Four players from Rotterdam signed contracts with MLB-organizations. Third baseman Rien VERNOOIJ (18 years old) and pitcher Tjerk HOGERVORST (16) each signed with the New York Mets, second baseman Dwayne KEMP with…
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Sundbyberg Heat wins Swedish Cup final
Sundbyberg Heat defeated Karlskoga Bats on Saturday 9-2 to win the Swedish Cup final. Starting pitcher Nick SOUBIEA dominated and got the MVP award for the game. Sami SÄKKINEN was on the…
German Baseball-Bundesliga: relegation finished
The Gauting Indians won both games (7-1 and 9-3) against Ingolstadt Schanzer and will stay in Germany’s highest baseball-league. But there are going to be new teams in the German Baseball-Bundesliga next…
Holland Series: Kinheim wins in extra-innings and take 2-0 lead
Corendon Kinheim won also game two of the Holland Series and they are now only one victory away to clinch the title for the second straight year in a row. They needed…
World Cup: Chinese team withdraws from tournament – replaced by Thailand
One month before the World Cup of baseball in Taipei, the Chinese team withdraw itself from the tournament. The IBAF chose Thailand as the replacement. They had missed the qualification to the…
Final Standings Croatian Baseball League
The regular season in Croatia ended last weekend. Kelteks and Zagreb will play about the championship beginning today. Final Standings Regular Season: 1.KELTEKS 20-2 2.ZAGREB 13-9 3.VINDIJA 7-15 4.NADA SSM 4-18
Upcoming games on the weekend
Holland Series Saturday October 6 – Game 2 14:00 Konica Minolta Pioniers vs. Corendon Kinheim Sunday October 7 – Game 3 13:00 Corendon Kinheim vs. Konica Minolta Pioniers Swedish Cup Finals Saturday…
Holland Series: Kinheim beats Pioniers in game one
2006 champion Corendon Kinheim defeated Konica Minolta Pioniers 7-4 in the first game of the Holland Series. They will resume the series on Saturday. inheim started fast and scored four runs in…
Austrian Baseball Finals Preview
The Austrian Baseball final series starts on Saturday. The participants are Union Kufstein Vikings and Vienna Metrostars. Both teams dominated Austrian baseball over the last years. Union Kufstein will play their fifth…
German Baseball Finals: Mainz Athletics win Championship
The Mainz Athletics won the decisive fifth game on Wednesday and clinched their first national title ever. They beat Regensburg Legionäre 6-3 and completed the comeback in the final best-of-five-series. Mainz had…
Karlskoga Swedish champion after winning game four against Sundbyberg
The Karlskoga Bats won the Swedish baseball championship after beating Sundbyberg Heat 5-4 in game four of the best-of-five series. The Bats started strong and scored three runs in the first two…
Swiss Baseball Finals: Bern Cardinals win third straight title
The Cardinals swept the best-of-five-series against the Challengers with a 4-0 shutout in game three of the series last weekend. They have won the Swiss Championship in 2005 and 2006 as well….
World Cup: Team USA announced Roster
Team USA announced a 24-man-roster for the World Cup in Taipei in November. It consists mostly of minor league players, who played in triple and double A teams. The most prominent names…
Preview and Prediction for Holland Series
The Holland Series starts on Thursday with a rematch of last year’s finals. Corendon Kinheim hosts Konica Minolta Pioniers for game one of the best-of-five-series. They advanced through wins against DOOR Neptunus…
World Cup: Team Italy with new Manager
Marco MAZZIERI is the new manager of Team Italy. He succeeds Giampiero FARAONE, who led the baseball team to a disappointing seventh place in the European championships in Barcelona at the beginning…
World Cup: Team USA tests in Arizona
The US Baseball Team will play six games in the Arizona Fall League for a tune up before the IBAF World Cup in Taipei in November. The team will consist of non-25…
Karlskoga wins crucial game three in Swedish Championship series
by Thommy Brolin When the Swedish Championship Series continued at Karlskoga IP the home team won the game 9-6 to take a 2-1 lead in the best of five series. The first…
Swiss Softball Finals: Therwil Flyers new champion
The Therwil Flyers won their fifth Swiss Softball championship since 2000. They defeated last years champion Zurich Challengers 8-6 in game three last Sunday. A RBI-groundout by Babsi MEIERHANS in the bottom…
Austrian Baseball Semi-Finals: Metrostars and Vikings reach finals
The Vienna Metrostars and the Union Kufstein Vikings clinched final berths with wins last weekend. The Vikings needed a victory in game five on Sunday morning to eliminate regular season winner Superfund…
German Baseball-Bundesliga Finals: Athletics even series
After losing the first two games in Regensburg, Mainz tied the best-of-five-series in the German baseball finals with two wins at the weekend. Both will meet again on Wednesday October 3 to…
Dutch Playoffs: Kinheim reach Holland Series
Corendon Kinheim won game five 4-1 against Amsterdam on Sunday to clinch the berth. The Pirates had tied the series on Saturday with a 5-1 win. Corendon will play Konica Minolta Pioniers…