#honkbal

[osmiumpenguin]

I have just learned that the Dutch word for “baseball player” is “honkballer,” and is this even a real universe or are you all just having me on.

[suntzuanime]

Posting in honor of the new OOTP version release.

[fallingskiesandrisingseas]

The Pevensie kids are otherwordly in more ways than the naked eye reveals.

For starters, with all the years they have spent around great cats, they are absolutely silent when they walk. They can stalk and prowl like no one's business, and once, when a girl pissed off Lucy, she showed her her teeth.

When a shrink asks her why she is scared of cats, so many years later , she remembers the white flash in the schoolyard, the sudden certainty of death.

Second of all, they don't seem to leave footprints in snow. In the winters of Narnia, magic was all around Cair Paravel, benign spirits showing them how to leave no traces, go unseen in the great white. Some swear they move without touching the earth. No one is sure enough to rebutt them.

The Pevensies are unbeatable in snowball fights. Especially Susan can throw like a honkball pitcher, able to single out and pick off targets that should be out of reach.

When the boys drink alcohol for the first time, at ages 17 and 15, they turn out to have great tolerance, something no one their age should have. Yet Peter and Edmund can beat anyone in a drinking game. Narnian spirits were strong (pun intented), so they do not find this feat particularly challenging. And no one understands how Susan puts away bottles and bottles of wine without ever slurring her words or losing her razor sharp mind.

The boys that keep pouring her more wine, hoping to take her home drunk, leave disappointed every night. Susan knows what's up. She's been forced to sit through boring diplomatic dinners with alcohol as her only interesting companion, is used to men trying to take advantage when she drinks. She will not be tricked by school boys.

They have a tolerance for other substances, too.

When someone gets the bright idea to roofie Lucy at age 16, he ends up with a nail through his foot, hanging from the highest tree in London.

Lucy shows up the next day with dirt under her nails and a hammer in her backpack. The teachers take one look at Peter, who stares back with a glare that could refreeze Narnia, and decide not to say a word.

They're all insanely strong swimmers. Susan won prizes before, but now she's breaking records. Edmund saves a man twice his weight from drowing, dragging him along across a cold lake for half a mile.

No one understands how the scrawny, 5"9 kid pulled that off. Or how he manages to hold his breath for so long.

And then there is the question of their minds.

Suddenly, Edmund can beat even the most experienced men in chess. He goes on to become champion of the region and then of the whole of England.

Peter, once a mediocre student, is now a stunningly good writer. When his professor reads his essay for Ethics, he weeps, something that has never happened before. Many see a future in academia for him.

Susan becomes known as the best problem solver in school. She's able to resolve many conflicts, not in the least because she's so attractive men stop thinking about fighting the second she steps into a room. But underneath the beauty resides a smooth operator. Her professors don't doubt for a second she'll be a brilliant politician.

Lucy no longer has the child like innocence from before the war. Her sense of wonder never left her, though. The centaurs have taught her astronomy, and looking at the stars reminds her of Narnia, one of the few things that are the same. The boarding school telescope goes missing an awful lot, as does she. Often, her brothers and sister come along, especially on bright nights. They never get caught.

They've changed. And they hold onto these pieces of Narnia, because it is all they have left.

[demilypyro]

You've given me clowngirl brainrot. Thank you for that.

As punishment, I'm now forcing you to think about Demily Pierrot wielding giant squeaky hammers instead of wooden ones. You're welcome.

Nah wooden ones is better. Maybe she nabbed one from one of those strength test carnival attractions.

It also means she can use it for honkball.

[princess-of-the-corner]

im mad that major league baseball and miraculous ladybug share the same abbreviation. in order to make my searches easier as a fan of both, i think baseball should adopt the dutch name, Honkbal Hoofdklasse, partially because it's easier to differentiate them for me personally, but mostly because honkbal is the absolute funniest word to say

See I just shorten it to ML since 'Ladybug' is one word.

But also 'Honkbal' is fun to say

[samuelroukin]

you got into baseball and it's called honkbal in the netherlands????

LMAO yes it is, we are honking those balls

[nickyflowers]

i do a stream on most Thursdays at 12:30pm pacific called #gaybaseball on twitch.tv/bedsores with my friend whose channel it actually is

the MLB off-season is our on-season and we play a baseball ttrpg called Deadball with our custom built teams. during the spring and fall, our off-season consists of fucking around in Out of the Park Baseball, a game that is just spreadsheets. it's fun!!! we're managing a Dutch baseball team this year. join us later today for some Honkbal and maybe other Thursday afternoons also

[postoctobrist]

just fucking wrecked sone femboi pussy and now they’re singing themselves to sleep with Honkball Hoofseklasse

thanks(?)

welcome

[jungleklas]

Wij hadden een fantastische sportdag vandaag!Lasershooten , honkbal , boogschieten ...en nog zoveel meer!

