Approximately 5 million of the 17 million people in the Netherlands are registered to one of the 35,000 sports clubs in the country. About two thirds of the population older than 15 years participates in sports weekly.
Hensley Filemon Acasio Meulens,nicknamed "Bam Bam",is a Curaçaoan professional baseball coach and retired player. He is the assistant hitting coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).
The Japan national baseball team is the national team representing Japan in international baseball competitions. It won the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009,as well as WBSC Premier12 in 2019. The team is currently ranked 1st in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation.
The South Korean national baseball team is the national baseball team of South Korea. It won the Baseball World Cup in 1982,and participated in the Summer Olympic Games of 1984,1988,1996,and 2000. At the 2008 Summer Olympics,it won the gold medal in a final victory against Cuba. Currently,the South Korean men's baseball team is ranked third in the WBSC World Rankings. Team South Korea came in second in the 12-team 2019 WBSC Premier12 Tournament,and thereby qualified to compete in baseball at the 2020 Olympics. At the Olympics in 2021 it will face Israel,Japan,Mexico,the United States,and the Dominican Republic.
The Australian national baseball team represents Australia in international baseball tournaments and competitions. It is ranked as the top team in Oceania,and is the Oceanian Champion,having been awarded the title in 2007 when New Zealand withdrew from the Oceania Baseball Championship. After achieving a last (16th) place in the 2013 World Baseball Classic,its rank dropped to 13,which is the lowest rank Australia ever received. The highest rank it has achieved is its current rank of 6th.
The United States national baseball team represents the United States in international-level baseball competitions. The team is currently ranked 5th in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation. Team USA won the Olympic baseball tournament in 2000,and the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in 2017.
The Netherlands national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,representing the country in international men's baseball. They are currently ranked as the best team in the Confederation of European Baseball,and the team is also ranked ninth in the WBSC World Rankings.
The Italy national baseball team represents Italy in international baseball competitions. The Italian national team was ranked 17th in the world as of 2020. The team is managed by Mike Piazza,a former New York Mets player and Major League Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.
Rob "Robbie" Cordemans is a Dutch baseball player. He bats and throws righthanded. Cordemans is best known for representing the Dutch national team at the Olympics and other international competitions.
Tom Stuifbergen is a right-handed pitcher for L&D Amsterdam of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. His repertoire includes a fastball that ranges from high 80s to low 90s,a changeup and a curveball. He is 6' 4" and 240 lbs. and speaks two languages:English &Dutch.
Sidney de Jong is a Dutch former baseball player.
Diegomar Raymundo "Diego" Markwell is a Dutch baseball player for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.
David Franciscus Johan Bergman is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Kinheim of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse baseball league.
The Netherlands competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,People's Republic of China. This was announced in an official statement on the NOC*NSF website. In the statement they named the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games as a highlight in sports to which a lot of sportspeople,coaches and the Dutch sports fans would look forward. The Netherlands aimed for a top 10 nations ranking in the Olympics as well as a top 25 ranking in the Paralympics;they ended up ranking 12th at the Games.
Leon Boyd is a Canadian-born Dutch baseball player currently playing for Corendon Kinheim in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He is most often recognized for his accomplishments for the Dutch national team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Michael Steven Duursma is a Dutch professional baseball player who currently plays for Pioniers and the Dutch national team.
Kim Min-jae is a coach for the Doosan Bears in the Korea Baseball Organization. Previously,Kim was a shortstop for the Lotte Giants,SK Wyverns and Hanwha Eagles. He batted and threw right-handed.
Miloushka Yasemin Smit is a water polo player of the Netherlands who represented the Dutch national team in international competitions.
Yurendell Eithel DeCaster is a Dutch professional baseball third baseman. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship,and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament,in Italy in September 2019.
Orlando Yntema Peña is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher for the Curaçao Neptunus in the Dutch Baseball League. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019.
