The two teams from Vienna celebrated sweeps on Saturday in the Austrian Baseball League. The SUPERFUND WANDERERS took two from the UNION KUFSTEIN VIKINGS to move into second place in the standings,…
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Who takes first in Austrian Baseball League?
Three doubleheaders of matchups, which were rained out earlier this year, are scheduled this weekend in the Austrian Baseball League. The ATHLETICS took over first place last Sunday, when they extended their…
Austrian Weekly: Playoffs are set. Maybe!
by Peter Ferak, coverguy.wordpress.com Not much should change in the standings from this point on. But controversy surrounds the Austrian Baseball League. The last-place team Linz Bandits has violated numerous league rules…
Results Austrian Baseball League August 16/17
The MOSQUITO ATHLETICS extended their winning streak to ten games with a sweep against the SUPERFUND WANDERERS and moved into first place of the Austrian Baseball League Standings. The VIKINGS dropped to…
Austrian Weekly: Tigers one step closer to Playoffs
by Peter Ferak, coverguy.wordpress.com Taking one win home from Dornbirn (Indians) the Schwaz Tigers are looking like the fourth playoff team this year. Last year’s champion Metrostars played a couple of tough…
Results Austrian Baseball League August 9/10
The SCHWAZ TIGERS solidified fourth place in the standings with a split against the STOCK CITY CUBS. In addition they profited of the two losses at home by the fifth-ranked VIENNA METROSTARS,…
2007 Champion Metrostars need to start winning
The reigning champion VIENNA METROSTARS is under pressure. They are in fifth place 2,5 games out of the playoff spots and need to start winning to save the season. They are going…
Results Austrian Baseball League August 2/3
The reigning Austrian champion VIENNA METROSTARS didn’t even play this weekend, but their chances for a playoff spot didn’t get better. After the completion of the suspended game with the expected loss,…
Austrian Weekly: Securing a Playoff Spot
by Peter Ferak, www.coverguy.wordpress.com The Athletics swept the Tigers last week and are looking forward to take a game or two from the first place Vikings. The A’s are vastly improved and…
Results Austrian Baseball League July 26/27
The VIKINGS, WANDERERS and ATHLETICS solidified their spots in the top four with sweeps last weekend in the Austrian Baseball League. {mrb-result:2008-07-26|2008-07-27|AT} {mrb-standing:austria-2008}
Vikings try to extend lead in ABL standings against Cubs
The UNION KUFSTEIN VIKINGS are facing the STOCK CITY CUBS this weekend in the Austrian Baseball League and hope to extend their lead in the standings. Second-ranked SUPERFUND WANDERERS are host to…
Austrian Weekly: Race for Playoffs still open
by Peter Ferak, www.coverguy.wordpress.com The Kufstein Vikings were able to hold their lead going into the summer break and came back with an extra inning win over the Dornbirn Indians. Due to…
Results Austrian Baseball League July 19/20
The game day in the Austrian Baseball League was filled by rain. Three of the eight games were postponed. On Saturday both clubs from Vienna, settled for splits on the road. The…
Austrian Baseball League starts into Second Half of Season
After the signing of Carter Clements the MOSQUITO ATHLETICS also acquired fellow American Mike Gehringer from league rival STOCK CITY CUBS during the league break and hopes to stay in the top…
Austrian Roster for Qualifier
The roster of the Austrian National Team for the European Championship Qualifier consists of 20 players. Manager Martin Langlois chose them from a pool of 29 after three exhibitions last weekend. They…
Results Austrian Baseball League June 21/22
With the VIKINGS and the METROSTARS playing the European Cup Qualifiers, the Austrian Baseball League resumed their schedule with a pair of make-ups. With new pitcher Carter Clements aboard in addition to…
Athletics with Carter Clements against Tigers on Saturday
With new pitcher Carter Clements aboard the MOSQUITO ATHLETICS hope to defeat the surprisingly strong SCHAWZ TIGERS in a doubleheader on Saturday in the Austrian Baseball League. Clements is 22 years old…
Tigers take two from 2007 champion
The SCHWAZ TIGERS put the reigning champion VIENNA METROSTARS into danger to miss the playoffs this season. The beat them on the road 10-8 and 5-3. Franz Haisjackl closed out game one…
Last week before the break in Austrian Baseball League
After the next weekend, the Austrian Baseball League makes a break of about five weeks due to the European Cup, the All Star event, which kicks off the preparation of the National…
Bandits upset reigning champion Metrostars
The BANDITS, which had lost 13 of the first 14 games in the season, upset the reigning Austrian champion VIENNA METROSTARS and swept the doubleheader. LINZ got an 8-6 victory in the…
Tigers and Vikings renew local rivalry
The Austrian Baseball League had completed the first half of the season last weekend and starts off with the return games. The two teams from Vienna, the SUPERFUND WANDERERS and the METROSTARS…
Astl leads Tigers with 19 K’s to Sweep against Bandits in ABL
Austrian national team pitcher Paul Astl struck out 19 batters in his win against the BANDITS on Saturday. Franz Haisjackl stayed perfect until the sixth in the second part of the doubleheader,…
Top Four Teams play against each other
The UNION KUFSTEIN VIKINGS, which lost last week twice in Vienna against the SUPERFUND WANDERERS, travel to the same city this Saturday to clash with the METROSTARS. The VIKINGS are still the…
Austrian National Team loses two in Regensburg
The Austrian Baseball National Team lost two exhibition games against the leader of the southern conference in the German Baseball-Bundesliga, the BUCHBINDER LEGIONAERE REGENSBURG. On Wednesday with pitchers Paul Astl, Werner Harrasser…
Austrian Baseball Team with test games in Regensburg
The Austrian Baseball National Team plays two exhibitions against the BUCHBINDER LEGIONAERE in Regensburg, Germany on Wednesday May 28 and Thursday May 29. Each game is scheduled to start at 19:00 CET….