Baseball is back in Europe. The ten teams in the Spanish Division de Honor opened the 2011 Season this weekend. Defending champion CB Sant Boi hadn’t much trouble with their first outing…
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Sam Boone to HSV Stealers, Gauting Indians add Manuel Gruber
HSV Stealers The HSV Stealers continue their busy offseason in the German Baseball-Bundesliga. At the end of last week they have signed the 24-year-old American Sam Boone to take over at short….
Montpellier Barracudas add Justin Fry, Alejandro Zuaznabar
French Elite League Rouen Huskies revealed two player transactions for the Montpellier Barracudas on their website. They are adding American starting pitcher Justin Fry of the Montigny Cougars and Cuban third baseman…
Mauro Mazzotti extends Contract with Spanish NT. Work-Outs in Tenerife, Barcelona.
Manager Mauro Mazzotti spent nearly two weeks in Spain, holding training camps for members of the Spanish national team in Tenerife and Barcelona to get them in shape for the upcoming season….
Independent Leaguer Ulysses Roque joins Brasschaat Braves
The Belgian First Division club Brasschaat Braves has signed the 26-year-old Ulysses Roque. The right-handed pitcher played in the Frontier League and the American Association in the past three years. The Florida…
Taiwan 5th Team at WPT, Schedule released
Press Release World Port Tournament Rotterdam, 25 February 2011 Strong and fresh participants scheduled by WORLD PORT TOURNAMENT BASEBALL 2011 The thirteenth World Port Tournament Baseball will present a strong and alternated…
Mainz Athletics announce busy Preseason Schedule
Since their new ballpark isn’t ready yet and the old one isn’t available anymore, the Mainz Athletics face a unique situation during the preparations for the upcoming season in the German Baseball-Bundesliga….
Savigny Lions sign Eric DeBlanc, Clayton Cooper
The Savigny Lions announced on their website the signing of two new import players. They bring in outfielder Eric DeBlanc and starting pitcher Clayton Cooper. DeBlanc is a graduate of the Northwestern…
Hawk Sport support Great Britain’s Baseball Program in major Sponsorship Deal
Press Release Hawk Sport LONDON – Hawk Sport, the premier supplier of American sports apparel in the UK and Europe are today delighted to announce that it is be the Official Uniform…
IBAF Baseball Newsletter No. 7
Press Release International Baseball Federation (IBAF), www.ibaf.org Mizuno Chairman Visits Rome IBAF President Riccardo Fraccari and Mizuno Corporation Chairman Masato Mizuno met in Rome, Italy February 7th. The meeting allowed President Fraccari…
French Federation announces 22-Man National Team Roster
New manager Fabien Proust and the French Baseball and Softball Federation (FFBS) announced a 22-man national team roster for the upcoming season. Preparing for the 2012 European Championship in the Netherlands, the…
2011 Team by Team Previews Spanish Division de Honor
The 2011 season in the Spanish Division de Honor starts this weekend, kicking of the European Baseball year. Let’s take a quick look at the ten teams: CB Sant Boi CB Sant…
Spanish Division de Honor kicks off 2011 Season
Five matchups are going to kick off the 2011 season in the Spanish Division de Honor this weekend. Defending champion CB Sant Boi, which ended the Tenerife Marlins Puerto Cruz dynasty last…
5th Italian Scorer Convention this Weekend
by www.baseballeurope.com Hotel Imperial Beach in Rivabella (Italy) hosts the 26 and 27 February, the fifth Scorer Convention Work will begin on Saturday at 9:30 and will finish on Sunday at around…
Pineuilh Easter Youth Tournament 2011
by www.baseballeurope.com The 26th Annual Easter Weekend International Youth Baseball Tournament will be held in Pineuilh, France, April 23 – 25, 2011. This tournament has hosted baseball clubs from all over the…
UGF Fortitudo Bologna confirms adding Edgard Clemente
Which was still a rumor last weekend got confirmed by the Italian Baseball League club UGF Fortitudo Bologna a few days later. They have signed the former Major Leaguer Edgard Clemente to…
Presentation of the Book of Julio Pernas
by www.baseballeurope.com Julio Pernas, President of the Real Federación Española de Béisbol y Sófbol, presents his book “Strike one: The Origins of the Baseball in Spain and other curiosities” The last February…
Mark Marelich stays with Union Kufstein Vikings
The 25-year-old American infielder Mark Malerich is going to stay with the Austrian Baseball League club Union Kufstein Vikings. It is going to be the second season in Europe for the California…
Interview with new Czech NT Head Coach Andy Berglund
This week the Czech Baseball Association (CBA) announced that Andy Berglund takes over as head coach of the Czech Senior and Junior National Teams, basically succeeding Arnost Nesnal and Mike Griffin. He…
Swedish Indoor Softball Championship with 6 Teams next Weekend
The Swedish national indoor Softball championship will be played at the Sports Hall in Enköping this weekend. Six teams will compete in the tournament, which traditionally kicks off the new baseball and…
Pictures from Frederic Hanvi’s Tryout in Japan
French outfielder/catcher Frederic Hanvi, a former Minor Leaguer in the Minnesota Twins organization who got released last fall, is currently in Japan, trying out for various professional teams there. If he is…
Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg with Training Camp in Nettuno
Reigning German Baseball-Bundesliga champion Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg is going to hold a ten-day training camp in Nettuno, Italy. Also on the program will be seven exhibition games against the Italian Baseball League…
FC Barcelona wins Preseason Tourney “Copa Catalunya”
[youtube bHULSvPJodo 520] Clip of last weekend’s game between FC Barcelona and CB Sant Boi. More at Bateando Last year’s runner up in the Spanish Division de Honor showed during the Copa…
Results Italian Winter League February 20
The Italian Winter League, a national indoor league for youth players in Italy, continued last Sunday with two final game days of regional tournaments. In the ragazzi age category the Winter League…
Q&A with Matt Vance, Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg
The 24-year-old Californian Matt Vance played four seasons at Harvard University in the Ivy League, graduating in 2008. One year later he joined the Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg in the German Baseball-Bundesliga. Being…