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 Mazzieri 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)
Dutch soccer-icon and former baseball-player Johan Neeskens passed away. (October 9)
Starting Pitchers Holland Series. (October 9)
Rob Hendriks steps down as Head Coach of Oosterhout Twins. (October 8)
Major League- and Reds-legend, All Time Hits-leader Pete Rose passed away. (October 4)
Starting Pitchers Holland Series. (October 3)
September
Starting Pitchers coming Play-Off Series. (September 25)
Fred de Kramer, former longtime umpire & Honorary Member KNBSB, passed away. (September 22)
Starting Pitchers coming Wild Card Series. (September 18)
Legendary actor James Earl Jones (Field of Dreams, Star Wars) passed away. (September 10)
August
Former longtime baseball-umpire Aad Vuik passed away. (August 29)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (August 28)
Final Phase European BB Championship 2025 to be played in Rotterdam. (August 22)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (August 21, 23)
Former Amstel Tijgers-chairman Hermen Daalder passed away. (August 14)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (August 14)
Former longtime Kieviten-admin., AFC/ABC-icon Johan de Bie passed away. (August 7)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (August 7)
July
Starting Pitchers coming series. (July 31)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (July 24)
Second Norwegian player in Dutch big league. (July 6)
First All Star Game-start for Jurickson Profar. (July 4)
Roster Netherlands Team announced for Baseball Week Haarlem. (July 3)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (July 3-4)
June
San Francisco Giants-legend and Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda passed away. (June 30)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (June 26)
Twins-pitcher Wyatt Lankford misses Perfect Game, holds onto No-Hitter. (June 20)
Major League- and Giants-legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away. (June 19)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (June 19)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (June 12, 14)
Uniform-number Jeroen Sluijter retired by Neptunus. (June 9)
Neptunus organizes first edition of Youth Rotterdam Baseball Week. (June 7)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (June 5)
May
Starting Pitchers coming series. (May 29)
Umpire Olav Steijger honored for unique milestone in long career. (May 27)
Sites announced for 2026 World Baseball Classic. (May 23)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (May 22)
Ruben-brothers form historic outfield-trio for Oosterhout Twins. (May 19)
Former baseball-journalist and Inside-contributor Johan Carbo passed away. (May 17)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (May 15)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (May 8)
Amsterdam Pirates adds experienced Australian pitcher Luke Wilkins. (May 7)
UVV adds American pitcher Phillip Rowland to roster. (May 7)
HCAW adds Aruban pitcher Nigel Calmes to roster. (May 5)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (May 1)
April
Starting Pitchers coming series. (April 24)
First win Twins, fourth for Neptunus; Two cancellations. (April 18)
Starting Pitchers coming series. (April 17)
DSS/Kinheim, Neptunus complete sweep; Tempers flare in Amsterdam. (April 14)
Four close games in Dutch big league on sunny Saturday. (April 13)
Dutch big league-season begins with productive Opening Night. (April 11)
Longtime announcer, committee-member, club-contributor Bert Daniels passed away. (April 11)
Starting Pitchers Opening Series. (April 10-11)
OPENING DAY ROSTERS DUTCH MAJOR LEAGUE. (April 10)
March
Pioniers moves Frank Maduro Tourn. coming weekend to other locations. (March 27)
Amsterdam Pirates wins exhibition-game against DSS/Kinheim. (March 26)
Almost all exhibition-games rained out on Sunday. (March 24)
HCAW wins twice to reach Final of Ringvaart Tournament. (March 23)
First games played of inaugural, international Frans van Elst Tournament. (March 23)
Hoofddorp Pioniers defeats Quick Amersfoort; Brabant Cup rains out. (March 23)
Oosterhout Twins shuts out RCH-Pinguïns with solid pitching. (March 19)
DSS/Kinheim No-Hits Germans; JC Sulbaran rejoins Neptunus; HCAW wins marathon. (March 16-17)
Oosterhout Twins records first exhibition-win. (March 14)
Palacios, Rafaela HR in Dominican Spring Training-game; 2 others in action. (March 11)
Pirates records 2nd exhibition-win; 2nd team Pioniers outscores main-squad. (March 10)
Pirates, Pioniers, UVV open exhibition season with win. (March 9)
Samurai Japan records Perfect Game in 2nd win vs. Europe in Global Games. (March 7)
Samurai Japan shuts out Europe in Global Games-opener. (March 6)
Robur '58 club-icon and former umpire/observer Joes Gewald passed away. (March 1)
February
First start Robberse with new club; Orange-rookie Newton in Spring Training. (February 29)
Profar back with Padres; First female ump in Spring Training in 17 yrs. (February 25)
Seven Dutch players on roster Team Europe for Global Games. (February 14)
Ronald Jaarsma new Head Coach of HCAW. (February 10)
Venezuela wins Caribbean Series; Balentien in All Star Team. (February 9)
Curaçao misses Bronze in Caribbean Series despite early lead. (February 9)
Curaçao loses Semi-Final and will play for Bronze in Caribbean Series. (February 8)
Curaçao to Play-Offs after shutout-win vs. Puerto Rico in Caribbean Series. (February 7)
Curaçao suffers small loss vs. Dominicans in Caribbean Series. (February 6)
Former longtime Official Scorer and Pirates-announcer Tiny van der Poel passed away. (February 5)
Curaçao recovers and wins agains in Caribbean Series. (February 5)
Curaçao suffers second loss in Caribbean Series. (February 3)
Curaçao empty-handed in second game Caribbean Series. (February 2)
Curaçao opens Caribbean Series with victory. (February 1)
January
Twins Oosterhout adds American pitcher Wyatt Lankford to roster. (January 7)
Richie Palacios traded to Tampa Bay Rays. (January 5)
Italian pitching-legend, Hall of Famer and Nettuno-icon Alfredo Lauri passed away. (January 4)
Neptunus adds German international Vincent Ahrens to team. (January 2)
Team Europe Manager Marco Mazzieri names coaching-staff for Global Games. (January 2)
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