The Stuttgart Reds of the Deutsche Baseball Liga has hired a player from Curaçao as replacement for Austin Bull, who is injured for an undisclosed amount of time. The twenty-year-old former Yankee farmhand, Joshua Leito has been signed. He will serve as infielder and as relief pitcher. Leito spent three seasons in Rookie ball in…
Last weekend, the new ballpark of the Stuttgart Reds was opened with a home series against the Mainz Athletics. Unfortunately for the Reds, the Athletics spoiled their party as they swept the team from Stuttgart. With the ballpark not completely finished, the Dutch Baseball Hangout asked the Reds’ Chris Manske what further construction will happen….
For the 2023 season, the Stuttgart Reds went overseas to acquire a pitcher. They found one in Aruban-born Johnaikel Acosta, who has some experience in the Dutch hoofdklasse. Born in 1999, Johnaikel made his first steps in baseball at the age of three. At the age of seventeen, he moved to the USA to play…
This series is inspired by the must read book “All Caps, Stories That Justify an Outrageous Hat Collection”by Craig Colby. Craig wrote this book about the many caps he has and the stories behind it. Anyhow, this series will be about the caps I own and the stories behind them. In this episode of “Personal Stories…
Today, yours truly attended his second game/doubleheader during his German vacation. The Stuttgart Reds hosted the Mainz Athletics. The weather was gorgeous, the beer was cold, and the hotdogs warm. In other words, perfect conditions for a ball game. The Mainz Athletics won game one 9-2, the Stuttgart Reds won game two 8-6, thanks to…
During my vacation in Southern Germany, yours truly intends to attend some baseball games. Today, I attended the first one, a game between the Stuttgart Reds and the IT-Sure Falcons from Ulm. For most of the game, the Falcons had a 1-0 lead, but in the ninth, the pitching collapsed and the Stuttgart Reds won…
Today, the DBV (German Baseball and Softball Federation) announced the format that will be used for the 1. Bundesliga in Germany. Last weekend it was leaked already that the season will start in the weekend of August 8/9. Last weekend the format of this year’s 1. Bundesliga was still up in the air. Clubs could…
Also some positive baseball news from Germany. According to the Facebook page of the Berlin Flamingos, the 1. Bundesliga, Germany’s highest baseball league, will start on the weekend of 8/9 August. As a result, it will be a shortened season. But the start of the season will only take place if the announced facilitation of…
Meerlease Pioniers has to do without their British pitcher Paul Kirkpatrick next season as he has opted to play for Fortitudo Bologna next season. Kirkpatrick was mainly used as a reliever but still made four starts for the team from Hoofddorp. Like the past two seasons, Fortitudo Bologna is roaming European baseball, looking for European…
On the second day of the German Bundesliga Baseball, the fans could enjoy a couple of monster scores, at least those who rooted for the winning team. Today several players with a link to Dutch baseball made their appearance. Bremen Dockers @ Solingen Alligators In both games, the Bremen Dockers were no match for the…
