by Confederation of European Baseball, www.baseballeurope.com An Olympic winner in javelin, a voting member of the International Olympic Committee and the Czech Olympic Committee Jan Zelezny will support the prepared Baseball World…
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Martin Cervenka signs with Cleveland Indians
by Michal Hanus The 17-year-old catcher Martin Cervenka from KOTLARKA PRAGUE signed a standard seven-year Minor League contract with the CLEVELAND INDIANS on January 24th. He becomes the first European Baseball player…
Results Italian Winter League January 25th
The Italian Winter League, an indoor tournament for youth players, continued last Sunday with another stop in Bologna. The CARPI CLIPPERS won both games to move into first place of Group B…
Rod Delmonico starts work with Dutch National Team
The new head coach of the Netherlands Baseball National Team Rod Delmonico led a practice of his new squad for the first time last Saturday in Rotterdam. The Dutch Honkbalsite also reports…
Haarlem Softball Week in June this Year
Last week it was confirmed that the Haarlem Softball Week celebrates its comeback. For the first time since 1999 the tournament takes place from June 23 to 28 at the Noorder Sportpark…
Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg add Five talented Players
A few days ago the reigning German champion BUCHBINDER LEGIONAERE started with the practice for the upcoming season. Manager Martin Helmig welcomed five new talents on the deep roster of the club,…
Alex Malihoudis talks with Baseball GB
Great Britain’s Alex Malihoudis talked with Baseball GB about his career, the National Baseball League and the National Team. It is the continuation in a series of Q&As on the British Baseball…
New Sponsor for Godo, Danilo Sanchez stays
The Italian Baseball League club DE ANGELIS GODO announced last week the addition of a new sponsor and two decisions regarding the roster for the 2009 season. The company Bambini S.r.l., which…
Major League Players continue to skip World Baseball Classic
Last Monday the 45-man provisional rosters of the 16 World Baseball Classic teams were published. One week later a several more players opted against a participation in the tournament in March. But…
2008 Belgian Baseball by the Numbers
The Belgian Baseball and Softball Federation recently released the statistics for the 2008 season in the Belgian 1st Division. Let’s take a look at these numbers. Batting As you may recall the…
Italian Winter League continues this Weekend
After the start in December, the Italian Winter League, an indoor league for youth players, continues this weekend. Again, Bologna is the tournament site on Sunday. This time group B of the…
Horrible Tragedy in Sant Boi
Heavy winds caused a horrible accident on Saturday in Catalonia, Spain. A sports hall in Sant Boi, where the youth teams of CB Sant Boi practice every Saturday, collapsed and buried at…
Andy Fleischacker starts Work with Solingen Alligators
The new head coach of the SOLINGEN ALLIGATORS Andy Fleischacker arrived in Germany last weekend and took over practice with the Baseball-Bundesliga club. He welcomed three new faces, as the 17-year-old prospect…
Cariparma adds Mihai Burlea to Pitching Staff, First Romanian in IBL
After bringing back Danny Newman, the Italian Baseball League club CARIPARMA added another piece to the pitching staff. Mihai Burlea joins the fifth-place finisher from 2008 and is going to be the…
Hainley Statia again with Invitation to Los Angeles Angels Spring Training
Shortstop Hainley Statia, who is on the provisional roster of Team Netherlands at the upcoming World Baseball Classic, again received an invitation to Major League spring training with the Los Angeles Angels…
German National Team Hurler Moeller to miss Baseball World Cup
The German National Team pitcher Manuel Moeller of the Baseball-Bundesliga club MAINZ ATHLETICS is going to miss the second half of the 2009 season, including the IBAF Baseball World Cup in Europe…
Danesi Nettuno signs Spanish RHP Yoel Hernandez, confirms Camilo
The Italian vice champion DANESI NETTUNO signed another member of the Spanish national team. Starting pitcher Yoel Hernandez joins Remigio Leal (2008: FC BARCELONA) and Dewis Navarro (MARLINS PUERTO CRUZ) in Nettuno….
FC Barcelona signs Bilbao’s RHP Pedro Belmonte
The FC BARCELONA has signed starting pitcher Pedro Belmonte to replace the departing Remigio Leal. The right-handed pitcher is coming from SAN INAZIO BILBAO to the Spanish vice champion. He had a…
2008 Season of Orkas BBC in Liga Paralela by the Numbers
The first European team in the Venezuelan Liga Paralela, the ORKAS BBC, held their ground and finished with an 18-28 record in tenth place in the 15-team league. Especially in the second…
Shortstop Tavo Hall among 3 new Players for Haar Disciples
The German Baseball-Bundesliga club HAAR DISCIPLES announced three more signings for the upcoming season. Shortstop Tavo Hall is coming from the University of San Francisco, the corner infielders Michael Stephan and Christoph…
Ticket Sale for Baseball World Cup in Regensburg started
The ticket sale for Pool E of the IBAF Baseball World Cup in Regensburg, Germany, started on Wednesday, January 21st at 16:00 CET under www.baseballwm09.de. Day tickets and full strip tickets are…
Aucoin leaves Tornados for Regensburg, other Changes in Mannheim
The MANNHEIM TORNADOS confirmed a few player transactions on their website on Wednesday. As rumored the past few months, starting pitcher Eddie Aucoin is leaving the TORNADOS after just one season and…
Former Red Sox Abe Alvarez joins Reggio Baseball
The youngest member of the 2004 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox is going to pitch for REGGIO EMILIA in the 2009 Italian Baseball League season. The team announced on Monday on…
Support the IBAF Baseball World Cup on Facebook
You are on Facebook? Come and support the 2009 IBAF Baseball World Cup. Feel free to join the groups ‘Baseball World Cup 2009’ and ‘Baseball World Cup 09 Regensburg/Germany’ and discuss, share…
Fente, Mane leave, Noriega, Santos stay in Gijon
The Gijon-based club EL LLANO, fourth in the 2008 Division de Honor, announced a few roster transactions on its website. Pitchers Fidel Mane and Carlos Fente will leave the club. Mane had…