Storks (sports club) explained

Storks is a baseball and softball team based in The Hague, The Netherlands. Storks' baseball team plays in the Honkbal Heren Hoofdklasse, the top level of baseball in the Netherlands. The club has also won three consecutive Dutch softball titles, winning the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Holland Series.[1]

History

The club was founded with 12 members on one team in 1952. By 1956, the club was fielding 3 men's baseball teams and that year added its first woman's softball team. From 1970 to 1974, Wim Remmerswaal played for the Storks. In 1975, the team moved to its current field at the Kijkduincomplex.[2] The Storks have played in the Hoofdklasse since 2018.[3]

References

  1. http://home.wxs.nl/~stoov/headline-e.htm#2309hsb Storks wins third title in a row!
  2. "Geschiedenis van Storks." Storks Official Website Retrieved May 3, 2021. https://www.storks.nl/historie/ (Dutch)
  3. Season-by-season statistics of Dutch Baseball Competitions, 2010-2021. KNBSB Stats. Retrieved May 2, 2021. https://www.knbsbstats.nl/

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