sentences:  In 1981, Neptunus Rotterdam won the pennant for the first time since the baseball team's foundation in 1942.Neptunus began to dominate the championship during the 1990s and 2000s, winning eleven pennants in total including seven consecutively between 1999 and 2005.In 2009, the Netherlands defeated the heavily favored Dominican Republic twice to qualify for the second round of the World Baseball Classic.