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The Lincoln Saltdogs have signed the next Dutchie. After Shairon Martis, Curt Smith (who has joined Pioniers of the Dutch hoofdklasse but only will play there in the play offs when the Saltdogs are eliminated), Randolph Oduber and Dashenko Ricardo, the team signed Christopher Garia on November 18. Garia sustained an injury during Spring Training …
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The month of October has passed and so has the transition period in Dutch baseball . The top two teams in Dutch baseball, L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Curacao Neptunus did not acquire many players this year. Especially in the lower ranks of the hoofdklasse were a lot of moves made. European champion L&D Amsterdam Pirates saw …
Dutch Hoofdklasse baseball club from Hoofddorp, Vaessen Pioniers has reached an initial agreement with manager Dè Flanegin to extend the contract between the two parties with another year. A year sounds short but doesn't need to be bad. Walter Alston, manager of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers spent 22 years with the Dodgers only on …
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In the recent weeks it became all too clear that the current way to qualify for the European Champions Cup has its flaws. The Dutch competition is set up in such a way that the winner of the regular competition earns a ticket to the ECC. The other ticket goes to the team that reaches …
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Today was the very last day of the play offs and of the runner up competion. In fact only two games mattered today: Curacao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Vaessen Pioniers @ Kinheim. Neptunus already clinched a spot in the Holland Series (Dutch championship series) but there was still a battle between L&D Amsterdam …
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On the second day of the final round of the play offs and runner up competition Curacao Neptunus hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Vaessen Pioniers took on Kinheim in a lopsided game, UVV hosted DSS in another very lopsided game and HCAW hosted De Glaskoning Twins in another high scoring game. Kinheim 1 - 9 Vaessen …
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On the first day of the final round of the play offs and of the runner up competition, the following games were scheduled: Vaessen Pioniers hosted Kinheim, L&D Amsterdam took on Curacao Neptunus in Rotterdam, HCAW hosted De Glaskoning Twins and UVV hosted DSS. Kinheim 4 - 5 Vaessen Pioniers Against all odds, Kinheim took …
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In the Hoofdklasse play offs and runner up competition all games but one was rained out. The only game that went on was the one between Vaessen Pioniers and Curacao Neptunus. After losing two games Neptunus avoided being swept by winning the last game with big numbers. Curacao Neptunus 10 - 5 Vaessen Pioniers After …
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Today Curacao Neptunus hosted Vaessen Pioniers and blew a big lead. L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted Kinheim. UVV clinched a surprising win against HCAW in Bussum and DSS blew a 3-0 lead @ De Glaskoning Twins. Kinheim 1 - 8 L&D Amsterdam Pirates Robin Schel dominated the Kinheim lineup today. In nine innings, he surrendered only …
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In the second round of the play offs and the runner up competition (play downs), the following games were scheduled: Kinheim @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Vaessen Pioniers @ Curacao Neptunus, DSS @ De Glaskoning Twins and Pickles UVV @ HCAW. Kinheim 5 - 3 L&D Amsterdam Pirates For two innings both teams did not score …
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On the final day of the first round of the play offs and the runner up competition (play downs), Vaessen Pioniers hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Curacao Neptunus hosted Kinheim, De Glaskoning Twins headed to Utrecht to face Pickles UVV and DSS was the visiting team in Bussum as they took on HCAW. Kinheim 9 - …
Continue reading "Dutch Hoofdklasse 2016: Play offs and runners up, Sunday August 14"
Today was the second day of the play offs and the runner up competiton (play downs). Kinheim hosted Curacao Neptunus again and L&D Amsterdam Pirates had the home field advantage vs Vaessen Pioniers. Curacao Neptunus 13 - 3 Kinheim Once again Curacao Neptunus was much too strong for Kinheim. After two innings the team from …
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A rarity, Hoofdklasse baseball games on a Friday. Because all games were rained out yesterday, the games were moved to today. In the play offs Kinheim hosted Curacao Neptunus and L&D Amsterdam Pirates was the home team vs Vaessen Pioniers. In the runner up competition (play downs), DSS hosted HCAW and Pickles UVV headed to …
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On the final day of the regular season the following games were scheduled: Pickles UVV @ Vaessen Pioniers, DSS @ HCAW, De Glaskoning Twins @ Kinheim and L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Curacao Neptunus. In contrast to yesterday, only one game had a surprising outcome. Pickles UVV 14 - 7 Vaessen Pioniers Vaessen Pioniers clearly did …
On the second day of the final round of the regular season, the following games were scheduled: HCAW @ DSS, Kinheim @ De Glaskoning Twins, Curacao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Vaessen Pioniers @ Pickles UVV. There were some surprising results perhaps because the play off spots were taken. HCAW 15 - 17 DSS …
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On the first day of the final round of the regular season, the following games were scheduled: Curacao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Kinheim @ De Glaskoning Twins, HCAW @ DSS, Vaessen Pioniers @ Pickles UVV. Vaessen Pionniers 9 - 0 Pickles UVV Vaessen Pioniers has emerged as a real contender during this season. The …
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Another game postponed today as the infield of Pickles UVV looked like a swimming pool. The games that were played were those between Kinheim and DSS, Curacao Neptunus and Vaessen Pioniers and L&D Amsterdam Pirates and HCAW. Kinheim 7 - 2 DSS After the previous two games were played at the ballpark of Kinheim, both teams …
Another game that was canceled due to wet circumstances . The field of L&D Amsterdam Pirates was flooded. All the other games were played. A very surprising result in Rotterdam between Curacao Neptunus and Vaessen Pioniers. De Glaskoning Twins hosted Pickles UVV and DSS crossed the street to face neighbour Kinheim. DSS 1 - 11 …
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