Looking for logos for this blog post wasn't easy at all. Many clubs have just the name in some kind of script as their logo. Others have rather dull logos. It is like the Dutch proverb "Act normal, then you are acting strange enough" is reflecting on the baseball logos in the Netherlands. Eventually, I …
My top 10 of Dutch baseball caps
As you might know by now, I am an avid ball cap collector. It all started with MLB caps, then I switched to MiLB caps and my latest craze is Dutch and European caps. Mostly I like to collect European and Dutch caps because they are not as easy to come by. You can buy …
Promotion/relegation competition 2017: Round 3, day 2
On the second day of round three in the promotion/relegation group, DSS and De Glaskoning Twins swept their opponent to secure their stay in the hoofdklasse. Quick Amersfoort stayed in the race for promotion by sweeping Onze Gezellen to keep them winless. DSS 8 - 3 Storks After beating Storks on the previous day in …
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Promotion/relegation competition 2017: Round 3, day 1
On the first day of the third round of the promotion/relegation competition, Pickles UVV hosted De Glaskoning Twins, DSS hosted Storks and Quick Amersfoort "hosted" Onze Gezellen. De Glaskoning Twins 4 - 1 Pickles UVV For the players of De Glaskoning Twins, this was a makeup game for the games they lost against Pickles UVV …
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Promotion/ relegation competition 2017: Round 2, day 2
On day two of round two, the hoofdklasse clubs all had the home advantage. DSS mashed Quick Amersfoort in seven innings, Storks handed Pickles UVV its second loss in this weekend and De Glaskoning Twins needed eight innings to finish the job vs Onze Gezellen. Quick Amersfoort 0 - 11 DSS DSS needed seven innings …
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Dutch promotion/ relegation competition 2017: Round 2, day 1
All hoofdklasse teams were hosted by the overgangsklasse teams today. De Glaskoning Twins finished off Onze Gezellen in seven innings, DSS beat Quick Amersfoort with a ten run margin and Pickles UVV bumped into its second loss in as many weeks. De Glaskoning Twins 12 - 1 Onze Gezellen Seven innings is what De Glaskoning …
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Promotion/relegation group: Round 1, day 2
On the second day of round two of the promotion/ relegation competition, DSS and De Glaskoning Twins clinched their second victory. Pickles UVV, on the other hand, made a mistake by losing to Quick Amersfoort. Pickles UVV 6 - 11 Quick Amersfoort In a back-and-forth affair, the sixth inning made the difference for Quick Amersfoort. …
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Promotion/relegation group 2017: Round 1, day 1
Unlike the teams in the hoofdklasse playoffs, the teams in the promotion/relegation group will only play on Saturday and Sunday. This is a big advantage for the three clubs from the hoofdklasse because their rotation is made for three games per week instead of two. On the first day of the first round, DSS hosted Onze …
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Final standings Dutch overgangsklasse set….after a lot of hustle and bustle
Last week, you could read here about a boneheaded move by the KNBSB that led to a huge discussion on Facebook. Due to the use of an "iniquitous" player, Tridents, the farm team of Curaçao Neptunus, was punished. The KNBSB deducted two points from their total in the standings and the game in which they …
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Battle for promotion in Dutch overgangsklasse not done yet
Since last weekend, the teams who will participate in the promotion/relegation group seemed to be set. Next to the three Dutch hoofdklasse clubs DSS, Pickles UVV and De Glaskoning Twins, three clubs from the overgangsklasse (one level below the hoofdklasse) appeared to be Storks (The Hague), Onze Gezellen (Haarlem) and Quick Amersfoort. But a fourth …
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