The Astros Valencia have captured the Spanish Division de Honor in the 2020 season. They finished the season with a 17-1 record ahead of the Tenerife Marlins and San Inazio Bilbao. Usually…
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Baseball Mexico: Monday, November 16, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ 2021 CARIBBEAN SERIES SCHEDULE RELEASED The schedule for the 2021 Caribbean Series in Mazatlan was released last Tuesday. Six nations will be represented at the event,…
WBSC to live-stream Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League games on GameTime OTT platform
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation Pully, Switzerland; 12 November 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation today announced that its OTT platform GameTime.sport has been awarded international broadcast and digital rights…
RIP Bill Holmberg
European Baseball mourns the death of Bill Holmberg, who died due to pancreatic cancer at the age of 67. His illness was publicized at the end of September, when his son started…
Spain, Czech Republic to meet in Tenerife for Exhibition Series
The Baseball National Team of Spain and Czech Republic will conclude the 2020 season with an exhibition series in Tenerife. They will play a four-game set from November 16 to 19. Spain…
Andrea Marcon reelected as President of Italian Federation
Andrea Marcon remains president of the Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS). He won the elections against Massimo De Luca with a percentage of 58.51 against 41.49 during the ordinary congress in…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, November 9, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ LMP SHUTS DOWN FOR 11 DAYS TO BATTLE VIRUS SURGE Following an uptick of Wuhan virus cases that led to series delays and postponements or cancellations…
WBSC to launch ‘Premier12 Replay Series’ on YouTube, starts 2 November
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; 2 November 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation today is launching the WBSC “Premier12 Replay Series”, marking the one-year anniversary since the opening…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, November 2, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ YAQUIS AT 15 WINS IN 17 GAMES, SWING A PAIR OF DEALS Recent arrival Felix Perez socked a pair of homers, including a two-run bomb, while…
New WBSC Academy opens first online courses in push to further globalise baseball, softball
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; 30 October 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced that the WBSC Academy, a global development initiative, will officially begin courses…
The last 2020 tournament in Ukraine: Kropyvnytskyi BioTexCom-KNTU had won a “golden-double”
by Olexandr Vynogradov On October 25, the last game of the Final Series of the Ukraine Cup ended the difficult season 2020. The baseball season usually begins in mid-April. At this time,…
New WBSC Integrity Unit releases updated Baseball5 official ball certification programme
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; 29 October 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation’s (WBSC) newly established Integrity Unit today released the updated Baseball5 official game ball certification programme…
News from Play Global!
Press release Play Global Most of Play Global’s programming has been on hold this year due to COVID-19 restrictions. We want to get back in touch and let you know that Play…
WBSC, GameTime to live-stream final of Japanese Women’s Baseball League on 31 October
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; 29 October 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced it has been awarded the international digital rights of the national championship…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, October 26, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ OBREGON SIZZLES AS MEXICALI FIZZLES, MERE OUT AFTER 8 GAMES One week into the Mexican Pacific League season, the Obregon Yaquis and Mexicali Aguilas are off…
Vienna Metrostars win 2020 Austrian Baseball Championship
The Vienna Metrostars have won the 2020 Austrian Baseball Championship. They defeated the Traiskirchen Grasshoppers 3-1 in the best-of-five final series in the Austrian Baseball-Bundesliga. After splitting the first two games in…
Heidenheim Heidekoepfe win German Ben’s Baseball-Bundesliga 2020
The Heidenheim Heidekoepfe have won the German Baseball-Bundesliga Championship 2020. They swept the best-of-five final series in the Ben’s Baseball-Bundesliga 3-0 against the Bonn Capitals and captured their fifth title in team…
Neunkirchen Nightmares capture Deutschlandpokal Softball 2020
The Neunkirchen Nightmares have won the Deutschlandpokal Softball 2020, the German league cup of the Softball-Bundesliga. They beat reigning vice champion Freising Grizzlies 2-1 in the best-of-three final series. After splitting the…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, October 19, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MEX PAC OPENS SEASON, FANS IGNORING PROTOCOLS The Mexican Pacific League opened its 2020-21 season last Thursday with a full slate of five games, four with…
Baseball and Softball Season in Netherlands ends abruptly
The 2020 season in the Netherlands ended on Wednesday abruptly. All team sports – except professional soccer – for players 18 years and older were prohibited as part of new measures to…
WBSC establishes new Integrity Unit to safeguard future of baseball and softball
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland. — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced the establishment of the WBSC Integrity Unit, a centralised hub for promoting and ensuring integrity within…
WBSC Women’s, U-15 Baseball World Cups in Mexico postponed to March 2021
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland/TIJUANA, Mexico.— The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the Mexican Baseball Federation and the respective Local Organizing Committee, jointly announced the postponement of the 2020…
WBSC’s ‘GameTime’ channel to live-stream inaugural Taiwan Baseball5 Championships
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland.– The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), together with the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CTBA), announced today that WBSC and its GameTime media platform will…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, October 12, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ LMP TO OPEN PLAY THURSDAY AMID VIRUS CONCERNS Despite ongoing worries about possible effects the ongoing Wuhan virus pandemic might have on both the playing field…
WBSC’s ‘GameTime’ platform awarded exclusive live-stream rights of Panama National Baseball League
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; — The World Baseball Softball Confederation announced today an agreement securing the exclusive international rights to live-stream the upcoming season of the Panama National…