In a tweet and on his own website, Rick van den Hurk announced that he will have a weekly auction, to raise money for the Ronald McDonald Foundation. 🚨NEWS🚨Full article on website➡️: https://t.co/OcEOT3zhht #VandyforCharity pic.twitter.com/wGdS06GtZY — Rick van den Hurk (@rickvandenhurk) May 21, 2020 The Dutch-born pitcher from Eindhoven will donate game-used baseball items and…
In the past week, I posted several links to KBO (Korean Baseball Organization) games. I found a general link that leads you to all KBO games per day. https://tv.naver.com/l/livehome Enjoy.
vs Today the Kia Tigers take on the Samsung Lions in the KBO. Here is a link to the game with English commentary. http://123tvnow.com/watch/espn-2/ Enjoy.
Today, the KBO league starts after a big delay due to the coronavirus. Here is the link with which you can watch without being subscribed to watchESPN. This game is between the visiting NC Dinos and the Samsung Lions http://123tvnow.com/watch/espn-2/ Enjoy.
The Samsung Lions are the latest of four clubs admitting they have paid a former umpire. The Lions, the former club of Dutchy Rick van den Hurk paid the umpire a day before they clinched the 2013 KBO title. A senior club employee wired four million Won (USD 3,850) to a person surnamed Choi, back…
Today Roger Bernadina and Wladimir Balentien both played for their respective teams. Bernadina helped the Kia Tigers to win but Wladimir Balentien and his Yakult Swallows did have an off day. After yesterday’s convincing win, the Yakult Swallows fell to the Yokohama Baystars 6-1 Today. Wladimir Balentien went 0 for 4 as he hit into a…
Today the KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation) came with a press release that announced that pitcher Rick van den Hurk will participate in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. This is pretty much godsend for manager Hensley Meulens. With Van den Hurk, manager Meulens will get a pitcher with a lot of international experience….
According to m.appledaily.com.tw the CPBL, KBO and NPB want to organize a new post season tournament between the winners of each of those leagues. This tournament would replace the defunct Asia Series. The three leagues have planned a new tournament in November 2017 with four participants. Question is who will be the fourth particpant. Will…
Rick van den Hurk arrived in Japan yesterday to join his new team, the Softbank Hawks from Fukuoka. Shortly after his arrival he joined a training session and introduced himself to his new team members. Today the six time Japnanese champion organized a press conference to introduce the 29-year old Dutch RHP. During the last…
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Korean shortstop Jung-Ho Kang to a four year deal. The deal, pending a physical, will guarantee Kang $16 million. Kang played for the Nexen Heroes of the KBO (Korean professional league), the runner up in the Korean championship. The Nexen Heroes fell to the Samsung Lions in the championship series of…
