The 2008 British Baseball season gets underway on April 20th with seven teams from the north and south of England vying for the country’s 75th national championship. The National League South, which…
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San Marino surprises Jesus Matos and Fortitudo
Montepaschi Grosseto – Rangers Redipuglia 7-2 RED 200 000 000 2 9 0 GRO 100 030 03X 7 11 1 After getting no-hit by Lincoln Mikkelsen on Thursday in the opener, the…
Cardinals with tough task against Barracudas
The 2007 champion BERN CARDINALS began their campaign to defend their title in Zurich against the BARRACUDAS. It is the first doubleheader of the season for the CARDS, as rain had washed…
Athletics and Tigers open their schedule in ABL
The MOSQUTIO ATHLETICS ATTNANG-PUCHHEIM and the SCHWAZ TIGERS open their schedule this week with games against the INDIANS and the METROTSTARS. Both had a bye on the first game day, as the…
Royal Greys against Namur Angels this week
The MERKSEM ROYAL GREYS are facing off against the NAMUR ANGELS this weekend in the Belgian first division. Since the past game day they have a new player on their roster. The…
Hornets suspend Chris Sweeney
The SAARLOUIS HORNETS have suspended third baseman and pitcher Chris Sweeney since Tuesday April 15 for the first-team practice and the game against the GAUTING INDIANS this Sunday. The reason for the…
First against Second in France this week
The new season is just three weeks old and now the fourth already features an interesting duel. The two 5-1 clubs LIONS SAVIGNY and TEMPLIERS SENART face each other this weekend. The…
Maestri and Bernadina perform well in American Minor Leagues
by Pim van Nes Last night two European players reached headlines in American Minor League games: Dutch outfielder Roger Bernadina hit his first homerun in the new season with all bases loaded….
Another tough match up for Tornados
The TORNADOS, who played already against the champion and runner up of last year’s Bundesliga campaign hosts the HEIDEKOEPFE this weekend. They their season with two offensive outbursts in Mainz and are…
Marlins travel to Sant Boi
The Spanish Division de Honor is on their way to a pretty interesting season. Four clubs, MARLINS, SANT BOI, BARCELONA and EL LLANO separated themselves a bit from the pack. However also…
Sparta/Feyenoord with new starter against HCAW this weekend
Seven of the eight first games were pretty much lopsided and we are hoping for a bit more drama this week, when the Dutch Major League resumes play. SPARTA/FEYENOORD got a new…
Lincoln Mikkelsen no-hits Rangers in rain-shortened opener
{mrb-result:2008-04-17|2008-04-17|IT} Montepaschi Grosseto – Rangers Redipuglia 4-0 (6) RED 000 000 0 0 3 GRO 000 04X 4 6 1 Rain hindered the Italian Baseball League opener from the start and cut…
Angels 9th Inning Comeback Defeats Stars
Recap of Namur Angels against Mortsel Stars, April 12: by namur-angels.be Adrien Stockart´s sacrifice fly in the 9th inning plated Ronny Heymans with the eventually winning run after Cedric Nauts held on…
Triple Dutch Senators obtain their third AA victory
by Pim van Nes For the Netherlands national team they played together in the 2006 World Baseball Classic (that famous 65 pitches no-hit shut-out), in the 2007 European Championship tournament (winning the…
Draci and Technika with rematch
The both Brno-bound clubs AVG DRACI and TECHNIKA face each other tonight at 19:00 for a rematch of the opener last Friday. The game will be broadcast on national TV. DRACI had…
Italian Baseball League starts tonight
The Italian Baseball Leagues starts their new season tonight with two games. Live on RAI Sport Satellite the 2007 champion MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO faces the promoted RANGERS REDIPUGLIA. A half hour before the…
New York Mets sign Catcher Kai Gronauer
The NEW YORK METS have signed catcher Kai Gronauer (Picture: Right) of the SOLINGEN ALLIGATORS. He agreed on a two-year-contract and will join the Major League organization in two weeks. He is…
Homerun by Todd Fairbrother
[youtube dIZ1-dPjzYc] The Australian Todd Fairbrother impressed in the first doubleheader with the UNION KUFSTEIN VIKINGS last weekend with on the mound and with his bat. The clip shows his mammoth homerun…
Results Softball Serie A1 April 12
LEGNANO, EUROPROMO and FORLI stayed undefeated after the second game day in the Italian Softball League. AMGA celebrated a 12-0 and an 8-0 shutout against MACERATA. Rita Dominici had four RBI overall…
Barracudas with perfect start into new season
Zurich Challengers – Reussbuehl Eagles 6-9, 8-4 EAG 300 050 010 9 11 2 CHA 020 100 300 6 13 3 EAG 001 000 3 4 5 3 CHA 020 600 X…
Mainz Athletics add Bulgarian Talent
The MAINZ ATHLETICS add Dimitar Nassapov to their Roster. The 20-year-old comes from the Sofia Blues where he was the ace on the pitching staff. He pitched one inning for the ATHLETICS…
San Marino wins last preseason tournament in Italy
T&A SAN MARINO defeated MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO 3-1 in the finals of the 17th edition of the preseason tournament “Blue F Ball” in Bologna. FORTITUOD BOLOGNA won the bronze medal game 2-0 against…
German Foreign Minister Steinmeier pitches at Fenway Park
[youtube S0VZZOye3tU] The German Foreign Minister Franz-Walter Steinmeier threw out the ceremonial pitch before the start of the game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees last Saturday at…
Duel between Rouen and Savigny ends with split
Savigny Lions – Rouen Huskies 7-6 (10), 6-12 ROU 100 050 000 0 6 11 3 SAV 100 022 010 1 7 9 3 ROU 043 121 010 12 18 2 SAV…
Italy to be Main Host Country for 2009 Baseball World Cup
By IBAF, www.ibaf.tv A press conference was held today in Rome, Italy, delineating the planned format for the 2009 Baseball World Cup. IBAF’s Secretary General John Ostermeyer said, “I am confident this…