Netherlands Country The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of twelve provinces in western Europe and three islands in the Caribbean. Capital: Amsterdam Dialing code: +31 Population: 16.77 million (2012) World Bank Official language: Dutch Language Colleges and Universities: Universiteit van Amsterdam, More Government: Hereditary monarchy, Unitary state, Monarchy, More complex/sports/2014/03/people-behind-the-most-mind-blowing-innovations-in-sports/dutch-carter-and-george-b-case-suicide-squeeze Dutch Carter and George B. Case: Suicide Squeeze Year: 1894 Leave it to a couple Ivy Leaguers to come up with a baseball innovation. Playing at Yale in 1894, Dutch Carter and George B. Case cooked up a guaranteed way to score a runner from third base without the ball leaving the infield. Eight years later, these forward-thinking fellows saw their suicide squeeze debut in the Majors, although they probably didnt care all that much; they had gone on to found the New York law firm White & Case in 1901, a practice which has now grown into one of the worlds most respected firms.
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