The regular season in the Czech Extraleague ended this weekend with some of the teams going double duty. Defending champion AVG DRACI BRNO, TECHNIKA BRNO, ARROWS OSTRAVA and the EAGLES PRAGUE took…
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Results Swiss Nationalliga A August 15&16
The LAUSANNE INDIANS defeated the BERN CARDINALS 7-4 on Sunday in the Swiss NLA and moved past the Swiss champion in the standings. Both teams will meet in the semi-finals, so the…
Results Austrian Baseball League August 15
The SUPERFUND WANDERERS moved back into sole position for first place with a lopsided sweep in the doubleheader against the DIVING DUCKS. They closed out the regular season in the Austrian Baseball…
German Playoffs: Results August 15 & 16
The HEIDENHEIM HEIDEKOEPFE and the MANNHEIM TORNADOS will play in the German finals. Both teams won the decisive fifth games on Sunday to clinch the berth. The HEIDEKOEPFE eliminated northern champion SOLINGEN…
Results Swedish Elitserien August 15
LEKSAND trailed third-ranked SUNDBYBERG by two games going into the last weekend of the top-six round of the regular season in the Swedish Elitserien. But the LUMBERJACKS took game one with a…
Italian Series: Late Runs help T&A San Marino to 1st Win
Italian Baseball Series Game 2: (1-1) Fortitudo Bologna – T&A San Marino 1-3 SMA 001 000 110 3 8 2 BOL 100 000 000 1 5 2 Box score Defending Italian Baseball…
Dutch Playoffs: Jan-Mark Moorman’s Walk-Off HR sends Pioniers to Holland Series
(1-3) Konica Minolta Pioniers – L&D Amsterdam Pirates 4-2 AMS 020 000 000 2 5 2 PIO 000 001 003 4 6 1 Box score The reigning Dutch champion was eliminated in…
29-Man World Cup Roster for Czech Republic announced
by www.baseballeurope.com 38 best players of the Czech Republic, including three MLB players, were present on the provisional training roster which was given to IBAF. In past few days Czech national team…
Q&A with Italian Minor Leaguer Alessandro Maestri of the Tennessee Smokies
The Italian reliever Alessandro Maestri is one of the European minor leaguers in the upper levels of the system, who are steadily move forward towards the big goal Major League. At the…
Jair Jurrjens solid, but Braves lose on late Homerun
The Atlanta Braves had won 19 of their last 30 games, including the last five in a row, going into an important weekend series with NL East division leader Philadelphia Phillies. Jair…
Italian Series: Fortitudo Bologna prevails in Opener
Italian Baseball Series Game 1: Fortitudo Bologna – T&A San Marino 2-1 SMA 001 000 000 1 2 1 BOL 000 000 02X 2 7 1 Box score BOLOGNA prevailed in a…
Media Reactions on IOC’s Decision to choose Rugby, Golf over Baseball, Softball
On Thursday, the executive board of the international Olympic committee (IOC) voted for Rugby-sevens and Golf to be on consideration for reinstatement at the IOC congress in Copenhagen in October. Among three…
German Semi-Finals end this Weekend
The two semi-final series in the German Baseball-Bundesliga will end this weekend. In Solingen, the ALLIGATORS host the HEIDEKOEPFE for games three and four on Saturday with a potential game five being…
Reigning Dutch Champion L&D Amsterdam hopes to avoid Elimination in Semi-Finals
With DOOR NEPTUNUS waiting in the Holland Series, L&D AMSTERDAM and KONICA MINOLTA PIONIERS battle for the second spot in the championship series of the Dutch Hoofdklasse. After losing game one 3-11,…
Cardinals, Indians battle for 2nd in Swiss NLA
by John Baum Cardinals host Indians Sunday in single game Sunday at the Allmend The Bern Cardinals (21-6) and Lausanne Indians (19-6) meet to decide who will hold home field advantage in…
Regular Season in Sweden ends this Weekend
The second round of the regular season with the top six teams ends this weekend with three doubleheaders. Leaders TRANAS and STOCKHOLM already can plan for the semi-finals and will meet to…
Vikings hope to get back into Playoff Race in ABL
The Austrian Baseball and Softball Federation has announced the make-up dates for several rainouts from earlier this year and the regular season will expand to September 6th due to this. This weekend…
Previewing the Italian Baseball Series, which starts on Friday
by Riccardo Schiroli The Italian Baseball Series take off on Friday 8/14 at the “Gianni Falchi” stadium in Bologna. The series begins with no real favorite. Fortitudo Bologna (with a brand new…
Statement by the International Softball Federation on IOC’s Decision
by International Softball Federation ISF Don Porter, President of the International Softball Federation (ISF) “We will continue to pursue our Olympic dream” Berlin, (Germany); 13th August 2009: The president of the International…
IBAF Statement regarding IOC’s Announcement on Reinstatement for 2016 Olympics
by IBAF, www.ibaf.org IBAF Statement Regarding IOC’s Announcement on Re-instatement To The Olympic Programme For 2016 (LAUSANNE, Switzerland) – The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) today issued the following statement after the announcement…
Reaction by USA Baseball on IOC Decision
Press Release USA Baseball USA BASEBALL STATEMENT ON IOC RECOMMENDATION OF SPORTS TO BE ADDED TO THE 2016 OLYMPIC PROGRAM (DURHAM, N.C.) – USA Baseball Executive Director/CEO Paul Seiler issued the following…
Baseball, Softball out of 2016 Olympics too
After the press conference was rescheduled twice, IOC president Jacques Rogge, a former rugby player, announced that Rugby (sevens) and Golf will be for consideration to be voted into the 2016 Olympic…
Czech Extraleague starts into last Week of Regular Season
On Wednesday, the Czech Extraleague started into their last week of the regular season. TECHNIKA BRNO defeated MZLU EXPRESS 5-3 and solidified second place further. The playoff chances for MZLU continue to…
IOC Decision will be announced at 3pm CET
Today the IOC executive board will announce, which two of the seven sports Baseball, Softball Roller Sports, Golf, Rugby, Squash and Karate will go on vote at the IOC congress in Copenhagen,…
IBAF Releases First-Ever Women’s World Rankings – Update on Men’s Ranking
Press Release IBAF, www.ibaf.org Men’s rankings also updated, Venezuela enters the top-10 (LAUSANNE, Switzerland) – The International Baseball Federation debuted its Women’s World Rankings on Wednesday, with Japan, the United States and…