As DSS/Kinheim and Oosterhout Twins did not play their series in round six, two weeks ago, they faced each other for game one tonight. As Twins still doesn’t have proper lighting, the team played its home game at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, home of DSS/Kinheim. DSS/Kinheim 6 – 2 Oosterhout TwinsTonight’s game was…
With the transition period of Dutch baseball ending today, Oosterhout Twins is the first to present its new additions. The core of last year’s team is staying. A total of three have left the hoofdklasse team and there are four new faces. Perhaps the most surprising addition to the 2021 roster is Urving Kemp. Urving…
Dutch baseball magazine Fastball Magazine announced today that Urving Kemp and Christian Diaz will be banned for four years after testing positive for PED use. Last summer both players were caught. After both players were caught, they were banned temporarily. The KNBSB (Dutch Royal Baseball and Softball Federation) gave the two cases to the I.S.R. (institution…
About a month and a half after Curaçao Neptunus’ Urvin Kemp was suspended because of alleged PED use. Earlier this week, strong rumors about a second player swirled around. And indeed a second player of Curaçao Neptunus has been suspended. In this case Christian Diaz. After I was informed about the rumors, I did some research and…
Today, the press officer of Curaçao Neptunus released a press release about one of the players of the club. The KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation) has informed the club Urving Kemp has been suspended for the time being. Urving is the younger brother of Neptunus’ infielder Dwayne Kemp. The press release stated that Urving…
That baseball is an unpredictable game was proven by team Europe and the KBO today. The KBO had won 9 games out of 13, Europe only won 2 out of 13. But the unthinkable happened in the first two innings. Europe scored six runs in the first inning and four in the second to take…
In an exciting game that was tied for the biggest part, Europe gave away a one run lead in the final at bat of Chinese Taipei. A solo homerun by pinch hitter Du Li Xuan brought the Taiwanese next to the Europeans. Europe took a 2-0 lead in the first inning and added two more in…
Apparently team Europe likes to play teams from Taiwan. A few days ago, the team clinched the first win vs the CPBL team and today it beat Chinese Taipei. For a long time the game was tied. In every inning that the opponent scored the Europeans scored as many runs. But an offensive outburst in…
In a game in which team Europe collected more hits than their opponent, the opponent (NPB West) was more clutch. Even though the Europeans were not blown away, they never stood a chance and fell to the Japanese team 10-5. The foundation for today’s loss was laid in the fourth inning. Taylor Clemensia started well…
After a day of rest, team Europe took on the NPB East team (which is a kind of all star team of the NPB Ni-Gun League (minor league) of the NPB’s Central League (one of the two Japanese Major Leagues). The Europeans managed to tie the game after trailing by three runs but eventually gave it…
