The Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation (REFBS) has set the schedule for the 2010 season. As usually the champion will be crowned after 18 game days (36 games) without playoffs. The season…
Month: February 2010
Three Rouen Huskies Players to work out in Florida
Three players of the French club Rouen Huskies are currently in Cocoa, Florida to attend a training camp. Shortstop Maxime Lefevre, second baseman Oscar Combes and pitcher Quentin Becquey are going to…
Giulio Montanini new Head of Player Development in Parma
Giulio Montanini, who led Parma to its first national title in 1976, was appointed as the new head of player development of the franchise. He will oversee the program of all affiliated…
Czech Winter League will culminate this Weekend
by Michal Hanus The Winter League in the Czech Republic, dedicated to the U10 category, which contains three tournaments total in Prague and Louny, will culminate this weekend in Louny. Seven teams…
Sparta/Feynoord signs RHP/OF Raynard Doran
According to Rogier van Zon of Honkbalsite.com the Dutch Hoofdklasse club Sparta/Feyenoord Rotterdam has signed the right-handed pitcher/outfielder Raynard Doran for the upcoming season. The 22-year-old was born in Willemstad, Curacao and…
Atlanta Braves sign 2 more Players from Tenerife Academy
Roberto Machado, Nestor Perez and Deion Galvan After Ruben Rijkhof and Alejandro Sanchez Martinez signed with the Atlanta Braves organization last year, their Tenerife Academy has produced two more candidates who have…
El Llano to play in Division de Honor after all
At the end of January the Spanish Division de Honor club El Llano had submitted its withdrawal from the 2010 competition due to economical reasons. Ten days later the Gijon-based team is…
New Logo, new Name for Godo-Verona Franchise
The newly formed Italian Baseball League franchise Godo-Verona continues to make great progress in preparation for the 2010 season. On Tuesday evening the organization has revealed its new logo and a new…
A few tidbits from the ESF Congress in Antalya
Last weekend the annual congress of the European Softball Federation (ESF) was held in Antalya, Turkey. Thanks to FIBS.it, BaseballSoftballUK.com and EuropeanSoftball.org here are a few tidbits: Secretary General Patrice Bienfait retired…
LHP Martin Almstetter joins Heidenheim Heidekoepfe
Just one day after the Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg announced that Martin Almstetter will leave the club, he has found a new team. The Heidenheim Heidekoepfe signed the left-handed pitcher on Wednesday. The…
Roberto Toniazzi, Alessandro Galli return to Montepaschi Grosseto
The Italian Baseball League club Montepaschi Grosseto has announced that outfielder/designated hitter Roberto Toniazzi and catcher Alessandro Galli (picture) will return to the team for the upcoming season. Both players are 34…
Anthony Bennett new Head Coach of Szentendre Sleepwalkers
One of the well-traveled men in International Baseball has found a new home in Hungary. The 40-year-old Anthony Bennett, who was born in San Mateo, California, joins the Hungarian club Szentendre Sleepwalkers…
Results Italian Winter League February 7th
The Italian Winter League, the national indoor tournament in Italy, heated up last Sunday with regional events on five different sites. In Bologna Fortitudo and Athletics solidified their top positions in the…
Templiers Senart sign 5 more Players from Bois-Guillaume
Five more players from Bois-Guillaume have found a new home at the French Elite League club Templiers Senart. Luis Aponte, who already was connected to Senart through the rumor mill, Jean-Clément Baylot,…
(Update) Martin Almstetter leaves Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg
The German Baseball-Bundesliga club Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg announced on Tuesday in a press release that left-handed pitcher Martin Almstetter will leave the team. The 30-year-old informed head coach Martin Helmig about the…
NJCAA All Stars will play in Haarlem Baseball Week
Last week the organizers of the Haarlem Baseball Week announced four of the six teams, which will play in the July tournament. One of them was a squad from the USA. Since…
Amateur Baseball League founded in Italy
Flavio Pomogranato, Livio Caponi and Marco Mannucci have founded an amateur baseball league called North West League (NWL) the region of Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley in Italy to provide an alternative…
Statement by IBAF President Fraccari regarding Olympic Reinstatement
Press Release International Baseball Federation, www.ibaf.org PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT Two months have passed since I was elected into IBAF’s Office of the President, and I now deem it appropriate to render an official…
Godo promotes Pietro Briggi to IBL
The Italian Baseball League club in Godo has promoted the 24-year-old right-handed pitcher Pietro Briggi onto its first-division roster. He comes from Verona, which will be the IBL2 affiliate for Godo in…
Bafinfos.com hands out French Awards
The past couple of week Bafinfos.com readers could vote on the best players in the French Elite League in 2009. This weekend the results were published. These are the winners: Most Valuable…
Team GB GM Alan Smith and Head Coach Stephan Rapaglia resign
Two years ago the British National Team had to withdraw its participation at the Final Olympic Qualifying event in Taiwan due to a lack of funding. While a start at the 2010…
Dominican Team wins Caribbean Series 2010
Leones del Escogido from the Dominican Republic has won the 2010 edition of the Caribbean Series on Margarita Island, Venezuela. They defeated Leones del Caracas on Sunday 7-4 to clinch their third…
El Llano withdraws from Spanish Division de Honor
Just a few weeks before the start of the 2010 season El Llano has withdrawn its participation in the Spanish Division de Honor. Probably economic reasons led to this decision, which was…
Polish Baseball and Softball Season starts on April 10&11
The Polish season in Baseball and Softball is scheduled to start on the weekend of April 10th and 11th. BUKS Gepardy Zory faces UKS Deby Osielsko on April 10th to kick off…
Jonathan Kashuba returns to MOSQUITO Athletics Attnang-Puchheim
The Austrian Baseball League club MOSQUITO Athletics Attnang-Puchheim brings back the 24-year-old Canadian Jonathan Kashuba for the upcoming season. Together with his wife he arrived in Austria in December. The infielder/pitcher played…