Honkbal Rookie League
Encyclopedia
The Honkbal Rookie League (Dutch
for Baseball Rookie League) is a professional baseball
league in the Netherlands
for rookies from the teams in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse
. It is an eight-team league
that plays a 42-game schedule. The season runs from April to September and is not followed by a promotion and relegation
system.
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
for Baseball Rookie League) is a professional baseball
Professional baseball
Baseball is a team sport which is played by several professional leagues throughout the world. In these leagues, and associated farm teams, players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system....
league in the Netherlands
Baseball in the Netherlands
Baseball in the Netherlands started in , having been introduced to the country by English teacher J.C.G Grasé of Amsterdam following a holiday to America. The first professional baseball league began in...
for rookies from the teams in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse
Honkbal Hoofdklasse
The Honkbal Hoofdklasse is the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. It is an eight-team league that plays a 42-game schedule and is overseen by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation . Games are played principally on weekends...
. It is an eight-team league
Sports league
League is a term commonly used to describe a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an...
that plays a 42-game schedule. The season runs from April to September and is not followed by a promotion and relegation
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...
system.
Current season
The 2011 Honkbal Rookie League season began Friday, April 8.See also
- Baseball in the NetherlandsBaseball in the NetherlandsBaseball in the Netherlands started in , having been introduced to the country by English teacher J.C.G Grasé of Amsterdam following a holiday to America. The first professional baseball league began in...
- Baseball awards #Netherlands
- Baseball awards #Europe