[youtube cVRfCPyXlb0 520] Nice catch by a Japanese outfielder, robbing the batter of a homerun.
Month: August 2010
College players strengthen Israel’s core
by www.baseballeurope.com Peter Kurz clearly sees the silver lining in Israel’s sixth-place finish at this week’s Prague baseball week. “We met all our goals to gain experience in international tournaments,” the secretary…
Interview with Pim Walsma, L&D Amsterdam Pirates
Jakub Janda talked with Pim Walsma of the Dutch Hoofdklasse club L&D Amsterdam. Pim Walsma RHP Relief pitcher L&D Amsterdam Born 3.2.1987 Jakub Janda: Pim, please, could you briefly describe your baseball…
Semi-Final Round in Italian Baseball League starts tonight
by Riccardo Schiroli The players haven’t had the time to celebrate the win in the European Championship. The semi-final round robin of the Italian Baseball League is on the way and will…
HSV readies for playoff push, signs RHP Prinstein for rest of season
by Ty Eriksen The Hamburg Stealers have enlisted the services of P/DH Justin Prinstein for their remaining four games, in an effort to leapfrog up the standings over the current 4-5-6 of…
Recapping European Minor Leaguers (July 19 to August 2)
by Ty Eriksen After taking a week to focus on the European Championship (a tip of the cap to winner Italy), here is how your favorite EU players fared in the two…
Croydon, Herts and Mildenhall chase Playoff Spot in British NBL
by BaseballSoftballUK, www.baseballsoftballuk.com The Croydon Pirates all but booked their top-six spot and Herts and Mildenhall split their crucial doubleheader in the only Week 15 National Baseball League action on August 2….
European Junior Championship Qualifiers underway
After one European Championship is before another. The Junior Qualifiers started on Monday. Two tournaments, one in Trnava, Slovakia and one in Attnang-Puchheim, Austria are scheduled this week. In Trnava Poland and…
Results Austrian Baseball League July 31 & August 1
The Vienna Wanderers remain in first place in the Austrian Baseball League after splitting against the Athletics Attnang-Puchheim this weekend. In game one Walter Strasser dominated through eight innings to lead the…
Results Swiss Nationalliga A July 27 to August 1
In the past week the Lausanne Indians got stripped of all their victories in the 2010 season. We haven’t heard a reason yet, so stay tuned for further updates. It shouldn’t have…
Taiwan wins Junior World Championship
Press Release International Baseball Federation, www.ibaf.org Thunder Bay – The IBAF World Junior Baseball Championship came to an end August 1st, with Chinese Taipei winning the gold medal game defeating Australia eight…
Longest Softball Marathon in Osielsko, Poland
by Baseball.pl, www.baseball.pl Last week, since 20th to 25th July, group of 35 volunteers from all Poland were beating the Guinness World Record in the longest softball marathon. The game was played…
Almere Magpies Trying to Hold Pieces Together
by Ty Eriksen With five games left, the last three against the fourth place Konica Minolta Pioneers, the Almere Magpies are watching their hopes of staying in the top league crumble. It…
Old World Pastime – Hello, Baseball Gods?
John Miller, who is playing and coaching for the Brussels Kangaroos in the Belgian 2nd Division and is a reporter for a big American newspaper, is now also the Little League Commissioner…
EC 2010: Final Standings and Awards
The 2010 European Championship is in the books. Ten days of good and bad Baseball, homeruns, rain delays and small crowds are over. We have a new European Champion with Italy, which…
EC 2010 Stuttgart: Italy wins first Title since 1997
European Championship 2010, Day 10, August 1: Italy – Netherlands 8-4 NED 100 000 030 4 9 2 ITA 300 002 03X 8 8 0 Box score Italy has won the first…
Netherlands wins Cadets Title
It was over-shadowed by the European Senior Championship in Germany, but in Eindhoven and Nykoeping the Cadets also played their European Championship. The Netherlands won the tournament in Eindhoven thanks to a…
Italy wins Softball Junior Championship in Europe
Press Release Softball European Championship Juniors By defeating Germany 9-2 Italy claims the European Championship Junior Girls title 2010. From the very beginning the Italians take the lead and add run by…