2010 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season

2010 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season
League	Honkbal Hoofdklasse
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 10 – September 18, 2010
Regular season
League postseason
Holland Series

The 2010 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season began Saturday, April 10 and ended on September 18.^[1]

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
DOOR Neptunus	39	3	.929	—
Corendon Kinheim	30	11	.732	8½
L&D Amsterdam	25	17	.595	14
Konica Minolta Pioniers	22	20	.524	17
Mr. Cocker HCAW	19	23	.452	20
Sparta/Feyenoord	13	28	.321	25½
ADO Den Haag	9	31	.232	29
Almere Magpies	9	33	.214	30

• The game ADO Den Haag – Sparta/Feyenoord on June 17 ended after the 10th inning in a 2–2 draw, due to the curfew rule.

League leaders

Batting leaders Stat Player Total AVG Eugene Kingsale (NEP) .405 HR Bryan Engelhardt (KIN) 6 RBI Bryan Engelhardt (KIN) 36 R Benjamin Dille (NEP) 38 H Bryan Engelhardt (KIN) Dirk van 't Klooster (KIN) 56 SB Bryan Engelhardt (KIN) 16

Pitching leaders Stat Player Total W David Bergman (KIN) 12 L Sten van den Bedem (ALM) 11 ERA Leon Boyd (NEP) 0.39 K David Bergman (KIN) 100 IP Gregory Gustina (SPA) 105.1 SV Michiel van Kampen (KIN) 11

(Updated through August 14)

All-Star game

The 2010 Honkbal Hoofdklasse All-Star Game will be the 1st midseason exhibition between the all-stars divided in teams North and South. The all-stars from Almere, Amsterdam, Bussum and Haarlem will make up team North. The all-stars from Den Haag, Hoofddorp and Rotterdam will make up team South.

The game will be held on July 4 at the Leen Volkerijk Stadium, the home of ADO Den Haag.^[2]

Rosters

Votes were cast online. The deadline to cast votes was June 27, and the results were published on June 28. Most of the players, 14 out of 19, in team South are players from Corendon Kinheim and L&D Amsterdam. Also, DOOR Neptunus brings 10 players to the All Star Game. Current weakest teams in the 2010 season, ADO Den Haag and Almere Magpies, has the lowest number of representatives.^[3]

North Position Player Team 2B Zaïr Koeiman Amsterdam RF Dirk van 't Klooster Kinheim PH/CF Roeland Henrique jr. Amsterdam C Sidney de Jong Amsterdam C/1B Giovanni Samboe Almere CF/RF Wuillians Vasquez HCAW LF Bryan Engelhardt Kinheim DH Rafaël Jozefa Kinheim 1B Kenny Berkenbosch Amsterdam C Jason Halman Kinheim 3B Vince Rooi Amsterdam 3B Bart Gabriëls HCAW SS Nick Urbanus Amsterdam SS René Cremer Kinheim P David Bergman Kinheim P Joep de Wit Almere P Nick Veltkamp Kinheim P Kyle Ward HCAW P Michiel van Kampen Kinheim

South Position Player Team LF Eugene Kingsale Neptunus LF Nick Eppinga Sparta/Feyenoord 2B Dwayne Kemp Neptunus PR/2B Berti Richardson ADO 3B Raily Legito Neptunus 3B Mervin Gario Pioniers RF Danny Rombley Neptunus 1B Percy Isenia Sparta/Feyenoord DH Lennart Koster Pioniers C Martijn Meeuwis Neptunus C Michel Korzeniewski ADO C Ramiro Balentina Sparta/Feyenoord SS Michael Duursma Pioniers CF Shaldimar Daantji Neptunus CF Jakub Malik Pioniers P Leon Boyd Neptunus P Tim Roodenburg Sparta/Feyenoord P Jurjen van Zijl Pioniers P Dave Draijer Pioniers P Jean-Paul Gulinck Pioniers P Jorian van Acker Neptunus P Berry van Driel Neptunus P Dushan Ruzic Neptunus

Line score

July 4, 2010 4:30 p.m. (GMT+1)
Leen Volkerijk Stadium, Den Haag

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
All Star North	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	10	1
All Star South	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	10	3
Starting pitchers: North: David Bergman South: Leon Boyd WP: Jean-Paul Gulinck (1-1)   LP: Joep de Wit (0-1)   Sv: Dushan Ruzic (3) Home runs: North: None South: Eugene Kingsale (1), Percy Isenia (1)

Playoffs

The playoffs began on Thursday, August 19 and will feature the four best teams of the regular season.

Neptunus vs. Pioniers

DOOR Neptunus won the series, 3–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 19	DOOR Neptunus – 1, Konica Minolta Pioniers – 0	Rotterdam	3:01	250[4]
2	August 21	Konica Minolta Pioniers – 0, DOOR Neptunus – 3	Hoofddorp	2:53	350[5]
3	August 19	DOOR Neptunus – 8, Konica Minolta Pioniers – 0	Rotterdam	2:24	230[6]

Kinheim vs. Amsterdam

L&D Amsterdam won the series, 3–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 20	Corendon Kinheim – 1, L&D Amsterdam – 4	Haarlem	2:37	316[7]
2	August 21	L&D Amsterdam – 7, Corendon Kinheim – 8	Amsterdam	3:07	405[8]
3	August 22	Corendon Kinheim – 4, L&D Amsterdam – 6	Haarlem	3:06	482[9]
4	August 31	L&D Amsterdam – 9, Corendon Kinheim – 3	Amsterdam	2:57	250[10]

Playdowns

The playdowns began on Thursday, August 19 and will feature the four weakest teams of the regular season.

