Category Archives: History

History

Haarlem Baseball Week is a breeding ground for major league talent

Over the years, great baseball players have been at Baseball Week. Dutch players with a great track record at the national and international level, but also an awful lot of players from other participating countries, some of whom would even later make it to baseball’s hall of fame: Major League Baseball. From Haarlem to the […]

Foundation for Baseball Week was laid during European Championship ’56

‘In order to tell about that first Haarlem Baseball Week, we must first take a little run-up.’ With these words, former Baseball Week president Wim Oosterhof begins at his home in Haarlem, a stone’s throw from the Pim Mulier Stadium. We go back to 1956, when the Dutch baseball team participated in an international baseball […]