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Kingdom of the Netherlands: What conclusions can be drawn from friendly matches vs Japan?
Byyankeebiscuitfan November 14, 2016

Last Saturday and Sunday, team Kingdom of the Netherlands played two exhibition games vs team Samurai Japan. The two games were part of a four game series. Two were played between Mexico and Japan. For Japan it was a must to win all games, but one was lost to Mexico (7-3). The Dutch played two…

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Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization: Washington Nationals
Byyankeebiscuitfan September 8, 2015

Today in “Summing up the Dutchies ” the organization that used to be known as Montreal Expos. Since 2005 they are know as: Number of Dutchies: 3 Matt den Dekker: Matt den Dekker was born in the USA, but there are close ties with Dutch ancestors. Matt was drafted by the New York…

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Dutchies on play off course?
Byyankeebiscuitfan August 22, 2015

After the post about the Montgomery Biscuits being on play off course, I wondered if any of the Dutchies playing in US baseball is on play off course as well. I will only write about the teams in contention. A team like Roger Bernadina’s Albuquerque Isotopes is going nowhere this season, so it doesn’t really…

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Dutchies in the Minor Leagues, May 11
Byyankeebiscuitfan May 12, 2015

AAA The Albuquerque Isotopes fell 4-5 to the Sacramento RiverCats. Batting leadoff, Roger Bernadina went 0 for 4 with three strikouts. He also drew a walk. Matt den Dekker also hit leadoff in the Syracuse Chiefs’ 5-2 win over the Gwinnett Braves. The right fielder went 3 for 5 with a double, a strikout and…

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Dutchies in the minor leagues: Saturday, May 2
Byyankeebiscuitfan May 3, 2015

AA At AAA level two of the three Dutchies were on the DL (Roger Bernadina and Jair Jurrjens), but Roger Bernadina played his first game since his stay on the DL yesterday. Roger Bernadina went 3 for 5 with a double, two RBI, a run scored and a strikeout. So he contributed in a big…

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Yankees and Dutchies in Major League Baseball, Sunday April 12
Byyankeebiscuitfan April 13, 2015

Yesterday I expressed my displeasure with the performance of the Yankees on Saturday. Some times you wonder if the players you rant about have read your article. Nah…. I rather think that Joe Girardi showed his disgruntlement and had some tirade. Anyhow, the difference between Saturday’s game and Sunday’s game was like day and night….

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Yankees and Dutchies in MLB, Friday April 10
Byyankeebiscuitfan April 11, 2015

Once again, several Dutchies showed their defensive capabilities. It shows once more that the Dutch have a shortstop overload. The Red Sox needed two games to beat, what many call “the Nursery home. The Bosox took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning and extended it with two runs in the top of the…

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Yankees and Dutchies in the Majors, April 6
Byyankeebiscuitfan April 7, 2015

The Yankees were no match for the Blue Jays. Masahiro Tanaka could keep the Blue Jays at bay for two innings, but allowed six runs, of which five earned. Didi Gregorius didn’t get a basehit in two at bats, but reached base due to a HBP. After Brian McCann got a base on balls, Gregorius…

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Roster spots of Dutchies in US baseball
Byyankeebiscuitfan April 5, 2015

A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about Dutch and Netherlands Antillian players and where I expected them to start the season. Now is the time to come to see whether is was right or not. In case of leagues lower than AAA, the rosters will be revealed on Monday or Tuesday. So…

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Yankees and Dutchies in Spring Training, Saturday April 4
Byyankeebiscuitfan April 5, 2015

First of all I’d like to wish you all a happy Easter. Today a rather short report because hardly any Dutchies saw action yesterday. Yesterday, the very last Spring Training games were played. Today the season will officially start in Chicago, where the arch rivals Cardinals and Cubs will face each other in a Wrigley…

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