Plezier verzekerd!

Vandaag werkten we klasdoorbrekend. Neem dus zeker ook eens een kijkje op de website van de school voor meer foto's!

Bedankt meester Diego voor de organisatie!

🎯🚵‍♂️

Deel 2

[cakedate]

Thank you for the pakige and the utterly lovely card, I've already read it three times and have now sealed it away so it's safe from tears but I can still look at it and get overwhelmed by love.

You're my favourite honkbal ⚾ thank you for being the best in the game of honk

I love you 💖

[unsignedbooks]

Hoofdstuk 4: Jeugddelinquenten

Gender Deel 1 Rowan vindt een honkbalknuppel in een kast vol met speelgoed en zwaait ermee in het rond welhaast als een ervaren honkballer. E mept in es enthousiasme bijna een lamp van het bureau af, maar kan es slag nog net corrigeren. Vanonder het bed wordt door Idris een springtouw gevist waarmee per denkt wel iemand te kunnen wurgen. Per trekt het springtouw tussen per handen strak om te…

[rippleon-blog]

Rippling with Lobo Legend Coach Ray Birmingham

I was so excited that Coach Birmingham agreed to come on the podcast. I have been a big fan of his as he is a legend in college baseball. I just knew if we could have an opportunity to visit, he'd share some of the incredible wisdom he's acquired throughout his career and boy was a right. This episode is pure gold and is chalked full of great stories about motivating and leading that everyone can learn from.

  Plus he is just one of the kindest and most thoughtful men I think I've ever met. Although I knew him through his social network presence, the conversation with him was so easy to have. He made me feel like he and I have been friends for years. He's a Rippler through and through.

  Here's a bit more about Coach:

  At UNM, Birmingham has the second-most wins in program history with 402 to his credit as the Lobo skipper, earning his 400th DI Career win on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 versus Air Force. He also initiated and had led the ongoing development and execution of the $3.65 million expansion of Santa Ana Star Field as well as UNM’s first privately-funded building on campus – the R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Clubhouse that was completed in December of 2016.

For his overall career, Birmingham is in exclusive company having won over 1,000 games. Entering the 2021 season, Birmingham will have coached in parts of six decades dating back to the late 1970s. Birmingham is also the winningest coach in the state’s history as all 1,220 of his victories have come coaching for teams in his home state of New Mexico (College of the Southwest, New Mexico Junior College and UNM).

In 2015, Birmingham was inducted into the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame and was also inducted into the NJCAA Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2011. He also currently serves on the College Baseball Hall of Fame Selection Committee.

Birmingham has also coached or spoken at numerous clinics throughout the United States and South America. He has been published in the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Journal and worked professionally for the Cleveland Indians, Oakland A’s and Kansas City Royals.

In 2004, Birmingham led the NJCAA all-star team to four wins in five games over the Chinese All-Stars in Beijing, China. In 2007, Birmingham was selected as the head coach of the NJCAA all-star team when China returned to the United States to play the U.S. team. Birmingham also coached the NJCAA West All-Stars to a three-game sweep over the East All-Stars in the summer of 2009.

In the summer of 2014, Birmingham served as the hitting coach for USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team, which was made up of the top collegiate players from around the country. Team USA played games across North Carolina before traveling to the Netherlands to participate in Honkbal-Haarlem Baseball Week. The CNT won the international tournament by outscoring its opponents 34-6 over its final seven games. Birmingham helped guide Tennessee’s Christin Stewart to “Best Hitter” honors at the tournament and Albuquerque’s own Alex Bregman of LSU was named Honkbal Baseball Week MVP. Team USA concluded its summer with five games in Cuba, finishing with an overall record of 18-8-2.

In his 43rd year of coaching, Birmingham has been a part of 22 championships. All the college baseball programs Birmingham has coached have reached the top 25 in the national rankings at some point. Between University of the Southwest, New Mexico Junior College and New Mexico, 167 athletes have gone on to play professional baseball with 39 coming while the head coach at UNM. Additionally, under Birmingham at UNM, 40 athletes have earned All-America honors and 10 have been freshman All-Americans as well. Birmingham was also the coach of NMJC’s first basketball conference championship team – a team that was ranked No. 1 in the country.

