After a bunch of rain or snow outs last week, only two doubleheader went on as scheduled on Saturday in the Swedish Elitserien. RÄTTVIK showed an impressive effort and shut-out GEFLE twice,…
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Sweden hopes for a dry weekend
After the postponement festival last week due to rain and snow, the Swedish Elitserien resumes play. STOCKHOLM defends their winning streak in TRANAS. The promoted RAETTVIK hopes for a STOCKHOLM loss to…
Snow, rain and getting back on track
by Thommy Brolin The third round of the swedish season was cut short when four games were cancelled due to snow (doubleheader between Leksand and Stockholm, doubleheader between Rättvik and Alby) and…
Stockholm defends first place against Leksand
STOCKHOLM, which is the only undefeated team in the Swedish Elitserien defends first place in the standings on the road against LEKSAND. Their bats were already in midseason form at the beginning…
Results Elitserien May 11
STOCHOLM continued its surge with two victories against winless GEFLE. They scored 31 runs in the doubleheader. RÄTTVIK and TRANAS follow in second and third with 3-1 records after splitting their twin…
Karlskoga and Sundbyberg hope to get back on track
The one and two of the Swedish championship in 2007, KARLSKOGA and SUNDBYBERG had a horrible start into the new season on opening weekend. The BATS lost twice in Stockholm and they…
Adam Sowell returns to Karlskoga Bats
by Petter Lundberg Last year’s MVP of the Swedish Elite Series, Adam Sowell will return to Karlskoga Bats after a short stint with HCAW in the Dutch League. Adam got replaced by…
Only home victories on opening day in the Swedish league
by Thommy Brolin The first two rounds of the Swedish league was dominated by the home teams. At Skarpnäck Stadion in Stockholm the home club played hosts to reigning Champions KARLSKOGA, in…
Preview Elitserien Sweden
by Thommy Brolin The Swedish top league Elitserien starts this first weekend in May, and is promising to be a very competitive and exciting league. Reigning Champions are Karlskoga Bats, who defeated…
Karlskoga Bats adds four new players
by Petter Lundberg For a while now it has been evident that last year’s successful American players Adam SOWELL, Joe ROVIROSA and Shawn VANCE wouldn’t return again to play for the Karlskoga…
Karlskoga Bats won tournament in Norway
by Petter Lundberg The Karlskoga Bats won both of their games during Saturday’s preseason round robin tournament in the indoor arena in Fredriksstad, Norway. Game one was played against the home team…
Transactions in Swedish League
by Thommy Brolin This years transfers within the Swedish League were announced today, with January 31 being the last day to file the papers. Stockholm BSC gets pitcher Niklas ERICKSSON from Alby….
Sundbyberg BSC announces new coaches for the 2008 season
by Thommy Brolin The runners-up in the Swedish league 2007 Sundbyberg BSC announces new coaches for the 2008 season. It is a quartet of ex-players from the club that will steer the…
Analysing Numbers: Swedish Baseball
In the weeks between the years we are doing a small series about the statistics leaders in European Baseball Leagues. We started with the Switzerland on Saturday. Today we look at Sweden….
Swedish Baseball: Final Standings
Swedish Baseball Regular season: Karlskoga Bats 25-5 Sundbyberg Heat 21-9 Tranas 18-12 Stockholm 17-13 Leksand Lumberjacks 14-16 Gefle 9-21 Alby Stars 1-29 Playoffs: Semi-finals (best-of-three): Karlskoga Bats – Stockholm 2-0 (19-1, 15-12)…
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…
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…
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…
Sundbyberg wins Game 2 of Swedish Baseball Finals.
by Thommy Brolin Sundbyberg evens the swedish Championship Series after beating Karlskoga 5 – 4 in a very tight and exciting contest. Sundbyberg had in earlier games against Karlskoga this season a…
Karlskoga and Sundyberg reach Swedish Baseball Finals
The Karlskoga Bats advanced to the Swedish Baseball League Finals for the first time in the club history with two wins over BSK Stockholm last weekend. The Bats will meet the Sundbyberg…
Sweden has announced their Barcelona Championship Roster
The Swedish National Team has announced a 24-man roster of players who will represent the country at the European Baseball Championship and Olympic Qualification Tournament to be held in Barcelona, Spain from…
Preview Swedish Baseball Playoffs – Analysis & Prediction
In a battle of last place teams this past weekend Gefle took two games from Alby, 17-12 and 22-12, in the Swedish Baseball League regular season finale. Gefle ends the season with…
Swedish Baseball Playoffs start next Saturday
In a battle of last place teams this past weekend Gefle took two games from Alby, 17-12 and 22-12, in the Swedish Baseball League regular season finale. Gefle ends the season with…
Baseball Playoffs Sweden – Preview
The Karlskoga Bats (25-5) have clinched the top spot in the Swedish Baseball League after splitting a pair of games against Sundbyberg this past weekend. The Bats rallied to take the second…
Baseball Sweden – MrBB Dreamteam 2007
The Swedish Baseball League is another top European league with some tough teams and talented players. Mr. Baseball presents the 2007 Swedish Baseball League Dream Team. Catcher – Joe ROVIROSA, Karlskoga Hitting…