(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo by Henk Seppen)
  Kalian Sams signs with Canadian team
Nederlands
 QUÉBEC CITY, Québec (Canada) -
Dutch outfielder Kalian Sams will start a new chapter in his professional career, as he has signed a contract with the Capitales de Québec.
The team has its home field in Québec City, which is the capital of the Canadian province Québec.
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...Kalian Sams playing for Neptunus (left) and winning the...
...European title with the Dutch Team in 2014...
(© Photos: Henk Seppen) |
The Capitales de Québec are playing in the Independent CanAm League, which was founded in 2005.
Also inaugurated that year was the American Association and teams from both leagues face each other.
The Capitales open the season on May 21 against Gary SouthShore Railcats, which is one of the American Association-teams.
With the Capitales, Sams will become teammates of wellknown Cuban players Yunieski Gourriel and Alexei Bell.
The team plays its home games in Stade Municipale, which was built in 1938 and is one of the finest baseball-facilities in the country.
Since the CanAm League started playing in 2005, the Capitales won the championship six times in 2006 then from 2009-2013.
Last year, the 28-year old Sams played with the Camden Riversharks in the Independent Atlantic League.
He also played in Taiwan, where he won the championship with the Topco Scientific Falcons.
Sams made his professional debut in 2007 when he played in Single-A with the Seattle Mariners.
At the Mariners, he reached the Double-A level in 2012.
He then played for six different teams in 2013.
He played at the Double-level for the San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers and also played in Triple-A with the Padres.
But in 2013, Sams also played briefly for Camden after he was released by the Padres and prior to being signed by the Rangers.
Later in 2013, he played in Mexico, but then returned home to the Netherlands.
After being released by the Rangers, he played again for Camden in 2014.
In both 2013 and 2014, he played for DOOR Neptunus in the Holland Series, winning the Dutch championship in both years.
Last year, he also won the European Championship playing with the Netherlands National Team.
(April 24)
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