On the second day of the final round of the play offs and runner up competition Curacao Neptunus hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Vaessen Pioniers took on Kinheim in a lopsided game, UVV hosted DSS in another very lopsided game and HCAW hosted De Glaskoning Twins in another high scoring game. Kinheim 1 – 9 Vaessen…
On the first day of the final round of the play offs and of the runner up competition, the following games were scheduled: Vaessen Pioniers hosted Kinheim, L&D Amsterdam took on Curacao Neptunus in Rotterdam, HCAW hosted De Glaskoning Twins and UVV hosted DSS. Kinheim 4 – 5 Vaessen Pioniers Against all odds, Kinheim took…
Tonight the rained out games of Sunday August 21 were played. A very unusual day because normally those games are played on a Tuesday. Anyhow, HCAW headed to Pickles UVV, De Glaskoning Twins went to Haarlem to face DSS and L&D Amsterdam Pirates also went to Haarlem, but across the street of DSS, to face…
Today Curacao Neptunus hosted Vaessen Pioniers and blew a big lead. L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted Kinheim. UVV clinched a surprising win against HCAW in Bussum and DSS blew a 3-0 lead @ De Glaskoning Twins. Kinheim 1 – 8 L&D Amsterdam Pirates Robin Schel dominated the Kinheim lineup today. In nine innings, he surrendered only…
In the second round of the play offs and the runner up competition (play downs), the following games were scheduled: Kinheim @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Vaessen Pioniers @ Curacao Neptunus, DSS @ De Glaskoning Twins and Pickles UVV @ HCAW. Kinheim 5 – 3 L&D Amsterdam Pirates For two innings both teams did not score…
On the final day of the first round of the play offs and the runner up competition (play downs), Vaessen Pioniers hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Curacao Neptunus hosted Kinheim, De Glaskoning Twins headed to Utrecht to face Pickles UVV and DSS was the visiting team in Bussum as they took on HCAW. Kinheim 9 –…
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…
