Like every year, it is quite a carousel during the transition period in Bussum. HCAW, that reached the playoffs for the third year in a row, lost many players but also saw many players join the club. In total, twelve players went to other clubs. The most remarkable and painful loss may be pitcher Kaj…
Oosterhout Twins that didn’t make it to the playoffs last season, has added several new players to its roster. The club has added two players from Curaçao Neptunus, one from DSS, one from HCAW and one from Quick Amersfoort. The club saw four players leave: one to Curaçao Neptunus, one to HCAW and two to…
Reigning European and Dutch champion Curaçao Neptunus did not make a lot of moves during this year’s transition period. Even though the club saw four players leave, the club added only two players from outside the club to its roster. According to manager Ronald Jaarsma, it was hard to give three of his younger players…
Dutch hoofdklasse club HCAW from Bussum announced which players have left the club and which ones will join the club for the 2019 season. Three players hung up their spikes, five moved elsewhere and the team got six new players in return. The three players that decided to call it quits are Vince Rooi, Bryce…
The Dutch U-18 squad managed to win the 2018 European title by beating Spain 6-3. Luuk ter Beek pitched a gem and kept the Spanish scoreless in eight innings. It wasn’t really a close game but the Dutch did not manage to walk away from their opponent. In the first four innings, the Dutch jumped…
The Kingdom of the Netherlands shoved aside the still winless Ukraine 17-0. Starting pitcher Chris Stuart took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning but it was spoiled with two outs. Thanks to this win, the Dutch will advance to the semis as the winner of group A. Chris Stewart was dominating the Ukraine lineup…
In a game of which the score moved back and forth, the Dutch stayed at the right side of the score. The pitching struggled at times and gave away the lead in the sixth but eventually the Dutch bounced back to walk off the field with a 17-7 win. The 17-7 may not reflect the…
Only five innings was what the Dutch needed to shove aside Great Britain. The Kingdom of the Netherlands showed no mercy as the team outscored their opponent 21-2 and outhit them 15-4. Eight of the twenty-one runs the Dutch scored were unearned thanks to the five errors the British defense committed. After a slow start…
In an exciting game, L&D Amsterdam Pirates had a lead for eight and a half innings but eventually, the team gave away the win as they failed to take advantage of runners in scoring position. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 4 – 5 Curaçao Neptunus By the fourth inning, Pirates had collected seven hits but had scored only…
Sensational! Unbelievable! What else can you name it? A country debuting at the Colt League World Series goes the distance. That’s the story of this year’s Colt League World Series in a nutshell. The Dutch team beat Upland 6-0. Even though it wasn’t a walk over like the previous three games, the win was never…
