A local hero in Grand Rapdis, MI but also one in the Netherlands has passed away last Tuesday. At the age of 96, Bob Sullivan left us for baseball’s Eternal Hunting Grounds. Through the Facebook page Takemeouttotheballgame2024, the Dutch Baseball Hangout learned about the passing of Bob Sullivan. His death was announced Wednesday by Fans…
A day after the announcement that the start of the Dutch hoofdklasse season was postponed until further notice, the Dutch baseball community has to deal with another blow. The organizing committee of the Haarlem Baseball Week has announced to cancel the 2020 edition. After the Dutch government announced more restrictive measures to contain the coronavirus,…
Where bi-annual baseball tournaments in the Netherlands like the Haarlem Baseball Week (now Baseball Week Haarlem) and the World Port Tournament were sellouts in the eighties and nineties, these tournaments have suffered a downfall in attendance the last decade. In fact, you see the same trend that the regular hoofdklasse competition is suffering from. In…
After Cuba fell to Germany, Japan and Italy, it also was beaten by the Netherlands tonight. Even though the score may indicate a close game, Cuba never really was dangerous. The Dutch won 6-4. After Cuba took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, the Kingdom of the Netherlands bounced back in the second inning….
Despite getting one hit more than their opponent and despite the error their opponent committed, the Dutch could not clinch the win today as they fell 3-2 to Taiwan. Most of the action happened in the first half of the game as both teams scored their runs in or before the fifth inning. In the…
With Steve Janssen gone to the USA to try his luck in a coaching job in the Chicago Cubs organization, the Dutch national team was without a manager. Today, the KNBSB announced that the void is filled by former Curaçao Neptunus manager Evert-Jan ‘t Hoen. In the past weeks, a lot of rumors floated around…
The Haarlem Baseball Week will return for the 2018 edition. The task force that was installed to investigate the possibilities of a restart of the bi-annual baseball event has announced the preparations for the 29th edition can start. The tournament is now scheduled from July 13 through Sunday, July 22nd, 2018. According to former director…
The local newspaper “Haarlems Daglbad” made the announcement about a return of the Haarlem Baseball Week. According to the newspaper, the city of Haarlem is willing to support the event for the 2018 edition. After the 28th edition of the bi-annual event, the organization committee pulled the plug due to financial difficulties. The organization had…
It seems there is a glimmer of hope that the Haarlem Baseball Week will continue. A few baseball fans from Haarlem want to cooperate to continue the bi-annual event in 2018 According to the local Haarlem newspaper, two of the initiators are Robert Sant and Gerrit Ligtenberg, who always have felt a strong involvement with…
In a press release, the organizing committee of the Haarlem Baseball Week has announced that there will be no 29th edition in 2018. This institution of Dutch Baseball was world renowned. The 2016 appeared to be its swan song. In a press release the organizing committee explained that the financial buffer was gone after the…
