History of baseball in the Netherlands
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The history of baseball in the Netherlands dates to shortly after 1900. The national baseball federation (Koninklijke Nederlandsche Honkbalbond) was founded in 1912, and the Holland Series was established in 1922, with the first winner being Quick Amsterdam. Today, the top level league is the professional Honkbal hoofdklasse (Major League Baseball) which sends its teams to the Holland Series. The Dutch national team has been one Europe's top national sides since the continent held its first international competition in the 1950s having won 15 European Championships.
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[edit] History
[edit] 1910 - 1921
[edit] 1922 - 1945
[edit] 1945 - 1976
In 1975 peanutball was introduced in the Netherlands.
[edit] 1977 - present
[edit] The Netherlands in Major League Baseball
Four Dutch players have played in the Major Leagues, the most notable of whom is 287 game winner Bert Blyleven.
[edit] The Netherlands in international baseball
The Netherlands have won 15 European Championship titles, and participated in the Olympics twice, finishing fifth in 2000 Olympics after upsetting the Cuban team. At the Baseball World Cup, a fourth position has been the best achievement so far. Some of the players in the Dutch team are from the Netherlands Antilles. The World Port Tournament and the Haarlemse Honkbalweek are biannual international tournaments for national and club teams, organised in the cities of Rotterdam and Haarlem, respectively.
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