Mister Baseball

by Michal Hanus

The head coach of the Czech Republic national baseball team announced the roster for the upcoming European Championship Qualifiers and for the World University Baseball Championship. Both competitions are organized by the Czech Baseball Association. The European Championship Qualifiers takes place next week in Prague with national teams from Belarus, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia. The World University Baseball Championship will be played from July 17th till 27th in Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc, Blansko and Chocen.

Complete Schedule

Complete Roster

PITCHERS
Boris Bokaj           Arrows Ostrava
Petr Minarik          Draci Brno
Jakub Toufar          Draci Brno
Martin Schneider      Draci Brno
Jan Rehacek           Konica Minolta Pioniers (NED)
Jakub Jonak           Krc Altron
Leos Kubat            MZLU Express Brno
Radek Prochazka       Draci Brno

INFIELDERS
Pavel Budsky          Draci Brno
Radek Nemec           Skokani Olomouc
Ondrej Petrik         Draci Brno
Tomas Polansky        Draci Brno
Jan Drabek            Patriots Liberec / Krc Altron
Simon Kudernatsch     Hartford University (USA)/
                      Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg (GER)
Petr Baroch           MediaMonks RCH (NED)

OUTFIELDERS
Jakub Malik           MediaMonks RCH (NED)
Ales Navratil         Arrows Ostrava
Michal Ondracek       MZLU Express Brno
Eduard Mraz           Tegola Titans
Jakub Cernik          Skokani Olomouc

CATCHERS
Petr Cech             Cincinnati Reds (USA)
Jakub Vojak           Skokani Olomouc
Radim Chroust         Draci Brno

DESIGNATED HITTER
Jan Homolka           Krc Altron

RESERVE
Martin Drong          Skokani Olomouc
Karel Hrusovsky       Draci Brno

STAFF
Arnost Nesnal         Head Coach
Leo Vivona
Radek Prochazka
David Fiala
David Winkler
Premysl Zak
Martin Mohyla