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This is the archive of the articles Grand Slam * Stats & News brought you in 2024 covering baseball and softball from the Netherlands and international.

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September
Former KNBSB-chairman and former Mayor Henk den Duijn passed away. (September 18)



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)



August
Netherlands Softball Team wins exhibition game vs. Czechia. (August 30)

Roster Netherlands Softball Team named for European Championship. (August 28)

Sparks Haarlem to host European Cup Winners Cup Tournament. (August 17)

Former softball-umpire and observer Willem Drullman passed away. (August 14)

July
Roster Netherlands Softball Team named for World Cup. (July 4)

May
Saskia Kosterink will be the next Head Coach of the Netherlands Softball Team. (May 24)

Netherlands Softball Team closes Friendship Series vs. Czechia with two wins. (May 1)

April
Netherlands Softball Team records mercy-rule win in second game vs. Czechia. (April 30)

Netherlands Softball Team homers to win in Friendship Series-opener. (April 29)

March
Netherlands Softball Team to play 4-game series in Czechia. (March 28)
First softball exhibition-games are in the books. (March 28)

Former longtime umpire and committee-member Anne de Bruijne passed away. (March 20)

January
22 countries to participate in European SB Championship in Netherlands. (January 10)

Former softball- and baseball-coach Wim Joost passed away. (January 5)



January
Former longtime Netherlands Men Softball Team Manager Willem Tuyn passed away. (January 19)


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