The most venerable of all the European baseball tournaments commences its 32nd edition today in the Dutch city, with games continuing through July 4. Honkbal Week Haarlem boasts another impressive roster of teams, with the Kingdom of the Netherlands squad competing against representative teams of Curaçao, Czech Republic, Italy, and Taiwan, along with the International Globetrotters all-stars. You can find out more about the tournament here https://www.mister-baseball.com/honkbal-week-haarlem-day-1/.
The baseball week began today with the Netherlands baseball nine defeating the Globetrotters at Pim Mulier Stadium. The game wrap, in Dutch, is here [link]. Box scores are not available.
Results
June 26
Globetrotters 1 – Netherlands 6
June 27
Curaçao – Taiwan
Czech Republic – Globetrotters
Netherlands – Italy
Standings
| Team | W-L | RF | RA |
| Netherlands | 1-0 | 6 | 1 |
| Italy | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curaçao | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taiwan | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| International Globetrotters | 0-1 | 1 | 6 |