Category: German Baseball Leagues

The Stuttgart Reds announced this week that Matti Emery succeeds Bret Helenius as head coach for the 2013 season. Helenius had resigned following the 2012 season, the first year of the Reds…

The HSV Stealers announced their first series of transactions prior to the 2013 season. Michael Franke and Henry Guillermo will join the club from Hamburg. The 31-year-old Franke is coming from the…

Shortly after the Christmas festivities the German Baseball-Bundesliga club Haar Disciples announced a series of changes for the 2013 season. Chris Dresel returns after one year hiatus to take over as head…

The Solingen Alligators invited media to a press event this week. The club revealed two more transfers. 20-year-old infielder Lars Szameitpreuss is going to leave the team and will most likely join…

The Bonn Capitals announced this weekend that they have signed Maurice Wilhelm for the upcoming season in the German Baseball-Bundesliga. The 25-year-old is coming from local rival Cologne Cardinals. Born in Berlin,…

German infielder Dominik Wulf, one of the best players in German baseball in the last decade who didn’t play in the United States, will retire following the 2013 season. Working fulltime as…

The Solingen Alligators have added a second American besides shortstop Travis Bass. The 23-year-old Tanner Leighton is a versatile player, who will be most likely used in the infield. He is coming…

The German Baseball Academy (DBA, Deutsche Baseball Akademie) has set the dates for the proposed 1st German Juniors Championship Showcase. The four-day tournament will be held from July 4 to 7, 2013…

The Mainz Athletics announced on Tuesday that they have to revamp their roster during the winter. US American imports Dennis Kelly and Pat Haugen will not return to the club for the…

Organized by the German Baseball Academy (DBA) an inaugural German Junior Championship Showcase is planned for the 2013 season. The four-day tournament will feature teams from the Paderborn and Regensburg Baseball Academies,…

by Bonn Capitals While the German Bundesliga awarded their seasonal honors in the northern division to Bradley Roper-Hubbert (Best Batter) and Charley Olson (Best Pitcher), the Bonn Capitals announced even more good…

The Solingen Alligators will keep shortstop Travis Bass according to an article in a local newspaper. Shelby Robertson meanwhile won’t be coming back, as the club already has an agreement with a…

After BJ Roper-Hubbert, the Bonn Capitals also were able to keep Charley Olson for the 2013 season. The successor of Bryce Schoening as foreign starting pitcher for the Caps was named best…

Mannheim Tornados’ head coach Matt Kemp gave a lengthy state-of-the-Tornados interview on the team website this week. Taking over for Georg Bull last winter, the player-coach spoke about the disappointment to miss…

Despite losing the decisive playdowns series against the Berlin Sluggers and finishing in eighth place in the northern division of the German Baseball-Bundesliga, the Dohren Wild Farmers apparently will remain in the…

The 26-year-old outfielder BJ Roper-Hubbert is going to stay with the German Baseball-Bundesliga club Bonn Capitals. The club announced the extension on Monday while congratulating him to the best batter award in…

Georg Apfelbaum is the new head coach of the German Baseball-Bundesliga club Cologne Cardinals. He succeeds Joe Slater, who was at the helm since 2010. Apfelbaum already led the Cards in 2007…

The Berlin Sluggers introduced a new head coach on Saturday. José Sanchez Sr. is taking over for Duane Phillips, who served as interim coach in the last part of the 2012 season….

The Tuebingen Hawks won the southern division of the 2nd Baseball-Bundesliga with a 21-7 record. As we experienced in the last couple of years and we’ll most likely also see in the…

(3-0) Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg – Untouchables Paderborn 14-1 (7) PAD 000 000 1 1 3 4 REG 342 023 X 14 14 0 The Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg crushed the Untouchables Paderborn 14-1…

(0-2) Untouchables Paderborn – Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg 0-1 REG 010 000 000 1 3 0 PAD 000 000 000 0 4 2 The Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg are just one win away from…

(0-1) Untouchables Paderborn – Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg 7-8 (10) REG 002 011 030 1 8 13 1 PAD 201 102 000 0 7 15 3 Box score The Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg erased…

Untouchables Paderborn – Heidenheim Heidekoepfe 6-4, 7-4 Untouchables win Series 3-1 The Untouchables Paderborn stunned the Heidenheim Heidekoepfe with a pair of rallies to win the semi-final series 3-1 on Saturday. In…