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European Champions Cup 2016: L&D Amsterdam Pirates a surprising winner?
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 5, 2016

You all may have noticed by now that L&D Amsterdam Pirates won the European Champions Cup by beating A.S.D. Rimini Pirates in extra innings. But was this a surprising win? Even though Curacao Neptunus won the cup last year, Italian club baseball was dominant in Europe over the past eight years. Since 1996, Neptunus from…

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Mr. Pirates wins medal of the Amsterdam Sports Council
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 3, 2016

Last week you could read here that Loek Loevendie, a.k.a. Mr. Pirates or Uncle Loek was nominated for the medal of the Amsterdam Sports Council. Yesterday was the big day at the Amsterdam city theatre. Next to Mr. Loevendi, there were four other nominees; one of them fellow Amsterdam Pirates member Esther van Ede. The…

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Mr. Pirates nominated for medal of the Amsterdam Sports Council
Byyankeebiscuitfan May 25, 2016

Loek Loevendie, also called mr. Pirates has been nominated for the 2016 medal of the Amsterdam Sports Council. Every year, the Sports Council gives this medal to a person or institution that shows devotion, courage, vision and ambition in the area of sports for the benefit of the Amsterdam civilians. With this medal the Sports Council…

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L&D Amsterdam Pirates replaces Vaessen Pioniers in ELB
Byyankeebiscuitfan September 9, 2015

Today the Euro League Baseball announced on it’s website that L&D Amsterdam Pirates will replace Vaessen Pioniers in the inaugural (2016) season of the ELB. Vaessen Pioniers has chosen for the candidate membership. After several talks between the board of L&D Amsterdam Pirates and EAPB president Wim van den Hurk, the Amsterdam based team declared that…

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