In the final of the Federation Cup in Zürich, Hoboken Pioneers clinched an easy victory over Swedish champions Rättvik Butchers. In nine innings Hoboken beat Rättvik 5-0. Even though today’s result wasn’t a blowout score, Rättvik never came close to winning this game. In no inning, the Butchers did not get past second base. In the…
In its third match of the tournament, Hoboken Pioneers was much too strong for the Rättvik Butchers. In seven innings, the Pioneers shoved the Swedish champion aside. Hoboken Pioneers 16 – 3 Rättvik Butchers Right in the first inning, Hoboken Pioneers struck hard. Benjamin Goffaux opened the score on an RBI single by Luis Unda, …
The runner up of last year’s Belgian Series, Hoboken Pioneers, was much too strong for the organizing team, Zürich Barracudas from Switzerland. Defensive-wise, it wasn’t the best of games, as both teams committed three errors. Pioneers needed nine innings to clinch a 9-2 victory. Already in the first inning, Hoboken took the lead and never…
On the second day of the European Championship Baseball 2023, one of Europe’s power houses made quite a misstep against Sweden. The Scandinavian country had some US-born players on its roster, but the vast majority is Swedish-born. 3 – 8 For three innings, both teams were kept in check by the opponent’s pitcher. But…
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. This episode of “Personal…
What started as a single interview with Rick van Dijck, the Dutch Baseball Hangout is trying to make this a returning item: To interview the not so famous Dutch players abroad. In this second interview, we are paying attention to Nick van der Kooi. Nick van der Kooi is from the Dutch Province of Friesland…
Lately, Sweden was hit hard by the coronavirus but nevertheless, the country’s baseball federation decided to start playing. The highest Swedish League, the Eliteserien, will also start on July 1st. Unlike many other European countries, the Swedish government did not impose a lockdown. On the contrary. The Swedish people were asked to stay home as…
About two weeks ago you could read an article about Jakob Syrén, who was looking for a new club. Thanks to that blog post quite some clubs contacted him. As a result, he has signed a contract with one of the premier German clubs. After the aforementioned blog post, the Swedish reliever was approached by…
For those clubs who are looking for a standout reliever, this is your chance. Jakob Syrén from Sweden is available after he wasn’t offered a new contract with his former club from the Dutch hoofdklasse. Coming from Leksand, it is not strange, Jakob got to play baseball as that is one of the biggest sports…
For the website Twinsbaseball.nl, I interviewed Swedish pitcher Jakob Syrén. Jakob is one of the relievers of De Glaskoning Twins of the Dutch hoofdklasse. I translated the interview into English so you can read it as well. According to Jakob, baseball is a micro sport in Sweden. About 650 people are playing the sport so…
