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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Yesterday the right-handed pitcher of the Dutch National Team and the Hoofdklasse club DOOR NEPTUNUS reported to Dunedin, Florida for a tryout. Today Leon Boyd has a minor league contract in his pocket. The 25-year-old signed with the lone Canadian Major League organization and hopes to make it to the big leagues.
Boyd pitched in Europe for the past three years, beginning with the Belgian HOBOKEN PIONEERS in 2006, before moving over the border to NEPTUNUS ROTTERDAM in the Netherlands. The son of a Canadian ice hockey player and his Dutch wife had a 10-2 record and an ERA of 1.64 with 86 strikeouts (23 walks) in 93 1/3 innings last season. He also pitched for the Dutch team in the Beijing Olympics, going 1-0 with an ERA of 2.70.
In the 2009 World Baseball Classic he was the closer for the surprising Netherlands team, picking up a win and a save in the two upsets over the Dominican Republic. He allowed two runs on four hits and three walks in four innings. Boyd was clocked with a 92 MPH fastball during the WBC and was mainly used as a starting pitcher in the Hoofdklasse.
Good for him.
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I propose that at least one team in the MLB should be forced to adopt this moniker.
Especially funny since the last time people living in Hoboken could be considered "Pioneers" was about the year 1630.
I thought the same thing during the game when he came on to pitch!
Or the Hoboken Zephyrs.
I swear to God if I suddenly became a billionaire, the first thing I'd do is buy a MLB team and rename them the Hoboken Zephyrs. OK, the second thing. (The first thing involves Lacey Chabert and her imaginary twin sister.)
I think it should be a floating "honor" for the worst record in the league. Think what a story it would be when DOOR NEPTUNUS finally won a series!
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