The groups of the 2016 European Championship have been announced by the CEB (European basebal confederation). The tournament will be played in the super duper, brand new Park 21 in Hoofddorp, home of the Vaessen Pioniers. The European Championship will be played from September 9 through September 18. Twelve countries will participate. The current European…
On day seven of the tournament, the Duch clinched a playoff spot by beating the French team 14-5. Sweden earned it’s first win of the tournament by beating Greece 2-0. Both teams are tied for last place in the relegation group. Sweden scored twice in the first inning and their SP Joakim Klasson kept the…
On the sixth day of the tournament the both group A and B were split in half. The top three teams group A will take on the top three teams of group B. In the opening game of the second round of the Championship group, Italy took on Spain. It was a close game in…
No surprises on day two. There were a couple of mercy rule shortened games, a game that needed extra inings and a rain shortened game. Sweden and Great Britain led off the day at 9.30. They had to catch up yesterday’s rained out game. The British won 7-1. Spain only needed six innings to beat…
The final roster for the Dutch has been published. To me there are some surprises. The last cuts have been made by manager Steve Janssen. After Roger Bernadina was called up to the Majors, one cut didn’t have to be made. Now a second one doesn’t need to be made. Juan Carlos Sulbaran has been…
