Just like three years ago, the Untouchables Paderborn (German 1. Baseball Bundesliga) will hand out another bobblehead doll. The joyful fact will happen coming Saturday, July 26. Three years ago, the Untouchables handed out the bobblehead of Oliver “der Bürgemeister” Neisemeier. This year, Octavio “Tavo” Medina will have the honor of getting a bobblehead modeled…
The unthinkable has happened. With mainly the same core as the team won the Dutch championship with in 2022, HCAW beat the reigning European Champion Parmaclima in come-back-from-behind fashion. Parmaclima 4 – 11 HCAWAfter two scoreless innings, Parma took a 2-0 lead and appeared to be on the way of three-peating. In the top of…
On the fourth day it was time for the semi-finals. One of the semi-finals was an all Dutch one between HCAW from Bussum and Amsterdam Pirates. After Amsterdam Pirates had the lead most of the game, the team from Bussum walked off as the victor. Amsterdam Pirates 3 – 4 HCAWAmsterdam Pirates opened the score…
On day three of the 2023 European Champions Cup, HCAW took on the German champion Bonn Capitals and Amsterdam Pirates faced the 2022 German runner up Untouchables Paderborn. Bonn Capitals 5 – 2 HCAWIn the past few years, the Bonn Capitals proved to be a team to be reckoned with. Even though HCAW took an…
On the second day of the European Champions Cup, the two Dutch representatives HCAW and Amsterdam Pirates took on Arrows Ostrava and Parmaclima respectively. HCAW 12 – 0 Arrows OstravaThe Dutch champion only needed seven innings to clinch the victory. The two-time Czech champion did not stand a chance as it was limited to two…
Today, the ECC teed off with the Dutch representatives playing the night cap. Amsterdam Pirates took on Draci Brno, while HCAW took on Rouen Huskies Amsterdam Pirates 3 – 4 Draci BrnoThe weird situation occurs that Amsterdam Pirates represents the Netherlands even though the club didn’t make it to the Holland Series. As the club…
After three years of baseball with the Untouchables Paderborn, Curaçao-born Phildrick Llewellyn has chosen to join another team. He will move to the reigning German champion Bonn Capitals, the opponent of Llewellyn and the Untouchables in last year’s German championship series. Before coming to Germany, Llewellyn had a career in the USA. He was signed…
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 today’s episode of “Personal Stories About…
Yesterday, yours truly went to Bonn to attend game two of the German Championship Series, between the six-time German champions Untouchables Paderborn and the one-time German champions Bonn Capitals. The weather was good, the beer was cold, the fans came in droves (about 3,000 fans in the stands and around the field), and the atmosphere…
What started as a single interview with Rick van Dijck, turns out to be a series of interviews with lesser known players from the Netherlands and the Dutch kingdom, who play abroad. This time we pay attention to Phildrick Llewellyn. For the diehard Dutch baseball fan, the name Phildrick Llewellyn may ring a bell. But…
