Roger Bernadia former outfielder of the Washington Nationals and now playing for the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Colorado Rockies organization was prepared to do an interview with me for this blog. First of all I would like to thank Roger for the fact that he has taken the time to answer my questions. Because of…
In “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization this time the: Number of Dutchies: 2 Roger Bernadina: Roger signed a deal with the predecessor of the Washington Nationals, the Montreal Expos in 2002. The (now) 31-year old outfielder from Curacao made his first steps in pro ball with the GCL Expos…
After days of signing Dutchie talents, summing up Dutchies, reporting about the European Cup and the Dutch Hoofdklasse, now a more playful article. The other day I saw a nice item about baseball caps of the seventies. Those born after the seventies must know that it was an era in which baseball uniforms had the wildest…
New MLB commissioner, Rob Manfred, sees Montreal as a viable city for Major League baseball under the right circumstances. Thanks to the Jeffrey Loria/ Bud Selig combo, the Expos disappeared from the baseball map and moved south of the border to become the Washington Nationals. Last year the two game exhibition series between the Toronto…
Sometimes I wonder if the Montreal Expos still would have been the Montreal Expos if they had kept all the great players that they produced and had on their roster. Especially in the 90s they had a lot of good players on their roster that had great careers elsewhere later. But in general the Expos…
I know, I know, this is not something related to Dutch baseball. But since I am a Yankee fan, I allow myself to write something other than Dutch baseball alone, once in a while. I read a post on river avenue blues, a blog about the New York Yankees, that the Bronx Bombers are mulling…
I have written this article for the Cuban Baseball Magazine Universo Beisbol, which you can find at my favorite links bottom left of this blog. In this piece, I’d like to point out why I think Jeffrey Loria is a pest for the game of baseball. I keep him responsible for the demise of the…
