Dutch Baseball

by justin007000 on Apr 16, 2009 1:25 PM EDT

It is set in stone, the plane tickets, train tickets, and hotel rooms are paid for. I will be in Europe from June 2nd-15th. I will be in Amsterdam from the 6th-9th, does anyone know anything about Dutch baseball? I would really like to take in a Dutch baseball game while I am there. The only site I could find on the subject is the Netherlands offical website which oddly enough is in Dutch.

I will also be in Ireland and Germany, but I am pretty sure that they do not have professional baseball.

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I know that it is called honkball

And that is all I need to know.

by Brendanukkah on Apr 16, 2009 1:34 PM EDT reply actions

thank you brendan

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Apr 16, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe Alexander Smit has a FAQ section on his website

You should also look to pick up a Sulbaran jersey over there.

by Brendanukkah on Apr 16, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I suspect you can find funner things to do in Amsterdam than watch baseball.

by Geki on Apr 16, 2009 1:51 PM EDT reply actions

perhaps i will

but watching international baseball is thing for me. I wish I could have saw a Cuban game while I was in Havana. If something better comes up, I’m ditching the game, if there is one.

god this was a justin post.

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Apr 16, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think Geki is off honk at all with this comment.

Groan.

I don't need a hot breakfast to have a good time.

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Apr 16, 2009 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions

read:

you will be way too high to watch baseball and you will have spent all your money on hookers

"I never should have given up the animation rights."

by BobbyO on Apr 16, 2009 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions

be sure to smoke a cigar in Amsterdam

i hear they import the finest Cubans over there.

My millions are unconventional!

by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 16, 2009 2:08 PM EDT reply actions

we do that here too

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Apr 16, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions

/embargo'ed

"All we have to do is catch the ball and not run the bases crazy." - Brandon Phillips

by PeteyHendrix on Apr 17, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions

why

i went to cuba you know?

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Apr 16, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Miami is not Cuba, General Garrison

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Apr 16, 2009 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Apr 16, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions

You've posted this picture of the Chè Hotel often enough that RR has to be pretty far up on the GIS for it now.

I hope you’re not spending too much time in Germany. Amsterdam’ll obviously be a blast and I liken Ireland to the somewhat less depressing version of Scotland. Have fun!

by chesirecat on Apr 17, 2009 7:32 AM EDT up reply actions

Justin and Chet

I’m imagining your experiences to basically be like this.

by Brendanukkah on Apr 17, 2009 7:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Been there - done that

Its probably going to happen - bend over

by Madville on Apr 17, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions

this is why I'm pro-Global-Islamic-Caliphate.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Apr 17, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

this is why I'm pro-Global-Islamic-Caliphate.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Apr 17, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions

careful

say it three times and it comes true

My millions are unconventional!

by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 17, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Subtract the interesting things

and pretty much yeah.

by chesirecat on Apr 18, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions

no sex clubs for you?

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Apr 18, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions

well it is a trip with my dad

he has never been overseas, so I can’t have too much fun in Amsterdam… I really want him to have a chance to get out of the country, and I’m always up for leaving.

I’m spending 4 days in Ireland, 4 days in Amsterdam, and 5 days in Berlin.

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Apr 17, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm just kidding with you/quoting Black Hawk Down

of course it’s going to be a blast. Enjoy the Netherlands, just remember not to use “”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Van_Persie#Personal_life" >Robin Van Persie taught me everything to know about girls" as a pick-up line.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Apr 17, 2009 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Up the Arse!

-nal.

by Brendanukkah on Apr 17, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Mentioning Robin van Persie

gives me an opportunity to link to the sweetest FUTBALL! commercial of all time.

"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley

by BK on Apr 17, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Also from that

he has a son named “Shaqueel”. Outstanding.

"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley

by BK on Apr 17, 2009 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions

i just like to use that picture

how many other redreporters have their picture in front of Che?

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Apr 17, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions

I still think your true calling is to open a travel destination in Havana

called the Hostel la Victoria Siempre.

by Brendanukkah on Apr 17, 2009 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions

When this pic was taken, did you really have to pee?

tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty

by Colin Auscapee on Apr 17, 2009 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions

i never know what to do with my hands in pictures

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Apr 17, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions

so "grab the crotch" was the first option that popped into your mind?

My millions are unconventional!

by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 17, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

HAHAHAHA

I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....

by jch24 on Apr 17, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions

my guess is it was second

he thought better of rubbing the nipples

Made from 100% recycled awesome,

by chandrathan on Apr 17, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I didn't have 30 CUC for someone to do it for me...

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Apr 17, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

C'mon now Justin, everyone knows you're supposed to flash gang signs.

by Geki on Apr 19, 2009 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions

straight up

http://www.scissorsmafia.com/

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Apr 19, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

umm...slyde

a mouthbreather would like a word with you

tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty

by Colin Auscapee on Apr 19, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Justin, Ireland (and Germany) has professional baseball

If you want to go, first visit this site: http://www.baseballireland.com/. The Dublin Hurricanes are Ireland’s most successful franchise. There’s only the amateur league, but some of them are really good and worth seeing. I think half the players aren’t Irish. There was almost a professional league, but when the Olympics decided to get rid of the sport, that really killed Irish baseball. They were starting to get pretty good – took bronze medal in Euro B league a few years ago after losing pretty much every game the previous year.

Team Ireland plays on O’Malley field, built with the funds of Peter O’Malley, the Dodgers former owner, so they are on the MLB map as far as scouting is concerned. Maybe one of these days – the Irish are great at sport.

If you want to learn more about Irish baseball, I suggest purchasing The Emerald Diamond, an excellent documentary about it. Very funny stuff, from the birth of their suckiness to their only sort of suckiness. (Maybe you’ve heard of the minor league show “Playing for Peanuts” – John Fitzgerald is the same director. NY based Irish kind of guy.)

Cormac Elkof is probably the most famous Irish baseball player, and he has a blog here if you want to check it out: http://irishbaseballseason.blogspot.com/. It’s a really informative blog.

Unfortunately, the Irish baseball fans follow that other team with the red socks. But I suppose that’s excusable in their case…

Micah Owings for leftfield between starts!

by Daedalus on Apr 20, 2009 12:40 AM EDT reply actions