The 2007 vice champion in the Spanish Honor Division has signed infielder Gil KIM for the 2008 season. KIM is from Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He is a well-travelled baseball player. He went to…
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Telemarket Rimini completes roster with Gustavo Martinez
Telemarket Rimini has signed starting pitcher Gustavo MARTINEZ for the upcoming season. They also announced the acquisitions of Luca LOMONTE and Michele QUATTRINI. They are now satisfied with their transactions and have…
Dirk Fries Diary: Head Coach Greg Frady is speaking
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. Tuesday March 11th…
Preseason action between FC Barcelona and Hercules L’Hospitalet
Courtesy of Bateando. The scenes are from the doubleheader between FC Barcelona and Hercules L’Hospitalet (9-0/10-0) [youtube 4-tit4uUr0k] Strikeout by Homer BAEZ (Barcelona) [youtube zgJWnY7Oquo] Gasparrd FESSY with single. [youtube kpxJQ7t7bvM] Andoni…
MLB Scoop interviewed Chief of Irish Baseball
The Blog MLBScoop interviewed the Chief of Irish Baseball, Mike KINDLE. Check it out. MLBScoop.com
Preseason results from Europe
The preseason in Europe picked up some speed. More and more games are going to be played. Most of the time the results are not important. But in Spain the Catalonia Championship…
Wrapping Up Day Four
The fourth day of thrilling baseball at the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament is in the books. All eight teams will rest tomorrow and refill their energy for the remaining three days. South…
Canada wins thriller against Chinese Taipei
CAN 020 011 001 1 6 16 2 TAI 200 003 000 0 5 10 1 In the most exiting and dramatic match of the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament so far, Canada…
Mexico stays in hunt after defeating Australia
MEX 100 020 031 7 11 1 AUS 000 102 010 4 11 1 Sometimes an ejection of a manager gives extra motivation for a squad. The Mexican skipper Jose FRANCO was…
Athletics Bologna secures Italian Winter League Title
Autofficina Bignami Athletics Bologna is the new Italian Winter League champion. They defeated last year’s winner San Martino Junior 4-1 in the final. Junior Grosseto takes third place after beating Oltretorrente Parma…
Dirk Fries Diary: Tired but happy
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. Monday 10th Every…
Playing and Coaching in Europe – 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….
European Academies meet in Italy this week
by Pim Van Nes Five European countries will delegate their selections to a new tournament, initiated and sponsored by Major League Baseball International. All players are students of baseball academies and will…
Spain no match against South Korea
KOR 101 512 130 14 16 1 ESP 000 041 000 5 10 1 South Korea already has sight of the Olympics in Beijing. They crushed Spain 14-5 and go into the…
Germany overcomes 1-3 deficit for second victory
SAF 200 100 000 3 3 0 GER 001 002 10X 4 10 1 Nobody would have thought that the German team is still alive after four game days. But they are….
Wrapping Up Day Three
It was a big day for the Asian teams as Chinese Taipei and South Korea had to work a little harder but came through with their third victories. They are now tied…
Spain wins nail biter against South Africa
ESP 010 010 000 2 5 1 SAF 100 000 000 1 4 1 After losing a close game against Germany, the Spanish team decided a nail biter into their favour on…
South Korea puts Mexico near elimination
MEX 000 010 000 1 7 1 KOR 000 101 04X 6 9 0 South Korea followed the footprints of Asian rival Taiwan and won their third game of the Final Olympic…
Dirk Fries Diary: Another good game for us
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. Sunday March 9th…
Australia back in the mix after defeating Canada
CAN 010 000 220 5 8 3 AUS 004 040 020 10 13 1 Australia bounced back after the discouraging 2-16 loss against South Korea and defeated Canada 10-5. Both squads are…
Chinese Taipei first with three wins
TAI 000 000 200 2 9 0 GER 000 000 000 0 7 1 Chinese Taipei takes advantage of the crowd, beats Germany 2-0 and is the first team with three victories…
Wrapping Up Day Two
It was quit an interesting day two at the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Besides the expected 10-0 romp of Canada, there were some surprises. South Korea made a statement against Australia, scoring…
Alexis Fumero and others join CD Pamplona
CD Pamplona has signed a bunch of pitching prospects. The most important is from Venezuela. Alexis FUMERO is 23 years and appeared in three games for U.C.V. of the Liga Nacional Bolivariana….
Dirk Fries Diary: Finally a win against Spain
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. Saturday 8th We…
Australia knocked around by South Korea
AUS 100 010 0 2 10 0 KOR 424 600 0 16 13 1 When Glenn WILLIAMS drove in the first Australian run in the first with a single, nobody had though…