I was informed by Jim Allen, a US baseball journalist who resides in Japan,that Wladimir Balentien told him that his team, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, only allows him to participate in the Premier 12 tournament as a DH. This may cause a problem for team Kingdom of the Netherlands as Hensley Meulens may use Andruw Jones…
Today the Dutch team, now operation under the name Kingdom of the Netherlands, held a press conference at the Blue Bay Curaçao Golf & Beach Resort. The name Kingdom of the Netherlands is displayed on the new jersey that the team will wear during the Premier 12 tournament in November. Underneath the name seven flags…
The Dutch national team went to Curacao to prepare for the upcoming Premier 12 tournament which will start on November 8. The players arrived at the Blue Bay Curaçao Golf & Beach Resort in Willemstad yesterday. At the resort the local players that received a call up joined the team, together with manager Hensley Meulens. Meulens…
The website of the KNBSB announced that Hensley Meulens will be the manager of the Dutch national team during the inaugural Premier 12 tournament. Meulens was the manager of the Dutch during the 2013 World Baseball Classic, not without succes as the Dutch reached the semi finals in which they fell to the Dominican Republic by…
Tonight the KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation) organized the Star Awards. An evening where several prices were given to softball and baseball players from the Dutch Hoofdklasse. I will focus on the baseball awards. But the night was built around Robert Eenhoorn, former shortstop of the New York Yankees. For years, after his…
The new millennium started with a blast for the Dutch baseball world. With the Olympic baseball tournament in Sydney, the Dutch upset the Cubans by beating them 4-2. For the first time, the best possible team with (former) pro players that played in the US was put together. Players like Hensley Meulens, Rikkert Faneyte, Ralph…
A week ago I wrote about an article on the website of ESPN. It claimed that the 2014 World Series would be the worst ever. So now the World Series are over, can we conclude that these were the worst World Series ever? Not as far as I am concerned. In the meantime I have…
vs Yesterday I wrote that this years’ World Series end in a way how every World Series should end: With a game seven. I can say that every game seven should be like this years’ game seven. Once again it was a nailbiter. Jeremy Guthrie started very well by retiring the first three batters…
vs The game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the team of batting coach Hensley Meulens went back and forth a couple of times. Both teams had a lead before it was tied in the eighth on a solo homer by Michael Morse; the Giants relied on the long ball very much last…
vs In game three in San Francisco, the score was tied after nine innings, so extra innings were needed. The team of hitting coach Hensley Meulens took a 4-0 lead in the first inning. But when the game continued, the Cardinals inched closer and eventually they scored the tying run in the…
