Three weeks after the ticket shop for the preliminary round pool E in Regensburg, Germany was launched, 11.000 of 46.000 tickets are sold according to a new press release by the local…
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Italian World Baseball Classic Team opens Camp in Fort Pierce, Florida
On Saturday, February 14th the Italian National Team opens training camp for the 2009 World Baseball Classic with 14 players in Fort Pierce, Florida. Coaches Tom Trebelhorn, Bill Holmberg and Gibo Gerali…
Former Yankees Infielder Felix Escalona to Godo
The Italian Baseball League club GODO found its shortstop for the upcoming season. The 29-year-old Venezuelan Felix Escalona joins the roster for last year’s seventh place finisher. He began his professional career…
Softball Back in the Olympics from Jessica Mendoza
An open Letter by Jessica Mendoza Softball Back in the Olympics Hey team! As many of you know, there is a vote this October in Denmark to get softball back into the…
Lithuanian Team wins International Indoor Cup in Dzialdowo, Poland
by RK XIX INTERNATIONAL INDOOR BASEBALL TOURNAMENT “DZIALDOWO CUP 2009” From February 5th to 8th, 2009, the 9th International Indoor Baseball Tournament “Dzialdowo Cup 2009” was held in Dzialdowo, Poland. Among the…
Veneto Center of Italian Winter League this Weekend
The center of the Italian Winter League this Sunday is in Veneto. The preliminary round tournament in Rovigo kicks off its schedule. In Brescia round two of the Veneto portion takes place….
Introducing a new World Baseball Classic Concept
How to welcome more countries to future World Baseball Classic events with qualifying rounds while also rescheduling part of the event to enhance the game’s marketability by Joe Connor The year 2009…
Ballpark of Baseball Navarra in Burlada flooded
Due to heavy rains in the area the ballpark of the Division de Honor club BASEBALL NAVARRA in Burlada, Spain was flooded for the third time in five years and is now…
T&A San Marino brings in Three New Players
The reigning Italian Baseball League champion T&A SAN MARINO added three more players to the 2009 roster. They signed outfielder Carlos Duran, catcher Randolph Kirindongo and reliever Luis Ramirez. The Venezuelan Duran…
Rod Delmonico cuts Dutch WBC Roster to 37 Players
The head coach of the Dutch Baseball National Team Rod Delmonico cut down the roster for the 2009 World Baseball Classic from 48 players to 37 on Thursday. The Royal Netherlands Baseball…
Notes: Out of Competition Testing for World Baseball Classic started
Anti-Doping: In one of his latest articles in his blog, IBAF president Dr. Harvey Schiller reports that the out-of-competition testing for the 2009 World Baseball Classic already started on February 4th. The…
Mike Hartley and Ryan Lilly remain in Heidenheim
Last year’s first-place finisher in the southern division of the German Baseball-Bundesliga, the HEIDENHEIM HEIDEKOEPFE announced on their website on Thursday that the former Major League pitcher Mike Hartley and shortstop Ryan…
French Baseball Academies start to Cuban Trip
The two French Baseball Academies in Toulouse and Rouen selected a squad of junior players, which will travel to Cuba today for a spring training trip. They are scheduled to play eleven…
MontePaschi Grosseto downhill already before Spring Training
by Pim van Nes One month ago club president Claudio Banchi predicted that all Italian clubs would be hurt by the economic crisis, whilst his sponsor MontePaschi had neither signed nor paid…
Paolino Ambrosino at the Power Showcase HR Derby
[youtube 6dirAQCygFA] Outfielder Paolino Ambrosino from the Italian Baseball League club DANESI NETTUNO participated in the Power Showcase High School Homerun Derby at the beginning of January in Florida. The clip shows…
Carter Clements leaves Austrian Champion Athletics for Northern League
The 2008 Austrian champion MOSQUITO ATHLETICS ATTNANG-PUCHHEIM announced on their website last weekend that right-handed pitcher Carter Clements will leave the club for the SCHAUMBURG FLYERS of the independent Northern League. The…
Results Italian Winter League February 8
The Italian Winter League, an indoor league for youth players, continued its schedule last Sunday with stops in Bolzano, Viterbo and Bologna. In the Emilia Romagna Tournament the fourth round in the…
Romanian Pitcher Mihai Burlea signed two 2009 Contracts
by Pim van Nes Embarrassing both Netherlands number 7 club MediaMonks RCH and Italian number 6 club Cariparma, the Romanian pitcher Mihai Burlea signed a contract with RCH at the end of…
IBAF completes Baseball World Cup Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany
by IBAF, www.ibaf.org Logistical Elements Confirmed for September Pan-European Event The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) met with the host cities of the 2009 Baseball World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany last Friday to…
Interview with Totoni Sanna after ESF Congress
The European Softball Federation held their annual congress in Lausanne, Switzerland last weekend. Totoni Sanna, who was elected as 1st Vice President, was so kind to answer a few questions after the…
Former Red Sox Adam Blackley joins Dutch Champion L&D Amsterdam
The reigning champion in the Dutch Hoofdklasse L&D AMSTERDAM is strengthening the pitching staff with the Australian southpaw Adam Blackley. This reports Rogier van Zorn of Honkbalsite.com on Tuesday. Together with his…
Italian Federation names 18 Cities for IBAF Baseball World Cup
by Pim van Nes The Italian Federation FIBS announced on Monday 18 venues for the 48 Baseball World Cup games to be played in Italy in September as part of the European…
Notes: Velez manages Cuba at World Baseball Classic, A-Rod admits
Cuba: Peter C. Bjarkman reports on Monday that the Cuban Baseball Federation has named Higinio Velez manager of Team Cuba at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Velez last headed the coaching staff…
Matej Sucha’s Highlight Reel at the Power Showcase HR Derby
[youtube WLaw9TlCh7s] The clip shows Matej Sucha, who represented the Czech Republic at the Power Showcase Homerun Derby at the Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida in January. He hit two homeruns…
Swedish Baseball and Softball National Teams with joint Mini Camp
The Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation held a joint minicamp for their Baseball and Softball National Teams last weekend in Bosön, a sport complex outside of Stockholm, to prepare them for the…