DSS Haarlem

DSS
Information
Location Haarlem, the Netherlands
BallparkPim Mulier Stadium [nl]
Founded1950[3]
Former league(s)Honkbal Hoofdklasse
201913-29 (7th place out of 8 teams)[1]
Defeated Kinheim in promotion/relegation playoff[2]
ChairmanPeter Vink
WebsiteDSSHonkSoftbal.nl

DSS is a baseball and softball club based in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

Since 2020, DSS has fielded a combined team with fellow Haarlem baseball club Kinheim in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the top Dutch baseball league. DSS was unable to participate in the Hoofdklasse due to financial difficulties, and Kinheim lost a relegation playoff to DSS in 2019, 3 games to 2.[4] The partnership enabled the combined clubs to continue fielding a team from Haarlem in the Hoofdklasse.[5] The two clubs had both played their home games at the complex that includes Pim Mulier Stadium [nl].[6]

On 14 August 2024, DSS and Kinheim jointly announced a change to their operating agreement beginning in 2025, with DSS competing in the lower Eerste Klasse while Kinheim continued to have a team in the Hoofdklasse. The clubs stated that the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation (KNBSB), the national governing body for baseball, supported the change.[7][8]

DSS's top women's softball team competes in the Dutch Derde Klasse.[9] The softball team has won the Dutch national championship eight times.[10]

  1. ^ "Hoofdklasse honkbal 2019". Flashscore. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Hoofdklasse honkbal 2019". www.knbsbstats.nl. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  3. ^ "DSS Honk- en Softbal | Historie" [DSS Base- and Softball History]. DSSHonkSoftbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Hoofdklasse honkbal 2019". www.knbsbstats.nl. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  5. ^ Zon, Rogier van (11 February 2020). "'Kinheim en DSS hebben elkaar nu nodig'". HonkbalSoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  6. ^ Rusignuolo, Michael (31 July 2019). "Pim Mulier Sportpark - DSS Haarlem". Stadium Journey. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Bekendmaking: DSS en Kinheim gaan samenwerking op een andere manier invullen" [Announcement: DSS and Kinheim will work together in a different way]. Kinheim (in Dutch). 14 August 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  8. ^ Visser, Seb (14 August 2024). "DSS en Kinheim gaan samenwerking op een andere manier invullen – HonkbalSoftbal.nl". honkbalsoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  9. ^ "DSS Dames 1". DSSHonkSoftbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  10. ^ "DSS Honk- en Softbal | Historie" [DSS Base- and Softball History]. DSSHonkSoftbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2024.