Yesterday the third Curacao Baseball Week started with a press conference. Attendants were (amongst others) initiators Blue Bay Resort Curacao, Hensley Meulens, Ben Thijssen and Jair Jurrjens. During the first two days, clinics will be organized for local coaches. Next to Hensley Meulens, Steve Janssen (KNBSB), Ron Wotus (San Francisco Giants), Martijn Nijhoff (KNBSB) and …
US Ambassador will try to get MLB games to the Netherlands
Timothy Broas, the Uniteds States ambassador in the Netherlands, will be backing the efforts to get MLB games to the Netherlands. He said that last Monday during a reception that was organized for the occasion of the MLB Elite Camp for European baseball talents in Hoofddorp (about 15 km South of Amsterdam) at the US …
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Billy Beane gets involved in soccer
Baseball news and yet not. Oakland Athletics' general manager Billy Beane has accepted a job with Dutch soccer club AZ from Alkmaar. AZ stands for Alkmaar (the renowned cheese city) and Zaanstreek (Zaan area. The Zaan is a small river in the area just north of Amsterdam). Recently the club acquired former Yankee shortstop and …
Robert Eenhoorn in the center of the attention during Dutch Star Awards
Tonight the KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation) organized the Star Awards. An evening where several prices were given to softball and baseball players from the Dutch Hoofdklasse. I will focus on the baseball awards. But the night was built around Robert Eenhoorn, former shortstop of the New York Yankees. For years, after his …
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History of Dutch baseball: 2000 –
The new millennium started with a blast for the Dutch baseball world. With the Olympic baseball tournament in Sydney, the Dutch upset the Cubans by beating them 4-2. For the first time, the best possible team with (former) pro players that played in the US was put together. Players like Hensley Meulens, Rikkert Faneyte, Ralph …
Dutch Baseball Hangout 
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