During the next two weeks we are going to look at a few Baseball and Softball Leagues in Europe, we were not covering during the 2009 season. After winning the European Cup…
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Catching Up: Therwil Flyers defend Softball Title in Switzerland
During the next two weeks we are going to look at a few Baseball and Softball Leagues in Europe, we were not covering during the 2009 season. For the third year in…
Stock City Cubs, Rohrbach Crazy Geese qualify for Austrian Baseball League
The Stock City Cubs and the Rohrbach Crazy Geese finished the relegation/promotion playoffs in Austrian Baseball League in first and second and have secured a spot in the 2010 campaign. The Cubs…
Baseball-Bundesliga back to 16 Teams in 2010?
The German Baseball and Softball Federation hasn’t announced anything official yet, but it seems that the Baseball-Bundesliga will be back with 16 teams in 2010. It could be the last year with…
Honkbalsite.com looks for 2009 Dutch All Stars
Like every year at this time Honkbalsite.com is looking to crown the 2009 Hoofdklasse All Stars. You can go to the website and cast your vote. The categories are left- and right-handed…
Bois Guillaume and Compiegne play for 2010 Elite League Spot
Bois Guillaume and the Marlins Compiegne have reached the Nationale 1 League Finals (second division in France) in France and will compete for a spot in the 2010 French Elite League in…
Belgian Series: First Title for Hoboken Pioneers since 1970
(3-0) Hoboken Pioneers – Port of Antwerp Greys 4-3 It was a long drought for the HOBOKEN PIONEERS. For the first time since 1970 they won the Belgian Baseball Championship last weekend…
Stats, Videos, Pictures of French Elite League Finals available
On Sunday ROUEN beat SAVIGNY 7-2 in game four of the French Elite League Finals to pick up championship number six in team history. Keino Perez (ROU) received MVP and best pitchers…
Montepaschi Grosseto makes Signing of Bagialemani official
On Monday Roger Bagialemani signed a three-year contract to become the new manager of the Italian Baseball League club MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO. The former player and manager of DANESI NETTUNO also is going…
Former MLB Manager Jim Lefebvre to speak at EBCA Convention
by baseball-in-europe.com Former MLB manager Jim Lefebvre to speak at Brussels’ 2009 EBCA Convention Jim Lefebvre is the latest addition to an already prestigious group of speakers for the 2010 EBCA Convention…
Vojvode sweeps Spartans to regain Serbian Championship
by Vlastimir Arandjelovic www.baseballsrbija.com In Serbian Baseball Playoffs Vojvode sweeps Spartans, regains Championship Title With the 19-7 victory over the Belgrade Spartans, Vojvode from Zemun completed the sweep and regained Championship Title,…
ESPN’s Top 10 Plays of the 2009 MLB Season
[youtube CvIZWUagUz8] These are ESPN’s Top 10 plays of the 2009 Major League Baseball season. What is your number one? h/t Baseball.it
Ballparks, Facebook, Twitter and Mister-Baseball
Just a little bit of self-promotion on a Monday morning: We have started a new series, called Ballparks in Europe. If you would like to introduce your ballpark, you’ll find more information…
Damn the Yankees – a Baseball-Blog by John Miller
John Miller, player/coach of the Brussels Kangaroos and a reporter for a major American newspaper, is back chronicling his team’s 2009 season in his weekly column that will appear every Monday on…
Swiss Finals: Therwil Flyers win Championship in four Games
The THERWIL FLYERS are the new Swiss Baseball champion. They defeated defending title holder BERN CARDINALS 6-3 in game four of the best-of-five series on Sunday afternoon. The CARDS had avoided the…
French Finals: Rouen Huskies win 5th straight Title
French Elite League Finals Game 4, in Savigny: (3-1) Rouen Huskies – Savigny Lions 7-2 SAV 010 010 000 2 10 4 ROU 002 200 03X 7 12 0 250 people watched…
Czech Finals: Petr Minarik leads AVG Draci to 1-0 Shutout in Opener
Defending champion AVG DRACI BRNO got off to a good start into the 2009 Czech Extraleague Finals. They defeated ARROWS OSTRAVA 1-0 in the opener on Saturday for the lead in the…
Austrian Finals: SUPERFUND Wanderers celebrate Title
The SUPERFUND WANDERERS have won the Austrian Championship for the second time in team history and for the first time since 1990. In front of 500 people at the ballpark Spenadlwiese in…
Belgian Series: Hoboken Pioneers win Championship
The HOBOKEN PIONEERS completed the three-game sweep in the Belgian Series on Saturday with a 4-3 victory against the PORT OF ANTWERP GREYS and won the first championship since 1970. The PIONEERS…
Hungarian Finals: Sleepwalkers beat Zalabai in Series Opener
Press Release Hungarian Baseball and Softball Federation, www.baseball.hu Game One of the Hungarian Championship Series – Földessy homers, Sleepwalkers beat Zalabai in series opener Szentendre/Budapest- Every streak comes to an end sooner…
French Finals: Savigny Lions beat Rouen Huskies in Game 3
French Elite League Finals Game 3, in Savigny: (1-2) Savigny Lions – Rouen Huskies 4-2 ROU 000 200 000 2 5 2 SAV 100 100 11X 4 6 1 The SAVIGNY LIONS…
Ballparks in Europe: Heerenschürli, Zurich, Switzerland
View from backstop into center field Built: Will open in spring 2010 Distances (Left Field/Center Field/Right Field): 97m, 111m, 97m (318ft, 364ft, 318ft) Capacity: 500 Teams, which play(ed) there: Zurich Barracudas, Zurich…
IBAF still pondering Olympic Rejection by IOC
The last ten days would have been an important time for Baseball and Softball, if the IOC executive wouldn’t have pre-selected Rugby-seven and Golf in August to get into the Olympic program…
Follow Venezuelan Winter Ball via Live Stream
The ALB Orkas BBC, who became the first European club in the Venezuelan Liga Paralela last year, but has to sit out this season’s campaign, have posted link to a live stream…
Swiss Finals: Cardinals need to win against Flyers, trying to avoid Elimination
by John Baum CARDS ON THE BRINK OF ELIMINATION AS FLYERS WIN GAMES ONE AND TWO! The four-time defending Swiss champs have their backs against the wall in the best of five…