(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo by Henk Seppen)
 First exhibition game Dutch baseball on Saturday, weather permitting
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
The exhibition season in the Dutch big league will open on coming Saturday (March 2) with one game.
When the weather is favorable, HCAW will play at home in Bussum against its second team.
The two teams also have a game scheduled on Sunday.
Before the weekend, it will be decided whether or not a game will be played and on what day.
And when the weather is fine, they could play on both days.
...First exhibition game on Saturday?...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
HCAW will be the lone Dutch big league-team to play coming weekend.
In the previous days, the weather has been very fine, with record-setting temperatures.
HCAW even tried to play a game last weekend, but was unable to realize that at short notice.
Looking forward, some rain is predicted for the early hours of Friday, but through the day, it will be almost dry and cloudy.
For the weekend, some periods of rain are expected with some strong winds at the coastal areas.
A week later, in the weekend on March 9 and 10, eleven games are scheduled, involving seven of the eight big league-teams.
Curaçao Neptunus and L&D Amsterdam Pirates, who faced each other in last years Holland Series, then will meet on Saturday and Sunday.
HCAW and Twins Oosterhout have two international games scheduled.
HCAW will play against Solingen Alligators from Germany, while Twins is playing against Hoboken Pioneers from Belgium.
DSS then has a double-header scheduled on Sunday, playing against two different teams, RCH-Pinguïns (which plays in the second highest league) and Quick Amersfoort.
On Saturday, Quick will play at home against RCH-Pinguïns.
Meerlease Pioniers will play against its second team, Omron Pioniers on Saturday and Sunday next week.
Silicon Storks has no games scheduled on March 9-10, but then will conduct a 2-day trainingcamp on its home-site in The Hague.
Complete Schedules Exhibition Season, Regular Season and More
Preliminary Rosters Dutch Major League as updated on February 28
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