Baseball from a Dutch point of view
Finally, after a long winter and a preseason in which the weather did not always cooperate, the Dutch hoofdklasse season will be underway. On the very first day (night) of the season, Storks from The Hague headed to De Glaskoning Twins, Curaçao Neptunus hosted Hoofddorp Pioniers, L&D Amsterdam headed to neighboring Haarlem to face DSS and CitySide …
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Dutch hoofdklasse club HCAW from Bussum has expanded its roster with American outfielder Bryce Cherry. The American born will be added to the roster immediately. In a press release, the club from Bussum announced the addition of the 25-year old Californian born Cherry, who played for San Francisco State University. In 2014 he batted .279 for …
L&D Amsterdam Pirates announced today that Dutch hoofdklasse player, former minor leaguer and former Dutch national team player Danny Rombley has decided to call it a career. The 38-year old outfielder has decided to focus on his professional career. Rombley debuted in 1997 in the Dutch hoofdklasse with HCAW from Bussum. In 1998, Danny played for …
At the end of the transition period, HCAW (Honkbalclub Allen Weerbaar) from Bussum announced its roster moves for the 2018 season. There will be ten new names on the roster as a whopping fourteen left the club or hung up their spikes. After the team reached the playoffs in the hoofdklasse for the first time …
A lot of unfamiliar faces on the mounds today. As many games rained out last week, the starting pitchers did not have enough rest to throw a game today, so most managers sent out a reliever to the mound to start the games. Only Curaçao Neptunus had a familiar face on the mound as pitching …
After two rainouts in round four last week, the games in the playoff round had to be made up. For the two teams that reached the Holland Series, the home advantage is depending on the results. HCAW hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates while Curaçao Neptunus hosted Hoofddorp Pioniers. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 9 - 8 HCAW The …
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After several rainouts in the previous days, the scheduled games of today were played as planned. Curaçao Neptunus took on Hoofddorp Pioniers in Hoofddorp and needed just seven innings to clinch the win. L&D Amsterdam Pirates needed the full nine innings to beat HCAW. Curaçao Neptunus 15 - 3 Hoofddorp Pioniers Curaçao Neptunus only needed …
On the first day of the fourth playoff round, L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted Hoofddorp Pioniers and HCAW took on Curaçao Neptunus in Bussum. Neptunus did not have many problems with HCAW as they beat the club from Bussum 7-2. L&D Amsterdam Pirates lost the game in the first inning when the team failed to take …
The game between Hoofddorp Pioniers and HCAW that was rained out twice last week was finally played today. It wasn't much of a game as Hoofddorp Pioniers blew away HCAW 11-0. Not only did Pioniers outscore HCAW, they also outhit them (14-3). In a seven inning affair, Hoofddorp Pioniers jumped on Ian Delemarre in 2.2 …
A bit late, but yours truly had other obligations yesterday. On the third day of the third round of the hoofdklasse playoffs, HCAW hosted Hoofddorp Pioniers and hurt them badly. L&D Amsterdam Pirates headed to Rotterdam to take on Curaçao Neptunus and never came close to the win. Hoofddorp Pioniers 8 - 15 HCAW Hoofddorp Pioniers …
On the second day of round three, L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted Curaçao Neptunus and Hoofddorp Pioniers hosted HCAW after the previous game was rained out twice. Curaçao Neptunus 1 - 7 L&D Amsterdam Pirates After a scoreless first inning, L&D Amsterdam Pirates opened the score in the bottom of the second inning. With Gilmer Lampe …
On day three of round two of the Dutch playoffs, L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted HCAW and was handed a loss. Curaçao Neptunus did not have a hard time with Hoofddorp Pioniers. HCAW 8 - 6 L&D Amsterdam Pirates Pirates could not enjoy the sole lead the team had after yesterday's loss by Curaçao Neptunus as it …
In the two games of round two of the Dutch baseball playoffs, HCAW hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates while Hoofddorp Pioniers hosted Curaçao Neptunus and handed them an unexpected loss by the smalles possible margin. L&D Amsterdam - HCAW In a matchup between the winner of the regular competition and the number three, HCAW took a …
On the first day of the second playoff round, Curaçao Neptunus hosted Hoofddorp Pioniers in a very quick, low scoring game. L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted HCAW from Bussum. Hoofddorp Pioniers 0 - 3 Curaçao Neptunus In a game that lasted less than two hours (1h53), Curaçao Neptunus stayed at the right side of the score vs Hoofddorp …
On the third day of the first playoff round, L&D Amsterdam Pirates beat home team Hoofddorp Pioniers but by no means it was an easy win like yesterday's one. Curaçao Neptunus hosted HCAW and clinched an easy victory. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 4 - 1 Hoofddorp Pioniers Luuk ter Beek, who debuted in the hoofdklasse a …
On the second day of the first playoff round, L&D Amsterdam Pirates crushed Hoofddorp Pioniers and made a statement as one of the candidates to reach the Holland Series. Even though HCAW did not win, they made Curaçao Neptunus work hard for their money. Hoofddorp Pioniers 0 - 12 L&D Amsterdam Pirates In a game that …
On the first day of playoff round one, Hoofddorp Pioniers hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Curaçao Neptunus hosted HCAW. Even though it wasn't a blowout score, the Amsterdam victory never was in danger as was the victory of Neptunus over HCAW. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 4 - 1 Hoofddorp Pioniers L&D Amsterdam Pirates took an early …
On the third day, L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted Hoofddorp Pioniers and De Glaskoning Twins hosted HCAW. The game between Pickles UVV and Curaçao Neptunus wascancelled beacause the infield looked like a pond. Hoofddorp Pioniers 5 - 7 L&D Amsterdam Pirates For L&D Amsterdam Pirates, not much was at stake at this game. Even if Curaçao …
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