In a press release, Curaçao Neptunus announced its new head coach. The former third baseman of the club, Raily Legito, will be the new skipper for the multiple Dutch champions. As a player, Legito played thirteen seasons for Neptunus in which the club won eight Dutch championships. After he hung up his spikes in 2016,…
In an exciting game that was a promotion for Dutch baseball both teams were each other’s match, Curacao Neptunus stayed at the right side of the score. After the team took a 3-0 lead, things looked gloomy for L&D Amsterdam Pirates. But the team from Amsterdam managed to bounce back before Neptunus scored the winning…
Today, normally not a game day, the game between Curacao Neptunus and L&D Amsterdam Pirates would have been played.But what should have been a fine promotion for baseball in the Netherlands, turned ugly and led to a suspension of the game. With a 2-0 lead for L&D Amsterdam Pirates in the fourth inning, Christian Diaz made…
In game three of the Holland Series, it looked like it would be a seven inning mercy rule finish, early in the game as Curacao Neptunus had a 7-0 lead after two innings. With Nick Veltkamp on the mound for Kinheim, as Tom Stuifbergen was still serving a three game suspension, Neptunus took a 2-0 lead…
After L&D Amsterdam Pirates was ousted by Curacao Neptunus two weeks ago, the Rotterdam based team took on Corendon Kinheim in game one of the Holland Series. Starter for Neptunus was Diegomar Markwell, who posted a 9-2 record and a 2.06 ERA during the regular season. Starter for Corendon Kinheim was David Bergman who had…
Yesterday the rosters of the Dutch All Star game were announced. There is a slight change regarding to previous years with the forming of the teams. In the previous years you had a North team and a South team. North mainly cointaining players form L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Corendon Kinheim, Vaessen Pioniers and HCAW. The South…
Today the two winners of the preliminary rounds of the European Cup in Rotterdam and in Paris faced each other for game one in Bologna. Fortitudo Bologna had won the tournament in Paris and advanced to the championship series. So did Curacao Neptunus from and in Rotterdam. Curacao Neptunus @ Fortitudo Bologna 3 – 5…
On day one of round six in the second half of the season the following games were scheduled: Curacao Neptunus @ UVV, Pronto DSS @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Vaessen Pioniers @ HCAW and Mampaey the Hawks @ Corendon Kinheim. Two major surprises today. Curacao Neptunus @ UVV 5 – 0 Orlando Yntema made the history…
Today the remainder of the game between Curacao Neptunus and L&D Amsterdam Pirates was played. The original game was played on June 30 in which L&D Amsterdam Pirates won 4-1. In that game Nick Urbanus of L&D Amstersdam Pirates hit with an illegal bat (one that isn’t on the CEB’s list of approved bats) according…
Maybe rather unexpected but certainly deserved, Draci Brno faced Curacao Neptunus in the final game of the 2015 European Cup in Rotterdam. What a game it was. This game was a true promotion for European baseball. Draci scored a run in the first and a run in the second to take an unexpected 2-0 lead….
