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Twins Oosterhout
Twins Oosterhout is baseball and softball club based in Oosterhout, the Netherlands. The Twins have played in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse since 2016. The team plays its home games at Slotbosse Toren Park. Former Rakuten Golden Eagles pitcher Keiji Uezono played for the Twins in 2016. He went 4-1 with a 1.68 ERA in 59 innings pitched. In 2021 the Twins began a exchange program with the Ibaraki Astro Planets of the Baseball Challenge League. Under the program, two Japanese players from the Astro Planets roster are playing with the Twins for the 2021 season. In the future the Twins will also be able to send players and/or coaches to the Astro Planets to participate in a full Baseball Challenge League season.van der Meijs, Charles. "Twins versterkt de Japanse connectie door deal met profclub Astro Planets." BN De Stem. April 15, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021. https://www.bndestem.nl/regiosport/twins-versterkt-de-japanse-connectie-door-deal-met-profclub-astro-planets~a727f296/ (in Dutch) Cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oosterhout
Oosterhout (; from ''ooster'', "eastern", and ''hout'', "woods") is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of in . Population centers The municipality of Oosterhout includes the following places: History Oosterhout is mentioned for the first time in 1277, although archaeological excavations showed the existence of human settlements in the area in prehistoric times. The Knights Templar had a temple here dedicated to St. John the Baptist. It was home to a castle which later acquired control over the surrounding area, up to Breda and Bergen op Zoom. The castle was destroyed by Spanish troops during the Eighty Years War, in 1573; only a tower of it survives today. The city became the seat of a flourishing ceramics industry, which lasted until the 19th century. In 1625 the city was besieged by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, and suffered heavy damage. Despite the rise of Protestantism, it was home to several Catholic monast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
