Category: Germany

Last year’s runner up in the German Baseball-Bundesliga, BUCHBINDER LEGIONAERE REGENSBURG completed their Offseason activities with the signing of four foreign born players. They are two pitchers and two position players. The…

The MAINZ ATHLETICS have found a replacement for their retired catchers Janusz Radicke and Flavio Rinaldi. They signed Shu Sasaki for 2008. The Japanese player began his career on the St Mary’s…

National team pitcher Dirk Fries signed a contract with the HAAR DISCIPLES. The 28-year-old right-hander joins the Munich suburb club after pitching for the COLOGNE CARDINALS in 2007. He had a 9-4…

SOL 000 000 110 2 4 0 DOR 000 000 000 0 3 1 Despite the cool weather in Europe the Alligators and Wanderers faced each other on Wednesday evening for an…

It was just a little note in a recap of the first exhibition of the Mannheim Tornados against the Marlins Puerto Cruz. Geoff FREEBORN pitched four innings in a 4-1 victory. It…

Jonathan MARSHALL is the new catcher for the Bonn Capitols. He will replace Joel RODRIGUEZ, who was behind the plate in 2007. MARSHALL arrived in Germany this week. He was born on…

The Mannheim Tornados have signed a new shortstop. Ian MATTIACE will join the team on March 21st, a few days before their trip to Tenerife for a training camp. MATTIACE was one…

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…

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….

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…

Outfielder Philipp VON SOOSTEN is leaving the Cologne Cardinals and is joining the HSV Stealers. He was introduced during a soccer game last weekend. The lefty hitter and thrower is 28 years…

The Saarlouis Hornets have signed a new head coach. The 36-year-old Frederick BEITLER is looking back at 19 seasons in American and Canadian Leagues. He is a coach since eleven years and…

The former Major Leaguer Mike HARTLEY, who had joined the Heidekoepfe as new head coach earlier this winter, welcomes two fellow Americans on his roster. Heidenheim announced on Sunday the signings of…

The Hanover Regents have signed a new pitcher/head coach. Mike LANTZY joins the club in April to make it stronger. The Regents got just one victory in 2007 and stayed only in…

The runner up in the Baseball-Bundesliga, Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg, introduced on Monday their new manager Martin HEMLIG and new catcher Markus GIENGER. They also confirmed that the Phillies minor leaguer Jakub SLADEK…

After the sign-and-release story of Breland BROWN, the Solingen Alligators finished their off-season work after all. They announced the signings of two Americans, who are supposed to fill the last holes in…

The Haar Disciples already had signed the Austrian Baseball League MVP Clemens CICHOCKI and introduced Christian HAAS and Michael ALMSTETTER as new heads on top of the coaching staff. They announced at…

The Solingen Alligators terminated the contract with outfielder Breland BROWN. The published a press release, saying that he made additional unreasonable demands after signing an agreement to play for the 2006 champion….

The Solingen Alligators signed outfielder Breland BROWN for the 2008 season. He played at the Northeast Mississippi Community College. He had a batting average of .385 during the last two seasons. He…

The starting catcher of the German National Team, Kai GRONAUER, stays in Solingen. The Alligators provided him with an apprenticeship in the region around the club. The 21-year-old had thoughts about a…

by Dirk Fries  Moritz SCKAER, Pitcher for the Cologne Cardinals will return for the 2008 season. The homegrown righthander, who establishe career highs in Innings Pitched and Strikeouts (70.0 IP, 54 K´s)last…

The Mainz Athletics, German champion in 2007, nearly have accomplished their off-season plans. They confirmed the signings of Daniel HAYES and Raef HOBBS-BROWN. They also extended contracts for Mike LARSON, Sascha LUTZ…

Eddie AUCOIN, one of the best pitchers in the German Baseball-Bundesliga, signed a contract with former champion Mannheim Tornados. He impressed last season with a 9-5 record and an ERA of 1.91…