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HCAW
HCAW (formerly known as Mr. Cocker HCAW ( sponsored name)), in full ''Honkbalclub Allen Weerbaar'', is a Dutch baseball and softball club from Bussum. As of 2021 the club numbers about 400 members, including 270 players, making it one of the largest baseball and softball clubs in the Netherlands. The club's top teams all play in their equivalent Dutch major league. History HCAW was established in 1957 as an independent baseball and softball club. Between 1949 and 1957 it operated as the baseball division of the Bussum sporting club Allen Weerbaar. The team played on a football field until 1958 when the city of Bussum agreed to build a baseball field for the club in Bussum Zuid. HCAW added a softball division in 1966. In the same year HCAW was promoted to the Honkbal Hoofdklasse for the first time. In 1970 the club moved to its current field in the Bussumse Sportvallei. In 1988 HCAW was demoted to the Honkbal Overgangsklasse. Following the degradation financial issues forced the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Milliard
Ralph Gregory Milliard (born 30 December 1973 in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles) is a former Dutch baseball player and current baseball coach. Milliard represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he and his team placed fifth. Four years later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens they placed sixth. Profile Milliard started playing baseball at age four in his native country Curaçao. When he was nine he moved with his family to Soest in The Netherlands where he played with the Knickerbockers club in the youth divisions. He was selected at age 14 to be part of the National youth team, the Cadetten. At age sixteen he moved to HCAW and played at the highest level, the Dutch Honkbal Hoofdklasse and developed into a talented short stop and second baseman. Professional career In 1992 he signed a contract with the Florida Marlins and played in total ten seasons as a professional from which three seasons were at the major league level. His strong p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland Series
The Holland Series has been the annual championship series of the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands since 1987, concluding the postseason of Honkbal Hoofdklasse. It is played between the two winners of the playoffs. The Holland Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff. Neptunus, Neptunus Rotterdam have played in 22 of the 28 Holland Series and have won 18 Holland Series championships, more than any other Hoofdklasse franchise. Results Champions Records See also *Baseball awards#Netherlands, Baseball awards in Honkbal Hoofdklasse *Baseball awards#Europe, Baseball awards in Europe References {{Holland Series Holland Series, Baseball competitions in the Netherlands Recurring sporting events established in 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honkbal Hoofdklasse
The Honkbal Hoofdklasse (Dutch for ''Major League Baseball'') is the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. It is an eight-team league that plays a 42-game schedule and is overseen by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation (KNBSB). Games are played principally on weekends. The season runs from April to September and is followed by the playoffs among the four best teams, which culminates in the Holland Series. Both of the playoff rounds are best-of-five. The league follows a promotion and relegation system with the Eerste klasse so that the composition of both levels changes from year to year. Many of the official team nicknames contain the name of the club's corporate sponsor. The two best teams participate in the European Cup. History The Honkbal Hoofdklasse has been the highest level of competitive baseball in the Netherlands since 1958, when it was elevated over the former Eerste Klasse by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Honkbal Bond, the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Granados
Iván Adam Granados (born September 30, 1985) is a Spanish-Venezuelan born professional baseball pitcher, who is currently a free agent. Granados played for the Arizona League team in the Oakland Athletics farm system in 2005 and 2006. He then joined the División de Honor de Béisbol in Spain in 2007. Additionally, he played for the Tenerife Marlins from 2008 to 2010 and then joined the T & A San Marino of the Italian League for 2011. In 2013 and 2014, he served as a starting pitcher for the HCAW club of the Dutch Honkbal Hoofdklasse. In between, Granados has played for the Spain national baseball team in the 2007 Baseball World Cup, the 2008 European Cup, and the 2013 World Baseball Classic The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to March 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike .... References External links , oPu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Budský
Pavel Budský (born 3 October 1975) is a Czech baseball first basemen for the Draci Brno of Baseball Extraliga. He previously played for the Kansas City Royals organization. He was selected for the Czech Republic national baseball team at the 1997 European Baseball Championship, 2001 European Baseball Championship, 2003 European Baseball Championship, 2005 European Baseball Championship, 2007 European Baseball Championship, 2012 Italian Baseball Week, 2009 Baseball World Cup, 2010 European Baseball Championship, 2010 Intercontinental Cup, 2012 European Baseball Championship The 2012 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament being held from September 7 to September 16, 2012. The Confederation of European Baseball selected the Netherlands to host the tournament. Qualification The follow ..., 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualification References External links 1975 births Living people Baseball first basemen Baseball pitchers Czech exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Berkenbosch