Ready to get your Ripple On? Check out the latest episode of The Ripple Effect Podcast with Steve Harper!

[goalhofer]

2023 World Baseball Classic The Netherlands Roster

Pitchers

#00 Derek Grant (Corpus Christi Hooks/Orange City, Florida)

#16 Lars Huijer (Honkbalclub Allen Weerbaar/Haarlem)

#17 Arij Fransen (Daytona Tortugas/Deventer)

#20 Mike Bolsenbroek (Heidenheim Heideköpfe/Apeldorn)

#29 Eric Méndez (Visalia Rawhide/Cura Cabai, Aruba)

#30 Dennis Burgersdijk (Honkbalclub Allen Weerbaar/Bussum)

#32 Jaydenn Estanista (FCL Phillies/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#33 Kevin Kelly (Neptunas/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#36 Jiorgeny Casimiri (Dunedin Blue Jays/The Hague)

#37 Tom De Blok (Neptunas/Amstelveen)

#39 Shairon Martis (Amsterdam Piraten/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#41 Ryan Huntington (Neptunas/Oranjestad, Aruba)

#45 J.C. Sulbaran (Indios Del Bóer/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#46 Pedro Strop (Leones Del Escogido/San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic)

#49 Jair Jurrjens (Tigres De Aragua/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#51 Dylan Farley (Amsterdam Piraten/Hoofddorp)

#55 Franklin Van Gurp (Estrellas Orientales/Philipsburg, Sint Maarten)

#58 Antwone Kelly (FCL Pirates/Oranjestad, Aruba)

#62 Scott Prins (Amsterdam Piraten/Haarlem)

#66 Aaron De Groot (Neptunas/The Hague)

#74 Kenley Jansen (Boston Red Sox/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#99 Wendell Floranus (Gigantes Del Cibao/Willemstad, Curaçao)

Catchers

#14 Chadwick Tromp (Gwinnett Stripers/Oranjestad, Aruba)

#21 Dashenko Ricardo (Neptunas/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#26 Sicnarf Loopstok (Amsterdam Piraten/Oranjestad, Aruba)

Infielders

#2 Xander Bogaerts (San Diego Padres/San Nicolaas, Aruba)

#3 Richie Palacios (Cleveland Guardians/New York, New York)

#7 Jonathan Schoop (Detroit Tigers/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#9 Andrelton Simmons (free agent/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#13 Juremi Profar (Bravos De León/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#15 Sharlon Schoop (Amsterdam Piraten/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#18 Mariekson Gregorius (Cangrejeros De Santurce/Amsterdam)

#23 Dwayne Kemp (Neptunas/Rotterdam)

#40 Zander Wiel (High Point Rockers/Murfreesboro, Tennessee)

Outfielders

#4 Wladimir Balentien (Gigantes Del Cibao/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#10 Jurickson Profar (free agent/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#11 Ray-Patrick Didder (free agent/Oranjestad, Aruba)

#50 Rogear Bernadina (Leones De León/Willemstad, Curaçao)

#77 Josh Palacios (Indianapolis Indians/New York, New York)

Coaches

Manager Hensley Meulens (Colorado Rockies/Oranjestad, Aruba)

Bench coach Andruw Jones (Atlanta Braves/Willemstad, Curaçao)

Hitting coach Tjerk Smeets (Corendon Kinheim/Amsterdam)

Pitching coach Bert Blyleven (Nederlands Honkbal/Garden Grove, California)

Bullpen coach Mike Harkey (New York Yankees/San Diego, California)

1B coach Gene Kingsale (Neptunas/Solito, Aruba)

3B coach Ben Thijssen (Boston Red Sox/Willemstad, Curaçao)

Quality control coach Evert-Jan Hoen (Nederlands Honkbal/Alphen Aan Den Rijn)

[demilypyro]

Screw this I'm gonna go play honkball

[inge-universe]

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[arun-pratap-singh]

Honkballers met Major League-sterren Xander Bogaerts en Kenley Jansen naar officieus WK

Bondscoach Hensley Meulens van het Nederlands honkbalteam rekent bij de World Baseball Classic in maart op heel wat sterren uit de Amerikaanse Major League. #Honkballers #met #Major #Leaguesterren #Xander #Bogaerts #Kenley #Jansen #naar #officieus