After an interesting regular season the playoffs in the Czech Extraliga start today with the series between the ARROWS OSTRAVA and TECHNIKA BRNO. The other semi-final of 2007 champion DRACI BRNO against…
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IBAF announces Groups for 1st Round of 2009 Baseball World Cup
by press release IBAF, ibaf.org IBAF announces groups for first round of 2009 Baseball World Cup 22-team tournament to be broken into five groups, across five European countries (REGENSBURG, Germany) – The…
Spanish-Italian Showdown in first ever European Final Four
For the first time in the history of European Baseball the CEB is organizing a final four tournament for the best teams of the European Cups. This weekend the event takes place…
Karlskoga defends title in upcoming Swedish Finals against Stockholm
by Thommy Brolin This coming weekend Karlskoga and Stockholm start the Swedish Finals with two games at Stockholm’s home field Skarpnäck. Karlskoga enters the finals as reigning champions, and are determined to…
Cardinals and Barracudas to play doubleheader on Sunday
by John Baum SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN CARDINALS AND BARRACUDAS WILL BEGIN SUNDAY AT 11:00 IN EMBRACH… The game originally scheduled to be played in Bern, Saturday at 14:00, has been moved to Sunday,…
Templiers Senart and Rouen Huskies battle in potential Finals Preview
Another game day in the French Elite League playoffs is scheduled this weekend. The two leaders TEMPLIERS SENART and ROUEN HUSKIES will meet for a potential French Series preview. SENART is already…
Last Regular Season Game Day in Belgian Baseball
The last game day of the regular season in Belgian is only meaningful in the Promo League of the First Division. The two finalists in the Elite League are already known since…
Legionaere and Tornados meet in German Finals
The German Baseball-Bundesliga goes into the last leg of the 2008 season. The BUCHBINDER LEGIONAERE REGENSBURG are hosting the MANNHEIM TORNADOS this weekend for the first two games of the best-of-five series….
Home Field Advantage in Playoffs for Kinheim and Neptunus
by Pim van Nes After Thursday night games in Hoofdklasse, Corendon Kinheim and DOOR Neptunus are sure of home field advantage in the playoffs of the Netherlands major league. Both clubs defeated…
1st Playoff for European Cup starting on Friday in Brno
The first of two playoff tournaments for next year’s edition of the European Cup is starting on Friday, September 12. Dinamo (Romania), KNTU (Ukraine) and AVG Draci Brno (Czech Republic) are competing…
IBAF to announce groups for first round of World Cup on Friday
by press release, International Baseball Federation, ibaf.org IBAF to announce groups for first round of 2009 Baseball World Cup 22-team tournament to be broken into five groups, across five European countries The…
Therwil Flyers favored at Start of Swiss Playoffs
The Playoffs in Switzerland will start this weekend, here is the 2008 playoff preview from national team coach, and Zurich Challenger, Chris Palatinus… Therwil Flyers The team to beat this year is…
Who is going to stop the Athletics, as ABL Playoffs start?
by Peter Ferak, coverguy.wordpress.com There’s only one question when it comes to the ABL-Playoffs. What phrases will the highly animated, as well as highly talented, Cuban third baseman for the MOSQUITO Athletics…
Hoofdklasse game finished with home victory after 4 months
by Pim van Nes Defending champion Corendon Kinheim and playoff finalist Konica Minolta Pioniers continued and completed a game on Wednesday, which started on May 18. Because of three incidents at second…
Press Conference about World Cup 2009 on Friday in Regensburg
The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) scheduled a press conference for Friday, September 12th 13:30 CET in Regensburg, Germany to introduce their plans to the audience. Regensburg is hosting one of five preliminary…
Draci Brno crushes Black Hill Blansko in Regular Season Final
The regular season in the Czech Extraliga was officially completed on Tuesday, when leader AVG DRACI BRNO crushed BLACK HILL BLANSKO 18-1. DRACI finishes in first place of the standings with a…
Italian Weekly: A thrilling Italian Series
by Riccardo Schiroli This time I really got emotional. I did, when the 7.000 people in Nettuno’s “Steno Borghese” stood to their feet and tribute a standing ovation at the end of…
German Minor Leaguers with mixed Results in first Pro Season
The first season in the American Minor Leagues is over for the four German prospects. The premiere year was a mixed one. Donald Lutz of the Gulf Coast League (GCL) Reds started…
London Mets repeat as British Champion
The LONDON METS defended their title in British Baseball last weekend, defeating the RICHMOND FLAMES 11-4 in the finals on Sunday for their second championship. Originally the finals were planned as a…
Results Hoofdklasse September 9
Only two games took place on Tuesday, September 9 in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. Derick Francisca and Jeffery Arends each had two RBIs in a rain-shortened five-inning DOOR NEPTUNUS 8-2 victory against MR…
Individual Awards at European Championships Under 21
The organizers of the European Championships Under 21 announced the individual awards. Spain had won the title with a 6-2 win in the finals against Italy. Germany finished in third. Awards: Best…
Templiers Senart clinch Berth for French Finals
Templiers Senart – Montpellier Barracudas 7-1, 13-3 Four game days are left in the French playoffs and the first team already has clinched the berth for the finals. The TEMPLIERS swept the…
Cardinals complete Regular Season with Shutouts against Indians
by John Baum CARDINALS SHUTOUT HIGH POWERED INDIANS…10-0, AND 1-0! The final weekend of the regular season found the Cardinals back to their old ways completing their first sweep in the last…
MyFieldOfDreams, a photo project, Bracknell, England
Bracknell, England. Home of the Bracknell Blazers. Early 2007. Bracknell versus London Mets. © Alex Phipps Budapest, Hungary, teams and date unknown. It is the only field in the city, used by…
Monday’s Games postponed till Tuesday
The three for Monday scheduled Hoofdklasse make-up games again were postponed due to bad field conditions at the competition sites. They are going to try to get them in on Tuesday. It…