Kenneth Berkenbosch (born March 17, 1985) is a Dutch professional baseball player for L&D Amsterdam of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. Career Berkenbosch was signed at age 17 by the Florida Marlins and pitched in their system for several years. In 2002, he hit .333/.455/.444 in four games for the GCL Marlins. The next season, Kenny batted .244/.326/.291 in 43 games for the same team, playing regularly in the outfield. In his third season with the GCL Marlins, Berkenbosch was moved to the mound and went 1-0 with a 1.64 earned run average (ERA), but a 4.09 RA in seven relief stints. In 2005, he moved up to the Jamestown Jammers and won one game and saved one in 17 outings. He had a 4.81 ERA, his primary problem being a tendency to give up home runs (7 in 33 2/3 IP). In 2006, he was let go by Florida and signed with HCAW. He hit .292/~.386/.444 for the club as a 1B/OF/DH and went 2-3 with a 4.58 ERA on the mound. He was on the Netherlands roster for the 2006 World Baseball Classic but di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Maduro
Calvin Gregory Maduro (born September 5, 1974) is an Aruban former professional baseball player. He played five years in Major League Baseball between and . For most of the 2010s, he was a scout for the Baltimore Orioles. Playing career Maduro played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1996 to 1997 and for the Baltimore Orioles from 2000 to 2002. Maduro also represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he and his team finished sixth. In those years he played for the Dutch major league club HCAW. Post-playing career In , Maduro was named the pitching coach for the Aberdeen IronBirds of the New York–Penn League, an Orioles farm team. He spent three seasons there, then two more seasons with the Gulf Coast Orioles before becoming a scout in . After 10 years in the Orioles organization, he became the pitching coach for the Gulf Coast Twins in 2021. Honors After the 2003 season, he was decorated as a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau, along wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney De Jong
Sidney de Jong (born 14 April 1979) is a Dutch former baseball player. De Jong represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he and his team finished sixth. He also represented the Dutch at the 2009 World Baseball Classic in San Juan, Puerto Rico and in Miami, Florida. Following the 2011 Baseball World Cup he was knighted, along with teammate Didi Gregorius Mariekson Julius "Didi" Gregorius (born February 18, 1990) is a Dutch professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees and Philadel ... and technical director Robert Eenhoorn. External links De Jong at the Dutch Olympic Archive 1979 births Living people 2006 World Baseball Classic players 2009 World Baseball Classic players Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic baseball players of the Netherlands Dutch baseball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicho Jesurun
Arthur Benjamin "Chicho" Jesurun (10 July 1947 – 16 December 2006) was a Netherlands-Antillian baseball player, coach, manager, and scout. Biography During his playing career, Jesurun played for several teams. He started in Curaçao with the Korporaal Cardinals, later, in the 1960s he was one of the founders and players of the Caribe from Groningen in the Netherlands. In that period he also started his coaching career as a coach at the Rayon Het Noorden team. In the 1970s and 1980s, Jesurun was working as a baseball coach in his native Curaçao with the Wildcats Felipe II and the Curaçao national baseball team. With this team he reached the second spot in the national league, before winning the league in three consecutive years. Later he also became an umpire in the sport. Jesurun also worked as a scout for several Major League Baseball teams, including the Atlanta Braves and the Florida Marlins. During his time with the Braves, he brought fellow Antillean Andruw Jones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bussum
Bussum () is a commuter town and former municipality in the Gooi region in the south east of the province of North Holland in the Netherlands near Hilversum. Since 2016, Bussum has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Meren. Bussum had a population of 33,595 in 2019 and covered an area of . History For a long time Bussum was not more than a hamlet situated amongst the heathlands of the Gooi and was first mentioned in 1306. In this time, Bussum was a large heathland with many small farms, sheep pens and forests as is shown on old maps. Since Bussum is situated near the fortified town Naarden it was governed by Naarden from 1369 onward. In 1470 Bussum was inhabited by about 250 people, which made it the smallest village in the Gooi. Bussum became independent from Naarden in 1817, yet it was not until the arrival of a railway line in 1874 that Bussum began to flourish. Two train stations were built in the town, that still exist today: Naarden-Bussum and Bussum Zuid (Dutch l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Softball Teams
Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hancock. There are two rule sets for softball generally: ''slow pitch softball'' and ''fastpitch''. Slow pitch softball is commonly played recreationally, while women's fastpitch softball is a Summer Olympic sport and is played professionally. Depending on the variety being played and the age and gender of the players, the particulars of field and equipment vary. While distances between bases of 60 feet are standard across varieties, the pitcher's plate ranges from 35 to 43 feet away from home plate, and the home run fence can be 220 to 300 feet away from home plate. The ball itself is typically 11 or 12 inches (28 or 30 cm) in circumference, also depending on specifics of the competition. Softball rules vary somewhat from those of baseba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Draijer
Dorotheus Wilhelmus "Dave" Draijer (born 30 September 1973 in Heemstede) is a Dutch baseball player. Draijer represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he and his team became sixth. Originally he was not selected for the 2008 Summer Olympics, but due to an injury for Loek van Mil Ludovicus Jacobus Maria "Loek" van Mil (; 15 September 1984 – 28 July 2019) was a Dutch professional baseball pitcher. At the height of , he was and still is the tallest player in the history of professional baseball. He played for Curaçao ... he was eventually called up as his replacement. External linksDraijer at the Dutch Olympic Archive 1973 births Living people Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic baseball players of the Netherlands Dutch baseball players People from Heemstede Konica Minolta Pioniers players Vaessen Pioniers players Footballers from North Holland {{Netherl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
