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At the end of the transaction period for the 2024 season, it becomes clear that Oosterhout Twins and Amsterdam Pirates are the two clubs with the least transactions. Yesterday, the Dutch Baseball Hangout reported about four new players for Oosterhout Twins, but Joost Terpstra has decided to stay with Tridents/ Curacao Neptunus. Other players that will …
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After being left off the roster of Curacao Neptunus for the 2023 season, due to an injury sustained during a moped accident, Misja Harcksen will return to the Dutch Hoofdklasse. Oosterhout Twins announced that the former minor league pitcher will join the club next season. In 2018, Harcksen played one season for the club from …
After game three of the wild card race against RCH/Pinguïns was rained out on Sunday, the game was played last night. As RCH/Pinguïns won game one and Twins won game two, it all came down to this rubber game. At "enemy" soil, Twins stayed at the right side of the score as they beat the …
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Today, yours truly went to Oosterhout to watch the matchup between host Twins and guest DSS/Kinheim from Haarlem. It wasn't the best of games, but at least it was entertaining, as a lot happened. Eventually, Oosterhout Twins stayed at the right side of the score. DSS/Kinheim 3 - 11 Oosterhout TwinsUntil the seventh inning, the …
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On the second day of round two in the Dutch hoofdklasse, Oosterhout Twins hosted Hoofddorp Pioniers. In an eleven run game between two very young teams, Twins stayed at the right side of the score after yesterday's victory. Hoofddorp Pioniers 4 - 7 Oosterhout TwinsAn unusual starting pitcher for Oosterhout Twins. Raf Cocu, who performed …
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Through the club's Instagram account, it was announced that former player of Oosterhout Twins will join the Brasschaat Braves for the 2023 season. The departure of Axel Poesmans to that same Oosterhout Twins left a void that Martina will fill. Catcher Axel Poesmans was acquired by Oosterhout Twins because Jason Halman called it a career …
Through their Instagram account, Oosterhout Twins announced the signing of a pitcher from Czechia for the 2023 season. With the loss of Ryan Huntington, Oosterhout Twins had to look for pitchers outside the borders of the Netherlands to strengthen its pitching staff. The pitcher we are talking about is Filip Čapka. Čapka played for the …
According to the website of Oosterhout Twins, the club will move on with more home grown players. As a result, several hired guns that dominated the lineup in the past years will not return. Also, manager Adonis Kemp will leave after just one season at the helm of the flagship team. On its website, Twins …
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For the first time since 2015, we will have a different Holland Series than the L&D Amsterdam Pirates vs Curaçao Neptunus matchup we grew accustomed to. Thanks to a 3-1 win over reigning champions L&D Amsterdam Pirates, HCAW advanced to the 2022 Holland Series, and thus we will have a new Dutch champion. L&D Amsterdam …
On the third day of the Top Four Competition in the 2022 Dutch Hoofdklasse, the following games were scheduled: L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Curaçao Neptunus and Oosterhout Twins @ HCAW. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 8 - 3 Curaçao NeptunusL&D Amsterdam Pirates completed the sweep over Curaçao Neptunus, but the final score did not represent the real …
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On the second day of round six in the Top Four Competition in the Dutch hoofdklasse, the following matchups were scheduled: Curaçao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates and HCAW @ Oosterhout Twins. Curaçao Neptunus 2 - 4 L&D Amsterdam After a close win over Curaçao Neptunus on Thursday night, L&D Amsterdam Pirates stayed at the right …
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On the third day of the third round in the top four competition in the Dutch hoofdklasse, the following games were scheduled: HCAW @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Curaçao Neptunus @ Oosterhout Twins. In both matchups, the good guys won 😉 HCAW 1 - 3 L&D Amsterdam PiratesAfter losing the previous two games 1-8 and …
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After the regular competition has ended. the Dutch hoofdklasse has been split up into two groups: The top four (with L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Curaçao Neptunus, HCAW, and Oosterhout Twins) and the bottom five group (with DSS/Kinheim, Storks, RCH Memorie Sieraden, Quick Amersfoort, and Hoofddorp Pioniers. In the top four group, the following games were scheduled: …
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In the final round of the regular season, the following games were scheduled for the first day: Curaçao Neptunus @ HCAW, Hoofddorp Pioniers @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Quick Amersfoort @ Storks, and DSS/Kinheim @ Oosterhout Twins. Curaçao Neptunus 9 - 1 HCAWSo far, HCAW had lost only one game during the regular season, so last …
On the third day of the sixth round in the 2022 Dutch hoofdklasse, the following games were scheduled: HCAW @ Storks, Curaçao Neptunus @ RCH Memorie Sieraden, DSS/Kinheim @ Quick Amersfoort, and Oosterhout Twins @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates. HCAW 6 - 0 StorksA clear victory for HCAW in a game in which Storks didn't stand …
On the second day of the sixth round in the Dutch hoofdklasse, the following games were scheduled: RCH Memorie Sieraden @ Curaçao Neptunus, Quick Amersfoort @ DSS/Kinheim, Storks @ HCAW, and L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Oosterhout Twins. Except for one game, all games were close affairs. RCH Memorie Sieraden 5 - 7 Curaçao NeptunusA close …
On the first day of the sixth round in the 2022 Dutch hoofdklasse, the following games were scheduled: HCAW @ Silicon Storks, Curaçao Neptunus @ RCH Memorie Sieraden, DSS/Kinheim @ Quick Amersfoort, and Oosterhout Twins @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates. HCAW 12 - 1 StorksHCAW needed a bit more than two hours to finish last night's …
On the third day of the fourth round of the 2022 Dutch hoofdklasse, the following games were scheduled: Storks @ Pioniers, RCH Memorie Sieraden @ Quick Amersfoort, L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ DSS/Kinheim, and Oosterhout Twins @ Curaçao Neptunus. Storks 4 - 0 Hoofddorp PioniersA very close game until the ninth inning. Storks took a 1-0 …
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