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Konica Minolta Pioniers |
League |
Honkbal Hoofdklasse |
Location |
Hoofddorp |
Ballpark |
Sportpark Toolenburg |
Year Founded |
1966 |
League championships |
None |
2006 |
25-17 (3rd place) |
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Lost Holland Series to Kinheim |
Uniforms |
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Pioniers is a baseball and softball team based in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. The title sponsor of the club is currently Konica Minolta so that the official name of the team is Konica Minolta Pioniers.
Pioniers baseball team plays in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the top level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. The club's most successful year was 1997 they reached the Holland Series for the first time in the club's history by beating reigning champions DOOR Neptunus in the play-offs. In the Holland Series they claimed a 3-2 victory over Mr. Cocker HCAW, making them Dutch champions. In 2006 Pioniers finished third in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse and were just like in 1997 able to upset Neptunus in the play-offs, gaining themselves entrance to the 2006 Holland Series.[1] In those series they twice took the lead, to eventually lose to Corendon Kinheim 3-2.
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[edit] References
- ^ 2006 Holland Series, at honkbalsite.com