The eight French Elite League teams will meet from May 21st to 24th in Montpellier and Beaucaire for the annual Challenge de France. The winner of this four-day tournament receives a slot…
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Recaps: Namur Angels Winning Streak continues against Brussels Kangaroos
by Henry Perkins, www.namur-angels.be The Angels won their eighth consecutive game on Saturday afternoon, facing off against the Brussels Kangaroos. It was the first meeting of the season for the two teams,…
Recaps: Tornados make another big Step towards Playoffs
North HSV Stealers – Solingen Alligators 2-9, 2-17 The ALLIGATORS improved their record to 13-1 with two easy wins in Hamburg. In game one they used a seven-run fifth to defeat the…
Results Interleague May 16&17
Despite a split against last year’s champion ZAGREB, NADA SSM stays at the top of the Interleague standings with teams from Croatia, Hungary and Serbia. However VINDIJA has passed them again in…
Former Major Leaguer Mike Piazza travels to Italy
by Riccardo Schiroli Mike Piazza continues his relation with Italian baseball. The former All Star will travel to Italy on Wednesday 5/20 and will remain there for one week. Piazza will give…
Recaps: Tenerife Marlins extend lead in Spanish Division de Honor
Astros Valencia – CD Pamplona 6-16, 3-10 PAM 301 305 031 16 18 2 AST 002 001 030 6 11 3 Box score PAMPLONA had no problems whatsoever to sweep the ASTROS…
A Report on Baseball in Russia
[youtube aNwI5ad-MEk] Russia Today reported on the developement of Baseball in Russia in a three-minute clip on YouTube. Check it out. h/t Baseball.it
Prices for Baseball World Cup in Czech Republic
As Baseball World Cup tickets for Sundbyberg, Sweden went on sale today at www.ticnet.se, we also gathered some information about the six preliminary round games being played at the venues in Prague…
Recaps: Media Monks RCH finally win
Media Monks RCH – L&D Amsterdam Pirates 0-10, 0-6, 9-1 After being shut out twice to open the series against the PIRATES and having lost the first 15 games of the season,…
Recaps: Bologna and Rimini finish off Sweeps in IBL
Montepaschi Grosseto – Fortitudo Bologna 1-11 (7), 6-11 BOL 106 300 1 11 9 1 GRO 100 000 0 1 6 1 Box score BOLOGNA used a six-run third to defeat GROSSETO…
The Meaning of Zero – 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…
Results Swiss NLA May 16&17
The LAUSANNE INDIANS won both games against the THERWIL FLYERS at home and moved past their opponents into second place. At the top, the BERN CARDINALS dominated the SISSACH FROGS in two…
Results Dutch Hoofdklasse May 14 to 17
The Baseball fans in the Netherlands saw several surprise wins this weekend. The RCH MEDIA MONKS ended their winless streak to start the season in their 16th try with a 9-1 victory…
Results Italian Baseball League May 14 to 16
FORTITUDO BOLOGNA swept the three-game series against MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO and is closing the gap towards first place with now eight wins in a row. Leader TELEMARKET RIMINI also won all three games…
Results German Baseball-Bundesliga May 16&17
The MANNHEIM TORNADOS won both games against the SAARLOUIS HORNETS and extended their lead to a non-playoff eligible place in the standings to five games. The MAINZ ATHLETICS took over sole position…
Results French Elite League May 17
A rare feat in the French Elite League this weekend. The ROUEN HUSKIES dropped both games of their doubleheader in MONTPELLIER. The BARRACUDAS prevailed with one run in game one and completed…
Results Spanish Division de Honor May 16&17
The TENERIFE MARLINS extended their lead in the Spanish Division de Honor this week. They won both of their games in VILADECANS and profited from the split between CB SANT BOI and…
Results Czech Extraleague May 16&17
TECHNIKA BRNO extended its winning streak in the Czech Extraleague with two wins against the TEMPO TITANS PRAGUE. They remain tied in first with AVG DRACI BRNO, which beat the EAGLES PRAGUE…
Results Belgian 1st Division May 16&17
The three leading teams in the Belgian 1st Division NAMUR, HOBOKEN and the GREYS each swept their two-game series this weekend. MORTSEL and BORGERHOUT split their twin bill. More later this week…
Results Austrian Baseball League May 16&17
The Austrian Baseball League continued this weekend with three doubleheaders. Leader SUPERFUND WANDERERS extended the gap to second place with two victories against local rival DIVING DUCKS. The TIGERS took over third…
Junior Championship kicks off 2009 Baseball Season in Russia
by www.baseballeurope.com “Youth of Moscow” won the Russian Junior Champion title in the competition held in the beginning of May to open the Russian baseball season. The team managed to overpower the…
Pittsburgh Pirates sign Daan Cornelissen
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed 17-year-old Daan Cornelissen of the Dutch 1E Klasse club PSV Eindhoven. Last year he played for the second team of DOOR Neptunus, DOOR Tridents. He reached an…
Roberto Ferri new President of Montepaschi Grosseto
The Italian Baseball League club Montepaschi Grosseto has a new president. Roberto Ferri was elected on Wednesday evening by the executive council of the club. At the meeting Umberto Zanobi also was…
“Curveball” Illusion of the Year
The break of a curveball was named Best Visual Illusion of the Year by the Visions Science Society. Arthur Shapiro, Zhong-Lin Lu, Emily Knight und Robert Ennis got awarded with the first…
New Coaches for Austrian Champion Athletics
The MOSQUITO Athletics Attnang-Puchheim, which won the Austrian championship last year, replaced their head coach after a 4-2 start. Former Seattle Mariner Greg McCarthy will be replaced by the 25-year-old North Americans…