Playing in his 22nd season in the Dutch Hoofdklasse veteran Dirk van’t Klooster of the Vaessen Pioniers is on the verge of breaking the all-time hit record of Marcel Joost according to Marco Stoovelaar of Grand Slam Stats & News. In 2002 he set the new mark at 1166 hits. After Tuesday’s three-hit performance against DOOR Neptunus, Van’t Klooster needs only ten more hits to reach Joost’s record. The Pioniers open a three-game series tonight against UVV. Afterwards the Hoofdklasse will be interrupted for two weeks due to the Haarlem Baseball Week.