by Brest Zubrs, www.baseballeurope.com On January 30th and February 1st 2009 an almost traditional meeting of young players from Vilnius (LIT) and Brest (BLR) took place in Brest for the third time….
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Results Italian Winter League February 1st
The Italian Winter League heated up on Sunday, as the tournaments in Firenze and Vicenza kicked off their schedule for the new season. In addition round three of the Emilia Romagna portion…
Mike Crudale to T&A San Marino, Vincent Parisi returns
The reigning champion of the Italian Baseball League T&A SAN MARINO signed the former Major Leaguer Mike Crudale for the upcoming season. He is expected to take over the closer role. The…
MLB.com takes a look at Alex Maestri before the World Baseball Classic
MLB.com’s minor league expert Jonathan Mayo took a look at Italians number one pitching prospect Alessandro Maestri shortly before the start of the 2009 World Baseball Classic, in which manager Marco Mazzotti…
Only two Players leave Marlins Puerto Cruz in front of 2009 Season
In their pursuit of their fifth straight championship in the Spanish Division de Honor, the MARLINS PUERTO CRUZ can rely on most of their roster of last season. Only catcher Dewis Navarro…
Eddie Rios brings Power to Telemarket Rimini
The Italian Baseball League club TELEMARKET RIMINI filled a foreign spot on the roster besides pitching ace Gustavo Martinez with the Venezuelan Eduardo Rios. The 36-year-old is supposed to provide some power…
Netherlands Road Map to World Baseball Classic
Rogier van Zorn of the Dutch Honkbalsite published the preparation schedule of the Dutch National Team in front of the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The Netherlands, which are slotted in Pool D…
Genzale speaks about the Affects of the Economic Crisis on Baseball
Ivano Luberti from Baseball.it again talked with John Genzale, an expert in Sports Business. A few months ago, they spoke in another interview about the proposed Italian Baseball League. This time the…
Danesi Nettuno lures Jeff Farnsworth to Italian Baseball League
The runner up in the 2008 Italian Baseball League championship DANESI NETTUNO has signed the former Major League pitcher Jeff Farnsworth. The 33-year-old right-hander is currently pitching for the TIGRES DE ARAGUA,…
Biographies of Great Britain National Team Players available
Joe Gray of Baseball GB, with the help of Josh Chetwynd’s research, has collected information on Baseball National Team players in Great Britain (past and present) and published them in the history…
Italian Winter League kicks off in Tuscany and Veneto
The Italian Winter League started with two tournaments in Bologna in December and January into a new season. With the beginning of the new month February, the stops in Tuscany and Veneto…
Notes: Questions surround Cuba in front of World Baseball Classic
Cuba: Peter C. Bjarkman informed us the past few days about important topics in Cuban Baseball in front of the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The 34-year-old catcher Ariel Pestano announced his upcoming…
CB Sant Boi adds Carlos Fente to 2009 Roster
A few days ago, we reported that Carlos Fente will leave EL LLANO for a Catalonian club. Now we received the confirmation. CB SANT BOI signed the talented pitcher. Last season Fente…
Karlskoga Bats bring in Henrik Johansson
The 23-year-old infielder Henrik Johansson joins the reigning Swedish vice champion KARLSKOGA BATS for the upcoming season. He is coming from the SKOEVDE SAINTS, which last played in the Elitserien in 2005….
2009 Hoofdklasse Season to start on April 11th
The 2009 season in the Dutch Hoofdklasse is scheduled to start on Saturday, April 11th. The first weekend features a home-and-home series between CORENDON KINHEIM and L&D AMSTERDAM PIRATES, a rematch of…
Rule Changes for 2009 World Baseball Classic announced
As expected the Steering Committee of the World Baseball Classic made a few changes for the 2009 edition of the WBC on Thursday. They increased the pitch-count limits per game in comparison…
Movie Trailer Sugar
[youtube DHQsZ-vtT0k] A new Baseball movie “Sugar” follows the story of Miguel Santos, a.k.a. Azucar, a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro de Macoris, struggling to make it to the big leagues and…
Tom Dunlap to strengthen Brussels Kangaroos in 2009
Starting pitcher Tom Dunlap of the Ponoma-Pitzer College in Claremont, California joins the BRUSSELS KANGAROOS for the 2009 season in the Belgian First Division. He graduated in Neuroscience last year and will…
Ponson confirms World Baseball Classic participation, more News
Sidney Ponson: The current free agent starting pitcher Sidney Ponson is going to pitch for the Netherlands in the upcoming 2009 World Baseball Classic. The 32-year-old, who last season pitched for the…
Mattia Campanini leaves Rimini for Godo
Infielder Mattia Campanini leaves TELEMARKET RIMINI and joins DE ANGELIS GODO for the 2009 season. The 2008 seventh-rank finisher signs him on a loan contract from RICCIONE, which still holds the contract…
Baseball World Cup Organizers to meet in Frankfurt next Week
Representatives of the seven European Baseball Federations, which will organize the 38th IBAF Baseball World Cup in September, will meet on February 6th in Frankfurt, Germany to talk about the tournament. At…
Kyle Cherney joins Dortmund Wanderers
Head coach Jens Hawlitzky of the Baseball-Bundesliga club DORTMUND WANDERERS traveled to the United States at the end of December for a few tryouts. Now the club announced the first signing following…
Italian Concerns about 2009 Baseball World Cup Organization
by Pim van Nes On Tuesday, the independent website Baseball.it in Italy published an article written by the Italian journalist Marco Micheli. The author aims to the delay in information about possible…
Possible Changes of Tiebreaker Rule in World Baseball Classic
The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) introduced a tiebreaker rule last summer at the World Junior Championships in Edmonton and the Olympics in Beijing to the Baseball community. Tomorrow the World Baseball Classic…
Ticket Sales for World Cup Site in Regensburg off to impressive Start
Press Release, IBAF, www.ibaf.org BASEBALL WORLD CUP 2009 TICKET SALES FOR REGENSBURG, GERMANY SITE OFF TO IMPRESSIVE START Initial Sale Exceeds Expectations, Site Expected To Sell Out For September Event (Lausanne, Switzerland,…