The German Baseball and Softball Federation (DBV) released schedules for the Baseball and Softball leagues in Germany on Wednesday. The Baseball-Bundesliga will start on April 2, while the Softball-Bundesliga follows two weeks later. There also no surprises in the lineup of the leagues. In the Baseball-Bundesliga the Berlin Sluggers in the north and the Bad Homburg Hornets in the south will be the new guys, replacing the relegated Cologne Cardinals and Neuenburg Atomics as well as the withdrawing Saarlouis Hornets. With the latter fact the southern division only will consist of seven teams instead of eight. In the Softball-Bundesliga the Ratingen Goose Necks, Grünwald Jesters and the Gauting Indians will be new in the league, while the Holm Westend 69ers, Herrenberg Wanderers, Augsburg Dirty Slugs and Laufer Wölfe decided to withdraw or got relegated.
Baseball-Bundesliga in 2011:
Northern Division:
- Solingen Alligators
- Paderborn Untouchables
- Bonn Capitals
- HSV Stealers
- Dortmund Wanderers
- Dohren Wild Farmers
- Pulheim Gophers
- Berlin Sluggers (new)
Schedule Baseball-Bundesliga North (PDF-File)
Southern Division:
- Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg (2010 champion)
- Heidenheim Heidekoepfe
- Mannheim Tornados
- Haar Disciples
- Mainz Athletics
- Gauting Indians
- Bad Homburg Hornets (new)
Schedule Baseball-Bundesliga South (PDF-File)
Softball-Bundesliga in 2011:
Northern Division:
- Wesseling Vermins (2010 champion)
- Hamburg Knights
- Neunkirchen Nightmares
- Brauweiler Raging Abbots
- Ratingen Goose Necks (new)
Schedule Softball-Bundesliga North (PDF-File)
Southern Division:
- Haar Disciples
- Darmstadt Rockets
- Mannheim Tornados
- Karlsruhe Cougars
- Heidelberg Hedgehogs
- Grünwald Jesters (new)
- Gauting Indians (new)