Kingdom of the Netherlands 8 – 3 Sweden In the final game of today, Sweden took on Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was not a good game: slow and plenty of errors (four on both sides). The Swedish manager brought pitcher Michael Fasth to the mound to start the game. But his pitching…
In a press release, the KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation) announced the roster of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the upcoming European Cup. One very well known name that is back on the list is that of Roger Bernadina. Two years ago, Roger was about to leave for Europe to join the Netherlands…
Recently I went to the US for a month. Here are some baseball (related) photos of that trip. It is one of the rare photos only posts. Cashman Stadium, home of the Las Vegas 51s. The iconic light towers of Cashman Stadium David Dahl, shortly before he was promoted to the Colorado Rockies. The pitch…….
There are a lot of players from the Dutch Kingdom active in the Minor Leagues. The biggest chunk of them comes from Curacao and Aruba. Here is an overview of those players playing in AAA, AA, A Advanced and A Full Season. AAA Roger Bernadina is having a good season so far. At bat he…
Yesterday it was Opening Day in most of the Minor Leagues. Only at A Short Season level and at Rookie level the season will start later. How did the Dutchies do yesterday? Here is an overview. AAA Jurickson Profar played with the Round Rock Express (Texas Rangers affliate) @ the Iowa Cubs. The Express won…
By far not every minor league roster has been revealed but on several websites of minor league clubs you can see the name of players that has been placed their by the Major League parent club. Here is provisional overview. Not everything is clear yet, so updates will follow. Chadwick Tromp: The 21-year old Aruban catcher…
The New York Mets and Roger Bernadina have agreed on a minor league contract with an invitation for Spring Training. The Curacao native played several years for the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals organization, debuting in the Bigs in 2008 and having his best season in 2012 when he hit .291 with five homeruns and eleven doubles. During…
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…
Over the past few seasons Roger Bernadina struggled at bat. After a career year with the Nationals in 2012, in which he batted .291 with a .372 OBP, 66 hits (of which eleven doubles and five homeruns). After that season his numbers went down, In 2013 he hit .178 with the Nationals before they released…
