What a match, what a party! Last night I went to the Haarlemse Honkbalweek (“Harlem Baseball Week”) together with my friend Sander to watch Cuba – Netherlands. Sander and I have known each other since highschool and we always liked baseball but both of us haven’t taken any time to watch matches. I think the last time we both watched a live match together was in New York (NY Yankess vs NY Metz). However, my collegue Sebastiaan is a big baseball fan and in fact played baseball on a semi-professional level for years here in Holland. His father-in-law happens to sponsor the event so we were lucky enough to get some tickets from him for Friday’s match and the finals on Sunday.
We had a blast watching Cuba – Netherlands. The weather was great, people where enjoying themselves and it was a hell of a match: a thriller that everyone considered to be as exciting as a final match. Holland was playing very good and the eight inning ended in a 10-10 score. But with two out and two strikes in the 9th inning the Cubans won 11-10 when Cuban player Urgelles scored. Cuba is now leading the tournament and will play in the finals on Sunday (which we are going to see as I mentioned). Now, if Holland wins from the USA tonight, we will see a re-match of Cuba – Netherlands! That would be a big treat!
(You can listen and see the matches live if you want: Honkbalweek webcam & live radio).
Let’s play ball