Rosters Dutch Major League 2025 
April
Former pitcher, big league- and Oranje Juniors-coach Tom Geestman passed away. (April 11) 
OPENING DAY ROSTERS. (April 10) 
STARTING PITCHERS OPENING SERIES. (April 9) 
HCAW wins Urbanus Tournament; Pirates No-Hits Kinheim. (April 6) 
Neptunus records two shutouts on Day 2 Urbanus Tournament. (April 5) 
Opening-game Urbanus Tournament ends in scoreless tie. (April 4) 
March
Gino Henson new Head Coach of HCAW. (March 20) 
Former Amsterdam Pirates (big league-)player Laurens van der Poel passed away. (March 16) 
Colombia and Brazil complete field of participants World Baseball Classic 2026. (March 6) 
Netherlands Team also scoreless and only one hit in Game 2 vs. Japan. (March 6) 
Japan shuts out & one-hits Netherlands Team in opener Samurai Series. (March 5) 
February
Roster Netherlands Baseball Team announced for Samurai Series. (February 25) 
Nicaragua and Chinese Taipei qualify for World Baseball Classic 2026. (February 25) 
Agreement Kenley Jansen with Los Angeles Angels confirmed. (February 15) 
Former National Team-player Kalian Sams contestant in new survival-program RTL4. (February 9) 
Bart Volkerijk elected into Board WBSC Europe; Two new members European Hall of Fame. (February 8) 
Dominicans win Caribbean Series; Karim García and Álvaro Ley inducted into Hall of Fame. (February 7) 
January
Curaçao Neptunus wins Team of the Year Award in Rotterdam. (January 31) 
Champion Curaçao eliminated in Semi-Final Serie de las Américas; Panama wins new event. (Jan. 30) 
Francisco Cervelli succeeds Mike Piazza as Manager of Italian Baseball Team. (January 27) 
Player Michele Romano and Umpire Marco Screti inducted into Italian Hall of Fame. (January 25) 
Jurickson Profar signs big three-year contract with Atlanta Braves. (January 23) 
Ichiro Szuki, C.C. Sabathia, Billy Wagner elected into Baseball Hall of Fame. (January 21) 
Ichiro Suzuki one of three players elected into Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. (January 16) 
Former Haarlem-Mayor Elizabeth Schmitz passed away. (January 14) 
December
Former coaching-icon, stimulator youth-development, administrator and BB-Week contributor Cees Herkemij passed away. (December 31)  
Dave Parker and Dick Allen elected into American Baseball Hall of Fame. (December 8) 
Bart Volkerijk and Frans van Aalen inducted into Dutch Baseball & Softball Hall of Fame. (December 7) 
November
Chinese Taipei surprises Japan in Final Premier12; USA wins bronze; Gregorius in All-World Team. (November 24) 
Netherlands Team will meet Japan in Samurai Series in March. (November 24) 
Former Netherlands Team Manager Pat Murphy National League Manager of the Year. (November 19) 
Marco Mazzeri new President of Italian Baseball & Softball Federation. (November 16) 
BASEBALL & SOFTBALL TRANSFERS 2024. (November 15)
Netherlands eliminated via mercy-rule shutout vs. Venezuela in final game Premier12. (November 14) 
Netherlands Team suffers costly loss (after lead) vs. Mexico in fourth game Premier12. (November 13) 
Netherlands Team wins big in slugfest vs. Puerto Rico in third game Premier12. (November 12) 
Qualifiers announced for World Baseball Classic. (November 12) 
Marc Janssen new Manager Belgian Baseball Team. (November 12) 
Netherlands Team suffers big mercy-rule loss vs. USA in Game 2 Premier12. (November 10) 
Netherlands Team comes from behind to win thrilling opener Premier12. (November 9) 
Netherlands Team wins final exhibition-game. (November 7) 
Netherlands Team closes Kingdom Series with convincing win. (November 3) 
Netherlands Team also wins second game of Kingdom Series. (November 2) 
Netherlands Baseball Team opens Kingdom Series with win. (November 1) 
October
Former KNBSB-administrator, Technical Commissioner and CEB-President Jan Esselman passed away. (October 31)
Premier-12 expands to sixteen teams in 2027. (October 24) 
Three former Major Leaguers on Premier12-roster Netherlands Team. (October 21) 
Coen Stoovelaar, former coach, umpire, administrator, observer, team-manager, announcer, Pirates-icon and longtime BB-Week contributor passed away. (October 19)
Oosterhout Twins names Robert Ushy as new Head Coach. (October 16) 
Milan Lammerts new Head Coach of Kinheim. (October 16) 
European Championship 2025 to be organized in three countries. (October 15) 
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