After a great start into the minor league season 2008 with the Daytona Cubs of the Florida State League (Single A), Alessandro Maestri (stats) was promoted to the Tennessee Smokies and will…
Month: June 2008
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…
Erik Hufnagel with No-Hitter in Angels Debut
by www.Namur-Angels.be After the longest layoff of the season, the Namur Angels returned to action Tuesday night at Borgerhout facing a Squirrels team that they split within the first portion of the…
Four teams open another round in Italian Baseball League
After taking a week off due to the European Cup tournaments with three participants, the Italian Baseball League resumes their schedule tonight. FORTITUDO BOLOGNA hopes to extend their lead in the standings…
Neptunus with tough tasks as Hoofdklasse continues
After finishing in third place at the European Cup in Regensburg, Germany, DOOR NEPTUNUS faces another tough task in the Dutch Hoofdklasse this week. Tonight they are playing against the local rivals…
Prague Baseball Week Recap Day Two
by Michal Hanus The second day started with a game between France and USA Athletes. France lost the first game against Croatia and if they wanted a promotion to Friday’s semifinal, they…
How to hit, in only 5 points – a Baseball-Blog by John Miller
John Miller, head coach of the Brussels Kangaroos and a reporter for a major American newspaper, is chronicling his team’s 2008 season in a column that will appear every Monday on mister-baseball.com….
Belgian Baseball Federation selects National Team Roster for Qualifier
The Belgian Baseball Federation announced this week the national team roster for the upcoming qualifier for the European Championships 2010 in Germany. They selected six players from the ROYAL GREYS, six from…
Italian Softball: Results June 14 to 22
During the past two weeks of the Italian Softball League, leader AMGA Legnano lost three of their four games and their advantage in the standings shrunk to 1,5 games. The top four…
German Softball: Results June 14 to 22
Nothing has changed in the German Softball-Bundesliga the past two weeks besides that the Disciples moved into second position of the standings in the South. Latest Results: North: June 14: Brauweiler Raging…
Flyers sweep to extend lead in title chase
by John Baum FLYERS SWEEP TO EXTEND LEAD IN TITLE CHASE… Game one was a close affair, the Flyers had several chances with men on base, but hard hit balls found the…
Gauting’s Chris Howard is showing some pop
[youtube Erf2xWcZcVA] Ok, we admit this clip is a few months old. Nonetheless it shows a European Baseball player with power. Chris Howard is a 19-year-old catcher for the German Bundesliga club…
Prague Baseball Week Recap Day one
by Michal Hanus Day one of the Prague Baseball Week started right before lunch on Tuesday with a game between Czech U21 team and AIST (USA). The young Czech team started without…
Results British National League June 22
The LONDON METS are still unstoppable in the British National League South. They celebrated two shutouts against the BRACKNELL BLAZERS, scoring a total of 28 runs. Brad Crinion and Cody Cain were…
Qualifier European Championships Cadets underway
The future of European Baseball is currently playing in Antalya, Turkey this week. The Qualifier for the European Championships at the Cadets level got underway on Monday. Five teams are trying to…
South: Hornets back in the mix after sweep against Disciples
Saarlouis Hornets – Haar Disciples 7-6, 9-4 The hopes for a playoff participation for the DISCIPLES hit a bumper. They got swept in the doubleheader in SAARLOUIS and are now three games…
North: Untouchables end 19-game winning streak of Alligators
Paderborn Untouchables – Solingen Alligators 8-4, 2-4 Two series ended in Paderborn on Sunday. The UNTOUCHABLES defeated the ALLIGATORS in game one of the doubleheader 8-4 and stopped the 19-game-winning streak to…
Bern Cardinals winning the Euro Qualifier – a Recap
CARDINALS DUE THE IMPROBABLE…WIN THE EURO QUALIFIER IN BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC! by John Baum Thanks to an all around effort, the Bern Cardinals were victorious in a very strong Euro Qualifier in…
Dutch Women Softball Team finishes second trip to United States
The Dutch Women Softball team has finished another step in their preparation for the Olympic Games in Beijing this August. They returned home on Monday morning after their second trip to the…
Japan announces preliminary roster for Olympics
According to Japanball.com the Japanese Baseball Federation has announced a preliminary roster for the Olympic Games in Beijing in August. There are 39 players on the list, which will be cut to…
I can hit (ceilings) – a Baseball-Blog by John Miller
John Miller, head coach of the Brussels Kangaroos and a reporter for a major American newspaper, is chronicling his team’s 2008 season in a column that will appear every Monday on mister-baseball.com….
Results Extraliga June 21
Despite the European Cup qualifier, the Extraliga in the Czech Republic continued this weekend. KRC ALTRON profited from the loss by TECHNIKA in OSTRAVA and moved into a tie for fourth place…
Results Nationalliga A June 21/22
The THERWIL FLYERS used the absence of the BERN CARDINALS (winning the qualifier in Brno) to extend their lead in the group one standings of the Nationalliga A with two victories in…
Results Hoofdklasse June 21/22
The Dutch teams succeeded in the European Cup tournaments in Grosseto and Regensburg. CORENDON KINHEIM clinched the title in Italy with a ten inning affair against MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO. DOOR NEPTUNUS missed the…
Results Division de Honor June 21/22
With BARCELONA winning in Regensburg and the MARLINS finishing in fifth in Grosseto, the Spanish teams had a successful last week in Europe. At home in the Division de Honor, CB SANT…