAA baseball. Jurrjens joined the Licey Tigers in the Dominican Republic this winter in an attempt to get into the picture of MLB clubs. As this didn't work out, the Ducks picked him up. With …
The HOF voting from a different point of view: Andruw Jones stays on ballot
With Jim Thome, Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman and Chipper Jones voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, the Walhalla of baseball adds four great players. But most important, from a Curaçao/ Dutch point of view is the fact that Andruw Jones stayed on the ballot. The outfielder who broke into the Majors with …
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Update on Dutchie prospects in top 50 lists
A few days ago the Dutch Baseball Hangout posted an overview of players of the Dutch Kingdom who were ranked in the top 50 prospect lists of the organization they are playing for. Here is an update on that list. Isranel (Izzy) Wilson This 19-year old talent from St. Maarten (St. Martin) is playing in the …
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