HCAW vs. Almere

Mr.Cocker HCAW won the series, 3–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 19	Mr.Cocker HCAW – 3, Almere Magpies – 1	Bussum	2:25	200[11]
2	August 21	Almere Magpies – 5, Mr.Cocker HCAW – 16	Almere	2:57	152[12]
3	August 22	Mr.Cocker HCAW – 7, Almere Magpies – 1	Bussum	2:19	331[13]

Sparta/Feyenoord vs. ADO

Sparta/Feyenoord won the series, 3–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 20	Sparta/Feyenoord – 2, ADO Den Haag – 1	Rotterdam	2:41	52[14]
2	August 21	ADO Den Haag – 4, Sparta/Feyenoord – 8	Den Haag	3:18	135[15]
3	August 22	Sparta/Feyenoord – 2, ADO Den Haag – 1	Rotterdam	3:11	92[16]

Degradation Series

ADO Den Haag won the series, 3–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	September 2	ADO Den Haag – 11, Almere Magpies – 6	Den Haag	2:52	82[17]
2	September 4	Almere Magpies – 0, ADO Den Haag – 1	Almere	2:21	142[18]
3	September 5	ADO Den Haag – 2, Almere Magpies – 4	Den Haag	2:54	115[19]
4	September 11	Almere Magpies – 2, ADO Den Haag – 3	Almere	3:08	200[20]

Promotion Series

Almere Magpies won the series, 3–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	September 16	Almere Magpies – 4, UVV – 1	Almere	2:28	265[21]
2	September 18	UVV – 0, Almere Magpies – 3	Utrecht	2:55	300[22]
3	September 19	Almere Magpies – 4, UVV – 2	Almere	2:33	247[23]

Holland Series

DOOR Neptunus won the series, 4–2.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	September 4	DOOR Neptunus – 2, L&D Amsterdam – 5	Rotterdam	3:05	950[24]
2	September 5	L&D Amsterdam – 3, DOOR Neptunus – 5	Amsterdam	3:00	950[25]
3	September 9	DOOR Neptunus – 3, L&D Amsterdam – 0	Rotterdam	2:29	951[26]
4	September 11	L&D Amsterdam – 3, DOOR Neptunus – 1	Amsterdam	2:26	1,000[27]
5	September 12	DOOR Neptunus – 3, L&D Amsterdam – 2	Rotterdam	2:24	480[28]
6	September 18	L&D Amsterdam – 2, DOOR Neptunus – 5	Amsterdam	2:33	1,200[29]

External links

• De Nederlandse honkbalsite
• KNBSB – The Dutch Baseball and Softball Association

References

1. Results of 2010 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season
2. First All-Star Game in Den Haag
3. Box Score 2010 All Star Game
4. "Neptunus vs. Pioniers – August 19, 2010".
5. "Pioniers vs. Neptunus – August 21, 2010".
6. "Neptunus vs. Pioniers – August 22, 2010".
7. "Kinheim vs. Amsterdam – August 20, 2010".
8. "Amsterdam vs. Kinheim – August 21, 2010".
9. "Kinheim vs. Amsterdam – August 22, 2010".
10. "Amsterdam vs. Kinheim – August 31, 2010".
11. "HCAW vs. Almere – August 19, 2010".
12. "Almere vs. HCAW – August 21, 2010".
13. "HCAW vs. Almere – August 22, 2010".
14. "Sparta/Feyenoord vs. ADO – August 19, 2010".
15. "ADO vs. Sparta/Feyenoord – August 21, 2010".
16. "Sparta/Feyenoord vs. ADO – August 22, 2010".
17. "ADO Den Haag vs. Almere Magpies – September 2, 2010".
18. "Almere Magpies vs. ADO Den Haag – September 4, 2010".
19. "ADO Den Haag vs. Almere Magpies – September 5, 2010".
20. "Almere Magpies vs. ADO Den Haag – September 11, 2010".
21. Almere Magpies vs. UVV – September 16, 2010
22. Almere Magpies vs. UVV – September 18, 2010
23. Almere Magpies vs. UVV – September 19, 2010
24. "DOOR Neptunus vs. L&D Amsterdam – September 4, 2010".
25. "L&D Amsterdam vs. DOOR Neptunus – September 5, 2010".
26. "DOOR Neptunus vs. L&D Amsterdam – September 9, 2010".
27. "L&D Amsterdam vs. DOOR Neptunus – September 11, 2010".
28. "DOOR Neptunus vs. L&D Amsterdam – September 12, 2010".
29. "L&D Amsterdam vs. DOOR Neptunus – September 18, 2010".