Two days are played at the European Softball Championship in Valencia, Spain. Great Britain, the Netherlands and Italy sit atop of the standings in both pools as the only remaining undefeated teams….
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Recaps: Sundbyberg Heat gets closer to the top
Leksand Lumberjacks – Stockholm 0-3, 2-1 (6) After LEKSAND beat leader TRANAS last week in one of the two games, this Saturday the sixth-ranked team was able to hold down STOCKHOLM 2-1…
A Scout’s Take on the new European Minor Leaguers
Four European players joined Major League organizations during the international signing period since the beginning of July. We asked a European scout and he gave us his take on three of the…
Strike Out Racism – Slowpitch Tournament in Vienna
The Austrian Baseball League club SUPRFUND Wanderers will host a charity day for Mike Brennan on August 29th. The 34-year-old American teacher Brennan was attacked by Austrian police this winter, who mistook…
Interesting Catch by the Pirates in a Game against the Giants
The Pirates lost to Tim Lincecum and the Giants on Monday. Besides the 15 strikeout-performance by the 2008 National League Cy Young award winner, the most interesting part of the game was…
Recaps: London Mets and Bracknell Blazers with Sweeps
by BaseballSoftballUK, www.baseballsoftballuk.com The London Mets kept up their relentless pace atop the NBL standings, but were made to work hard by the Herts Falcons in an entertaining doubleheader. London emerged victorious…
Softball Euros Valencia: Results July 27
Day one at the European Softball Championship Women Pool A in Valencia, Spain is in the books. France – Germany 1-13 (5) Box score N Hasenkamp and C Lipp each drove in…
Recaps: Close Games between FC Barcelona and CB Sant Boi
CD Pamplona – Astros Valencia 10-7, 10-7 CD PAMPLONA swept the doubleheader against the ASTROS thanks to two 10-7 victories. In game one they used a seven-run third to decide the outcome…
Recaps: Favorites win in Dutch Hoofdklasse
DOOR Neptunus – Sparta/Feyenoord Rotterdam 9-1, 11-0 (8), 2-5 The two clubs from Rotterdam squared off this weekend in the Dutch Hoofdklasse with leader NEPTUNUS winning two of the three games. On…
Open de Rouen: Gauting Indians win 1st Edition
The German club GAUTING INDIANS has won the first edition of the international tournament Open de Rouen at the ballpark of the reigning French champion ROUEN HUSKIES. The team, which was reinforced…
Alex Maestri promoted to Triple-A Iowa
Italian reliever Alessandro Maestri, who is pitching in the Chicago Cubs organization, was promoted to Triple-A Iowa on Saturday, making another step towards becoming a Major Leaguer. The 24-year-old right-hander had a…
Road Rave – 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…
Prince George: Team USA one-hits Germany to win World Baseball Challenge
Team USA – Germany 8-1 GER 100 000 000 1 1 0 USA 012 320 00X 8 13 1 Box score Team USA has won the 2009 World Baseball Challenge in Prince…
Results Swiss Nationalliga A July 25&26
The THERWIL FLYERS bolstered their lead in the Swiss Nationalliga A standings on Sunday with a sweep against the ZURICH BARRACUDAS, while runner up BERN CARDINALS had to settle for the split…
Results Austrian Baseball League July 25&26
The MOSQUITO ATHLETICS swept the SCHWAZ TIGERS 11-3 and 6-5 on Sunday in the Austrian Baseball League and moved into first place of the standings, as the SUPERFUND WANDERERS had to settle…
Results Spanish Division de Honor July 25&26
The season in the Spanish Division de Honor is pretty much over, as the last game day was played last weekend. Only a few make-up games are open, before the top teams…
Results Dutch Hoofdklasse July 23 to 26
The next to last week in the Dutch Hoofdklasse is in the books. DOOR NEPTUNUS won two out of three against SPARTA/FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM and solidified first place further. SPARTA on the other…
European Softball Championships Women in Valencia start on Monday
The European Softball Championship Women Pool A, which is the official name, will start on Monday, July 27 in Valencia, Spain and will be played until Saturday, August 1st with ten teams,…
Rick van den Hurk with strong Start against Dodgers, Wladimir Balentien DFA
Dutch starting pitcher Rick van den Hurk made his second start for the Marlins this season on Saturday and impressed again. He took the mound against the National League leading Los Angeles…
IBL Playoffs: Bologna, Rimini take Rubber Games on Saturday
Fortitudo Bologna – Cariparma Parma 12-7 PAR 100 150 000 7 11 3 BOL 202 101 06X 12 11 4 Box score After PARMA had taken the lead with a five-run fifth,…
Prince George: Germany beat British Columbia and Canada for Finals
British Columbia – Germany 1-8 GER 100 110 032 8 11 1 BC 001 000 000 1 4 5 Box score Germany defeated British Columbia 8-1 on Saturday morning in Prince George,…
Results Swedish Elitserien July 25
The Swedish Elitserien held another game day in the top-six round on Saturday and TRANAS remains in first place after a split in KARLSKOGA, as STOCKHOLM also won just one of two…
EC Cadets Qualifiers: Final Standings
The qualifying tournaments for next year’s European Championship Cadets are over and Belgium and Bulgaria clinched the titles. In Antwerp Belgium beat Poland 5-3 on Saturday to win the final series 2-0…
Meet the Baseball-playing Robots
[youtube O8kKKXSgA4s] A Japanese professor has created a pair of robots, which can play baseball. The batting robot hits every pitch in the strike zone, the pitching robot can throw 90 percent…
Dutch Juniors win three out of four in Prague against Czech
The so-called European tour exhibition series between the junior teams of the Netherlands and the Czech Republic ended after four games on Friday. After the Czech squad won game three on Thursday…