Loek van Mil Baseball player

Ludovicus Jacobus Maria van Mil (born September 15, 1984 in Oss, Netherlands) is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball League. Standing at 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m), Van Mil is the tallest player in the minor leagues.Van Mil has also pitched for the Netherlands national baseball team. Most notably, he served as the team's closer in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. Additionally, he appeared in the 2007 Baseball World Cup. Though he was selected to appear in the 2008 Summer Olympics, he missed the tournament due to injury.