Today was the second day of the play offs and the runner up competiton (play downs). Kinheim hosted Curacao Neptunus again and L&D Amsterdam Pirates had the home field advantage vs Vaessen Pioniers. Curacao Neptunus 13 – 3 Kinheim Once again Curacao Neptunus was much too strong for Kinheim. After two innings the team from…
Baseball is losing ground. Not only in the USA but also in the Netherlands. Less fans that head to the ballparks. Less people that play the game. Thirty years ago, some Hoofdklasse games drew around 800 – 1,000 fans per game easily. Nowadays clubs are happy if there are 100-200 fans in the stands. What needs to be…
A rarity, Hoofdklasse baseball games on a Friday. Because all games were rained out yesterday, the games were moved to today. In the play offs Kinheim hosted Curacao Neptunus and L&D Amsterdam Pirates was the home team vs Vaessen Pioniers. In the runner up competition (play downs), DSS hosted HCAW and Pickles UVV headed to…
On the final day of the regular season the following games were scheduled: Pickles UVV @ Vaessen Pioniers, DSS @ HCAW, De Glaskoning Twins @ Kinheim and L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Curacao Neptunus. In contrast to yesterday, only one game had a surprising outcome. Pickles UVV 14 – 7 Vaessen Pioniers Vaessen Pioniers clearly did…
On the second day of the final round of the regular season, the following games were scheduled: HCAW @ DSS, Kinheim @ De Glaskoning Twins, Curacao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Vaessen Pioniers @ Pickles UVV. There were some surprising results perhaps because the play off spots were taken. HCAW 15 – 17 DSS…
On the first day of the final round of the regular season, the following games were scheduled: Curacao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Kinheim @ De Glaskoning Twins, HCAW @ DSS, Vaessen Pioniers @ Pickles UVV. Vaessen Pionniers 9 – 0 Pickles UVV Vaessen Pioniers has emerged as a real contender during this season. The…
Another game postponed today as the infield of Pickles UVV looked like a swimming pool. The games that were played were those between Kinheim and DSS, Curacao Neptunus and Vaessen Pioniers and L&D Amsterdam Pirates and HCAW. Kinheim 7 – 2 DSS After the previous two games were played at the ballpark of Kinheim, both teams…
Another game that was canceled due to wet circumstances . The field of L&D Amsterdam Pirates was flooded. All the other games were played. A very surprising result in Rotterdam between Curacao Neptunus and Vaessen Pioniers. De Glaskoning Twins hosted Pickles UVV and DSS crossed the street to face neighbour Kinheim. DSS 1 – 11…
Baseball a summer sport? So far Dutch baseball season looks like fall or a monsoon season. Rain keeps falling down and once again, two games were rained out tonight: Vaessen Pioniers @ Curacao Neptunus and HCAW @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates. The two games that went on were Pickles UVV @ De Glaskoning Twins and DSS…
Today the third round was played when Curacao Neptunus hosterd HCAW, L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted Pickles UVV, De Glaskoning Twins was the home team vs DSS and Vaessen Pioniers headed to neighbouring Haarlem to take on Kinheim. HCAW 0 – 2 Curacao Neptunus In a real pitching match up between Kenny van den Branden and…
