The Asia Winter Baseball league has started again. Teams with talented young players will participate. This year, like every year, the Japanese NPB, the Korean KBO and the Taiwanese CPBL will send a team. But this year the European Baseball League, CBE, will send a delegation too. This team will replace the Dominican Republic….
L&D Amsterdam Pirates (last year’s runner up in the Holland Series), Vaessen Pioniers and Corendon Kinheim prepared themselves to the upcoming season at the Charles Urbanus Tournament, organized by other Hoofdklasse club HCAW from Bussum during the Easter weekend. After HCAW from Bussum merged with Amstel Tijgers from Amsterdam prior to the 1989 season, the…
This just came in through Facebook. Lars Huijer has decided to turn his back from professional baseball. He says that he has decided to go back to school and to focus on a different career. Lars was signed by the Mariners in 2011. He debuted in the same year for the Arizona League Mariners for…
Dutch RHP Lars Huijer was mentioned in an artcle about the Cubs farm system for 2015. The 21- year old pitcher from Hoofddorp in the Netherlands is mentioned to have the best sinker in the Cubs’ farm system. Huijer was acquired in the off season by the Cubs in a trade with the Seattle Mariners….
With spring training around the corner, I thought it would be nice to give an overview of Dutch and Netherlands Antillian players who play in the US at various levels. I will drag those players into the spotlight that play on MLB, AAA, AA, A Advanced, A Full Season, A Short Season and Rookie (Appalachian…
The Chicago Cubs have sent Mike Kickham to Seattle in exchange for Dutch pitcher Lars Huijer. Lars, inhabitant of Hoofddorp in the Netherlands joined the Mariners organization in 2011. His brother Sven had a minor league career in the Red Sox organization. Lars was named Mariners pitcher of the year in 2013 when he had…
For most of the minor leagues the regular season is over. A few Dutchies will advance with their teams to the play offs in the various leagues but the most can prepare for the 2015 season. Some players will join the Dutch national team for the upcoming European Cup. A Advanced Lars Huijer: After his…
Now the play offs are over, the Dutch will focus on the upcoming European Cup first.Two years ago, the Dutch celeberated the 100th birthday of the Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation (KNBSB). Because of that the 2012 European Cup was played in the Netherlands. But what had to be a cherry on the cake turned…
My first post on this blog will be about players from the Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles playing at the following levels: A Advanced, A Full Season, A Short Season and Rookie. A Advanced Lars Huijer Recently Lars Huijer was promoted from A Full Season to A Advanced. Now Lars is pitching for the High Desert…
