With help from Thommy Brolin On Wednesday the Swedish Elitserien had scheduled two interesting games to kick off. TRANAS defend their undefeated record and first place with a lopsided 12-1 win in…
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MZLU and Technika open another Week in Czech Extraleague
A make-up game of last Saturday’s rained out doubleheader between MZLU EXPRESS and TECHNIKA on Thursday evening is going to open another week in the Czech Extraleague. All eight teams couldn’t play…
Can Kinheim finally beat Amsterdam in Dutch Hoofdklasse?
For already the fifth time this season CORENDON KINHEIM is playing the reigning champion L&D AMSTERDAM. In each of the matches the PIRATES celebrated a victory and have out-scored the club from…
IBAF, Spanish Baseball Federation to host Clinic and Final Four this Month
Press Release International Baseball Federation, www.ibaf.org Interest in baseball builds throughout the country leading into September’s Baseball World Cup opening-round pool play in Barcelona (LAUSANNE, Switzerland) – The International Baseball Federation announced…
The Night I watched the UEFA Champions League Final with Mike Piazza
by Riccardo Schiroli As a professional sports writer I had already watched a Uefa Champions League final. Well, once in Wien (1995) I admit I was not that professional. AC Milan had…
Results Spanish Division de Honor Softball May 31
On the next to last game day in the Spanish Division de Honor Softball last Sunday, the race for second place got interesting. CS VILADECANS swept the doubleheader against KIROLGI OBB 9-2…
Italy shuts out Bollate for Softball Tournament Win
Italy won the international tournament on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Softball in Bollate. They shut out the Italian Softball League club Sanotint Bollate 3-0 in the final game on…
Can Tranås defend 1st Place against Karlskoga tonight?
After the split between the two former 4-0 clubs STOCKHOLM and KARLSKOGA on Sunday, TRANAS has taken over first place in the Swedish Elitserien with four wins in the first two games….
Rain leads to sloppy Play in Italian Baseball League
by Riccardo Schiroli It is not been a very good weekend of baseball in the Italian League. After everybody had believed Summer months had started, the league experienced a couple of rain…
Recaps: Dortmund Wanderers make big Step towards Playoffs
North Cologne Cardinals – Dortmund Wanderers 9-11, 4-0 The CARDINALS and the WANDERERS settled for a split in their doubleheader on Saturday. In game one, DORTMUND scored six runs between the sixth…
Recaps: Tenerife Marlins extend lead in Division de Honor
Halcones de Vigo – Astros Valencia 7-1, 11-7 AST 000 010 000 1 4 4 VIG 100 001 50X 7 8 2 Box score VIGO used a five-run seventh to beat the…
Highlights of last Weekend’s 25-Inning Marathon of Texas Longhorns against Boston College
[youtube W1tEjYDp80s] On Saturday Boston College and the Texas Longhorns battled in an epic 25-innnig marathon during the NCAA playoffs. In his twelfth at bat Travis Tucker decided the outcome with a…
Recaps: DOOR Neptunus extends Winning Streak in Hoofdklasse to 7 Games
L&D Amsterdam Pirates – Corendon Kinheim 11-4 Last Thursday AMSTERDAM and KINHEIM met for a fourth time in this Hoofdklasse season, but the winner remained the same, as in their six matches…
Youth Baseball League in China, Indonesia wins Asian Cup
Some news got to us from Asian Baseball at the beginning of this week. According to a report published on Sportbusiness.com the Chinese financier Kenny Huang Jian Hua is investing in a…
Montepaschi Grosseto releases Manager
After an 8-15 start into the 2009 Italian Baseball League season, MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO with new president Roberto Ferri decided to release manager Mario Labastidas on Monday. Paul Minozzi will take over at…
Results German Baseball-Bundesliga May 29 to June 1
The DORTMUND WANDERERS are the big winner this week in the German Baseball-Bundesliga. On Saturday they settled for a split in COLOGNE against the CARDINALS. Two days later at home they surprised…
Bad Homburg Hornets win Finkstonball XII in Austria
We got the first results from the 12th edition of the international Baseball tournament Finkstonball in Attnang-Puchheim, Austria. The German 2nd Baseball-Bundesliga club BAD HOMBURG HORNETS won the title after beating the…
Results Dutch Hoofdklasse May 28 to June 1
CORENDON KINHEIM moved back into the top four of the Dutch Hoofdklasse this weekend with a sweep over RCH MEDIA MONKS. The three-game series was highlighted by the gem of David Bergman…
Richard Orman with Comeback in Hoofdklasse for DOOR Neptunus
Rogier van Zon of Honkbalsite.com reported on late Sunday evening that Richard Orman is back as active player in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. He celebrated his comeback with DOOR NEPTUNUS as designated hitter…
Why hardball trumps the round ball, contd. – 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…
British Players in College Baseball 2009
Joe Gray of Baseball GB looked at British players in College Baseball in 2009. The list includes Sam Jew, Michael Johnson, Jeff Mottl, Tom Stack-Babich, David Synnott, Michael Trask and Sam Wiley….
Recaps: Danesi Nettuno completes Sweep of De Angelis Godo on Sunday morning
De Angelis Godo – Danesi Nettuno 1-7 NET 100 000 510 7 11 1 GOD 001 000 000 1 5 0 Box score Just a few hours after completing a long day-night…
Final of Challenge de France at Stadeo.tv
You can watch the final of last week’s Challenge de France between the ROUEN HUSKIES and the SAVIGNY LIONS as video on demand and for free on www.stadeo.tv. We don’t want to…
Results Swedish Elitserien May 31
After interrupting play in the Swedish Elitserien for two weeks for the US trip by the national team, play resumed on Sunday with two doubleheaders. The KARLSKOGA BATS and STOCKHOLM split an…
Results French Elite League May 31
The French Elite League has a new leader. The SAVIGNY LIONS lost both games at home against the TEMPLIERS SENART and dropped to third in the standings with an 11-5 record. Not…