DSS Haarlem

{{Short description|Dutch professional baseball and softball club}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox baseball team

| name =DSS Haarlem

| location = Haarlem, the Netherlands

| logo = DSS Harlem logo.png

| logo_size = 150px

| league =

|former_leagues=Honkbal Hoofdklasse

| colors = Red, black and white
{{color box|#E6252F}} {{color box|#111111}} {{color box|white}}

| stadium ={{interlanguage link|Pim Mulier Stadium|nl|Pim Mulierstadion}}

| founded =1950{{Cite web |title=DSS Honk- en Softbal {{!}} Historie |trans-title=DSS Base- and Softball History |url=https://dsshonksoftbal.nl/dss/historie |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=DSSHonkSoftbal |language=nl-NL}}

| league_champs =

| series_champs =

| season =2019

|president=Peter Vink|president_label=Chairman|website=[https://dsshonksoftbal.nl/ DSSHonkSoftbal.nl]| record =13-29 (7th place out of 8 teams){{Cite web |title=Hoofdklasse honkbal 2019 |url=https://www.flashscore.com/baseball/netherlands/hoofdklasse-2019/standings/#/0ETZehmf/table/overall |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Flashscore}}

| playoffs =Defeated Kinheim in promotion/relegation playoff{{Cite web |title=Hoofdklasse honkbal 2019 |url=https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2019/HB/statsHBprom/confstat.htm |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=www.knbsbstats.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.{{Cite web |title=Hoofdklasse honkbal 2019 |url=https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2019/HB/statsHBprom/confstat.htm |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=www.knbsbstats.nl}} The partnership enabled the combined clubs to continue fielding a team from Haarlem in the Hoofdklasse.{{Cite web |last=Zon |first=Rogier van |date=2020-02-11 |title=‘Kinheim en DSS hebben elkaar nu nodig’ |url=https://www.honkbalsoftbal.nl/2020/02/11/kinheim-en-dss-hebben-elkaar-nu-nodig/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=HonkbalSoftbal.nl |language=nl-NL}} The two clubs had both played their home games at the complex that includes {{interlanguage link|Pim Mulier Stadium|nl|Pim Mulierstadion}}.{{Cite web |last=Rusignuolo |first=Michael |date=31 July 2019 |title=Pim Mulier Sportpark - DSS Haarlem |url=https://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/pim-mulier-sportpark-dss-haarlem |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Stadium Journey}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=Bekendmaking: DSS en Kinheim gaan samenwerking op een andere manier invullen |trans-title=Announcement: DSS and Kinheim will work together in a different way |url=https://www.kinheim.net/bekendmaking-dss-en-kinheim-gaan-samenwerking-op-een-andere-manier-invullen |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Kinheim |language=nl}}{{Cite web |last=Visser |first=Seb |date=2024-08-14 |title=DSS en Kinheim gaan samenwerking op een andere manier invullen – HonkbalSoftbal.nl |url=https://honkbalsoftbal.nl/2024/08/14/dss-en-kinheim-gaan-samenwerking-op-een-andere-manier-invullen/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=honkbalsoftbal.nl |language=nl-NL}}

DSS's top women's softball team competes in the Dutch Derde Klasse.{{Cite web |title=DSS Dames 1 |url=https://dsshonksoftbal.nl/teams/dames1 |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=DSSHonkSoftbal |language=nl-NL}} The softball team has won the Dutch national championship eight times.{{Cite web |title=DSS Honk- en Softbal {{!}} Historie |trans-title=DSS Base- and Softball History |url=https://dsshonksoftbal.nl/dss/historie |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=DSSHonkSoftbal |language=nl-NL}}