It’s no secret, I like to make lists. Sometimes when I’m on the toilet I make a list of my favorite girls from my travels. At night I will make a list about things to do or to get the next day or week. After my release from Hamburg, and reflecting on my 5 years of European Baseball, I decided to make a comprehensive list of my European baseball experiences on a recent train ride to from Hamburg to Munich: (I'll try to keep the offensiveness to a minimal)
1. Best Place to Play Home Games: Almere 2009
2. Worst Place to Play Home Games: Hoboken Pioneers 2007
3. Best Field: Kinheim Haarlem in 2010
4. Best Mound to pitch from: Amsterdam Pirates 2010
5. Worst Field: TIE – 2007 Kibbutz Gezer in Israel, 2008 Jeka in Breda Netherlands, and 2011 Dohren Germany
6. Best Crowd: Tie – 2007 Israel Baseball League All Star Game and 2009 Promotion Series between Almere and RCH (see above)
7. Most Difficult Opponent: DOOR Neptunus 2010
8. Favorite Opponent to Pitch against: ADO 2010 and Amsterdam Pirates 2010
9. Best team I played on: Almere 2009
10. Worst team I played on: Hamburg 2011
11. Favorite Teammates:
2007: Sam Faeder/Ty Eriksen – Netanya Tigers
2007: Alain Lambeau – Hoboken Pioneers
2008: Remy Jamanika – Tex Town Tigers
2009: Joey Berkenbosh – Almere
2010: Mitch Graham – Almere
2011: Max Warren – HSV Stealers
12. Worst Teammate:
2007: CF – Netanya Tigers
2007: C/1B – Hoboken Pioneers
2008: 1B – Tex Town Tigers
2009: back up 3B – Almere
2010: relief pitcher from RCH/infielder from RCH – Almere
2011: starting pitcher - HSV
13. Best Player on my team:
2007: Hector De Los Santos / SS – Netanya Tigers
2008: Ono Barske / 3B & Mikkel Oosterveld / SS – Tex Town Tigers
2009: Rhiency Imperator / SS – Almere
2010: Mitch Graham / SS – Almere
2011: Brehan Murphy / 3B – HSV Stealers
14. Worst Players on my team:
2007: Rhyijo/Eichenstein – Netanaya
2008: Thierry – Tex Town
2009: Jerry – Almere
2010: Daan – Almere
2011: Mirko – HSV
15. Best Opposing Player:
2007: Jason Rees – Bet Shamesh Blue Sox
2008: Linoy Croes – Alcmaria & Rhiency Imperator – Robur
2009: Cameron Wheeler and Derek Tarapecki – UVV
2010: Bryan Engelhardt – Kinheim
2011: Chris Beck - Solingen
16. Best Coach: Stanely Kock, Tex Town Tigers – 2008
17. Worst Coach: Marco, Almere 2010/Jens, HSV 2011
18. Best Management: Bart Zijderveld, Almere 2009
19. Worst Management: Erwin, Hoboken 2007
20. Best Uniforms: Almere 2010
21. Worst Uniforms: Hoboken 2007
22. Best house to live in: TTT 2008
23. Worst house to live in: Almere 2009 – upstairs in student house / HSV 2011 – GM’s basement
24. Best City to live in: Tel Aviv – 2007
25. Worst City to live in: Hamburg suburbs - 2011
26. Best Overall Experience: Almere 2009
27. Worst Overall Experience: Hamburg 2011
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