Schiller: Professional Baseball League in Europe starting 2010?
Foxsports.com reported on Wednesday evening about an interesting plan by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). They are quoting IBAF president Harvey Schiller: “Our tentative plans also include the launch of a professional baseball league in Europe in 2010 and beyond.” He said this after finishing a trip to Cuba yesterday. A potential professional baseball league in Europe would follow in the footsteps of the Baseball World Cup, which takes place in September 2009 in seven European countries with Italy the main host.
Schiller also mentioned a potential rule change to save time in extra inning games: “When the game enters the 10th inning, the next players on the roster are placed on first and second base and each team starts with one out,” he said. “We feel that this proposal will help bring the game to an end in a timely manner.”
Where are the teams going to be playing around europe
That is a good question. I think the plans are still in the very early stages.
I believe the cities, which are supposed to host the baseball world cup next year does have an edge to get a professional team because they have or will have venues with the infrastructure for such a league. But this is pure speculation on my side.
well all i know is i want to be apart of the first season of the new league. It will be my second year as a professional
How do i go about signing with a team in the Euro league just contact the teams when there decided