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Netherlands, Italy clash in Euros Finals

The two dominating teams in European Championship history have reached the finals again. Italy will face the Netherlands on Sunday at 2pm CET at the TVC Stadium in Stuttgart, Germany. Both teams already met on Saturday with the Squadra Azzurra taking an 11-3 win. But it was more or less a meaningless game for the Dutch team, although they lost home field advantage due to the defeat.

While managers Jim Stoeckel (NED) and Marco Mazzieri (ITA) didn’t announce their starting pitchers on Saturday, it is not much of a secret, who will take the mound. Diegomar Markwell and Leon Boyd will probably split the workload for the Netherlands. Roberto Corradini is the most likely option for Italy after Cody Cillo, Tiago Da Silva and Chris Cooper pitched on the last two days.

The game might be on online at http://www.stadeo.tv/

Gamingboy Posted: July 31, 2010 at 09:00 PM | 11 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. PreservedFish Posted: July 31, 2010 at 11:22 PM (#3605177)

This stuff is totally fascinating to me.

2. Weekly Journalist_ Posted: August 01, 2010 at 01:26 AM (#3605261)

Is Scharlan Schoop playing? That guy rules

3. Rich Rifkin Posted: August 01, 2010 at 01:30 AM (#3605265)

Diegomar Markwell and Leon Boyd will probably split the workload for the Netherlands.

Boyd is a Canadian whose mother is from Holland. He has a Dutch passport. In 2009, he played in the Blue Jays system, but not too well.

The top league in the Netherlands is called Honkbal Hoofdklasse. That translates, according to Google, as "Major League Baseball." Boyd's team, DOOR Neptunus, won the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.

4. frannyzoo Posted: August 01, 2010 at 02:41 AM (#3605283)

42 game season and promotion/relegation? The Dutch do baseball the way I wish we did it here.

5. Weekly Journalist_ Posted: August 01, 2010 at 12:42 PM (#3605397)

The Netherlands obviously benefits a great deal from their Curucao and Aruba players, unlike their soccer team.

6. McCoy Posted: August 01, 2010 at 12:54 PM (#3605400)

Oh this is about baseball, I thought you were trying to start another soccer thread.

7. ursus arctos Posted: August 01, 2010 at 01:26 PM (#3605409)

Aruba and Curaco may not be soccer hotbeds, but Surinam has been responsible for a host of Dutch interntational soccer players over the last three decades. A team comprised entirely of first and second generation Surinamese could well have been the best team in North America.

We saw a number of Serie A (the top league) matches while living in Italy, and my son played cricket on a field used by one of the Milan teams. The standard was roughly that of second tier college ball, with the better teams being increasingly reliant on Latino imports.

8. Weekly Journalist_ Posted: August 01, 2010 at 01:32 PM (#3605411)

ursus,
What I meant is that the Dutch Antilles has its own soccer team, so many of those players don't end up on the Netherlands team...I think?

9. Weekly Journalist_ Posted: August 01, 2010 at 01:34 PM (#3605412)

Is Burt Blyleven still coaching for the Netherlands?

10. Gamingboy Posted: August 01, 2010 at 02:44 PM (#3605439)

No. Bert Blyleven only helps out during the WBC.

11. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: August 01, 2010 at 03:01 PM (#3605448)

Hoera honkbal!

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