by Petter Lundberg The Karlskoga Bats won both of their games during Saturday’s preseason round robin tournament in the indoor arena in Fredriksstad, Norway. Game one was played against the home team…
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Dirk Fries Diary: Final Report IBAF FOQT
Dirk Fries, pitcher of the German National Team and the Cologne Cardinals, will give us a daily report about his time at the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Taiwan. Final Report IBAF…
Sylvain Hervieux delays retirement, returns to Templiers
Outfielder/first baseman Sylvain HERVIEUX delays his retirement plans at least another year and returns to the Templiers Senart for the another season. Originally he had hung up his cleats after the last…
CB Sant Boi add Fernando Quijada to their bullpen
CB Sant Boi continued their shopping tour. They have agreed on terms with reliever Fernando Mercedes QUIJADA for the upcoming season. The right-hander was born on October 9th 1984 in Nueva Esparita,…
Schedule for Olympic Softball Tournament published
The International Softball Federation (ISF) published the schedule for the Olympic Games in Beijing in August this summer. The event starts on August 12th and lasts till August 21st. The eight teams…
Arrows Ostrava signed Edgar Delos Reyes and Jon Robles
by Michal Hanus The Philippines National Baseball Team coach Edgar DELOS REYES signed a contract with Arrows Ostrava. REYES will replace Anthony BENNET who moved to Patriots Liberec for the 2008 season….
Hornets bring in Patrick Carlson and three others
The Saarlouis Hornets agreed on a contract with French southpaw Patrick CARLSON. They also signed the Slovakian Simon PROCHACZKA, the Dutch Bernd GOUDSWAARD and the German Torsten KRAPF. They already had introduced…
Some preseason results from last weekend
The preseason in Europe was hindered by bad weather last weekend as several games were cancelled due to rain. Especially in the Netherlands and Belgium led to many cancellations. Besides we tried…
Karl Mejholm leaves Huskies Rouen, returns to Canada
In contrary to earlier reports, Karl MEJHOLM is leaving the Rouen Huskies and joins the Ottawa Rapids of the Can-Am-League in his home country. The 24-year-old stabilized the bullpen of the French…
Outfielder Jehan Machado joins Viladecans
CB Viladecans of the Spanish Honor Division has signed outfielder Jehan MACHADO. He is from Venezuela and played the last eight years for CB Sant Boi. He batted .259 (OBP .350/SLG .269)…
Vancura to strengthen Technika Brno pitching staff
by Michal Hanus Jakub VANCURA, 30 a year-old Czech baseball explorer in the German Bundesliga is returning back to his home country after three seasons with the Regensburg Legionaere. Jakub will not…
New Poll: Where is the strongest Baseball League in Europe?
We have started a new poll on our front-page. We want to know, which baseball league in Europe is the strongest. We are giving you ten choices. Be objective or vote for…
My Country, Delayed By Rain – a Baseball-Blog by John Miller
John Miller, head coach of the Brussels Kangaroos and a reporter for a major American newspaper, is chronicling his team’s 2008 season in a column that will appear every Monday on mister-baseball.com….
Cariparma completes roster with catcher Pascual Matos
The Italian Baseball League club Cariparma completed his Offseason with the acquisition of a new catcher. They announced that former six-game Major Leaguer Pascual MATOS joins the team for the upcoming season….
Format changes in Croatian Baseball
As you may know there were two first division leagues in Croatian Baseball the past few years. Four teams played with wooden bats, the others with aluminium. They are going to change…
Marlins Puerto Cruz extend contracts
The 2007 Spanish champion Marlins Puerto Cruz extended contracts with pitcher Renny DUARTE and catcher Dewis NAVARRO. They also announced that shortstop Nestor PEREZ Jr. is also serving as the new manager…
New Website for Baseball Tournaments
There is a new website on the Internet, called baseball-tournaments.info. There you can insert your own tournament and get information’s on others from around the globe. How does it work? Tournament owners,…
Peter Frates and Shawn Pynn join Stealers
The HSV Stealers announced a few days ago that they have signed a new head coach. The 27-year-old Canadian Shawn PYNN is from Branton, Ontario and replaces Sven HUHNHOLZ at the helm….
Menechino, Cruz and Duran added to Nettuno roster
The announcement was made already a week ago. However we were busy during the Olympics Qualifier and could not report it. Danesi Nettuno has signed the former Major Leaguer Frank MENECHINO and…
Analysing Numbers: FOQT
The Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament is over and Canada, South Korea and Taiwan clinched the spots for Beijing. Today we want to take a look at the individual numbers, which led to…
Australian Craig Pycock to Tornados
The Mannheim Tornados signed the 28-year-old Australian Craig PYCOCK for the upcoming season. He last played for the Saarlouis Hornets. He is supposed to strengthen the pitching staff but is also capable…
Ramon Figueroa Head Coach of Sissach Frogs
Ramon FIGUEROA returns to Switzerland for the 2008 season to coach the NLA club Sissach Frogs. He already was with the team ten years ago and worked for other organizations Europe since…
Indoor tournament gets Swedish season underway
by Kristian Paelviae Enkoeping, Sweden As usual, the Swedish fastpitch softball season started indoors – with the traditional Swedish Indoor Masters, played for the 17th consecutive year, on March 1-2, 2008. This…
Wrapping Up Day Seven And The FOQT
The Final Olympics Qualifying Tournament (FOQT) ended on Friday with the closing ceremony after the conclusion of an interesting South Korea versus Taiwan game. The last day had not much drama because…
Dirk Fries Diary: Disappointed
Dirk Fries, pitcher of the German National Team and the Cologne Cardinals, will give us a daily report about his time at the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Taiwan. Friday March 14th…