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Neptunus is the baseball team of the Neptunus Sporting Club in Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. The title sponsor of the club is currently DOOR Training so that the official name of the team is DOOR Neptunus.
Neptunus plays in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse
Honkbal Hoofdklasse
The Honkbal Hoofdklasse is the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. It is an eight-team league that plays a 42-game schedule and is overseen by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation . Games are played principally on weekends...
, the top level of professional baseball in the Netherlands, where it is its most successful team. It won the Holland Series
Holland Series
The Holland Series has been the annual championship series of the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands since 1987, concluding the postseason of Honkbal Hoofdklasse...
seven consecutive times from 1999–2005 and won the European Cup
European Cup (baseball)
The European Cup is an annual baseball tournament, sanctioned and created by the Confederation of European Baseball . The tournament features the top teams of the professional baseball leagues in Europe....
five consecutive times from 2000–2004.The notable yacht designer, Tony Castro
Tony Castro (Yacht Designer)
Antonio de Lancastre de Mello E. Castro has been designing sailing and motor yachts for 25 years, with about 6,000 boats launched to date that include custom boats and One-design production models...
, has long worked with Neptunus.