Comments on: Dutch Baseball Builds on WBC Experience http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/05/12/dutch-baseball-builds-on-wbc-experience/ America's longest-running baseball-only magazine Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:49:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: U.S. Colleges Sport International Flavor on the Diamond : Baseball Digest http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/05/12/dutch-baseball-builds-on-wbc-experience/#comment-1250 U.S. Colleges Sport International Flavor on the Diamond : Baseball Digest Fri, 15 May 2009 12:59:40 +0000 http://baseballdigest.com/?p=2616#comment-1250 [...] a 2008 UM graduate, was named the America East Player of the Year last season and competed for the Netherlands in the World Baseball [...] [...] a 2008 UM graduate, was named the America East Player of the Year last season and competed for the Netherlands in the World Baseball [...]

]]> By: Riz http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/05/12/dutch-baseball-builds-on-wbc-experience/#comment-1241 Riz Tue, 12 May 2009 17:12:23 +0000 http://baseballdigest.com/?p=2616#comment-1241 I think I was more stunned by the SECOND victory the Dutch recorded over the DR than the initial. It means that the overall program has arrived in terms of their highest-level guys. Outside of Japan, most of the non-American (North and South) countries that produce MLB-quality players are going to be hard-pressed to have a lot of depth. But I think one of these years we're going to see a huge star come out of Holland, Australia or some equivalent. It's especially challenging without having a MiLB-level national league (like Japan). I think I was more stunned by the SECOND victory the Dutch recorded over the DR than the initial. It means that the overall program has arrived in terms of their highest-level guys.

Outside of Japan, most of the non-American (North and South) countries that produce MLB-quality players are going to be hard-pressed to have a lot of depth. But I think one of these years we’re going to see a huge star come out of Holland, Australia or some equivalent. It’s especially challenging without having a MiLB-level national league (like Japan).

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