SV ADO was a

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club based in

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. The club's top men's team was a regular participant in the

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, the highest level of Dutch baseball. The organization dissolved itself in 2015 after declaring bankruptcy. The club had seen years of declining membership and was facing a

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40,000 budget shortfall entering the 2015 season."AdoLakers opgeheven, honkbalclub weg uit hoofdklasse." ''Omroep West''. February 4, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2021. https://www.omroepwest.nl/nieuws/2773521/AdoLakers-opgeheven-honkbalclub-weg-uit-hoofdklasse (Dutch)

2011 roster

References

External links

Official site of SV ADO (Dutch)
Baseball teams in the Netherlands Sports clubs in The Hague {{Netherlands-sport-team-stub