Category: Switzerland

by Chris Byrnes The Zurich Barracudas backed by the strong pitching of Andi Rüesch defeated the Therwil Flyers in Zurich by a score  of 5-1.  The Barracudas move to 4-1 on the…

Only one game was played in the Swiss Nationalliga A this past weekend. The Therwil Flyers hosted the Bern Cardinals and routed the reigning champion 13-2. Emanuel Rauozeos and Takanobu Oshima led…

By Chris Byrnes The Zurich Barracudas lived up to their namesake on Sunday as they were voracious, opportunistic predators who relied on surprising short bursts of speed to overtake their opponent. The Barracudas…

In the Swiss Nationalliga A the six games all ended with wins for the road teams. On Saturday the Bern Cardinals celebrated its first two wins of the season against the Zurich…

The Therwil Flyers host the Zurich Barracudas on game day two in the Swiss Nationalliga A. Therwil started the season with two wins over defending champion Bern Cardinals, while the ‘Cudas had…

by Chris Byrnes Opening Day is the greatest day within a baseball season the fresh cut grass, the smell of the dirt, the smell of the ball, the crack of a wooden…

The Swiss Nationalliga A opened play this weekend with three doubleheaders. On Saturday the Lucerne Eagles picked up two wins over the Zurich Lions. One day later the Therwil Flyers edged out…

by Zurich Challengers The Zurich Challengers are happy to announce that they have signed Swiss National Team pitcher Ryan Byrne. The 24-year old Houston native played the last two years with the…

The Therwil Flyers will hold a Youth Spring Training Camp in Therwil in April. Flyers and Swiss National Team head coach Andy Fleischacker, US import pitcher Gavin Guarrera and a couple of…

The Therwil Flyers have signed Gavin Guarrera for the 2014 season in the Swiss Nationalliga A. The left-handed is from Webster, New York, studied at North Carolina Central University and played for…

The Swiss Nationalliga A will start on April 5 into the 2014 season. The Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation has displayed a schedule on www.spielplan.ch, which features six teams. The Lucerne Eagles,…

The 2014 baseball season in Switzerland is off to an unprecedented off season. Normally in Swiss baseball you see very little player movement from team to team. This off season has seen…

According to a report by the Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation (SBSF), the Lucerne Eagles have added Patrick Maier and Andrea Girasole from the Zurich Challengers for the upcoming season in the…

According to a report on the SBSF website, the Zurich Barracudas have brought in Chris Byrnes from the Embrach Mustangs as new head coach. Byrnes had retired from the Mustangs at the…

By Embrach Mustangs After the game on Sunday, where the Embrach Mustangs lost to the old and new champions Bern Cardinals, Mustangs star player Christian Klarer announced that he would not play…

by Embrach Mustangs Once again the Bern Cardinals showed their dominance in the Swiss NLA by beating the Embrach Mustangs to win their eight title in the last nine years.  The title…

by Embrach Mustangs The Swiss NLA Championship round kicked off last weekend with the Embrach Mustangs facing the defending champions Bern Cardinals. On Saturday, the Bern Cardinals took advantage of good pitching…

by Embrach Mustangs The Embrach Mustangs with their backs against the wall managed to sweep the Therwil Flyers and move on to face the Bern Cardinals in the final round. The Flyers…

Defending champion Bern Cardinals and the Embrach Mustangs will meet in the Swiss Nationalliga A Finals. The Cardinals defeated the Zurich Challengers 10-1 in game four of their semi-final series on Saturday…

After last weekend’s hiatus due to the Bern Cardinals participation in the European Cup Playoff, the semi-finals in the Swiss Nationalliga continued on Saturday and Sunday. The Cardinals won twice over the…

The semi-finals in the Swiss Nationalliga A got underway on Saturday. The Therwil Flyers defeated the Embrach Mustangs 8-6 to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series. Therwil scored six runs…

In the Swiss Nationalliga A four games were on the schedule this past weekend. On Saturday the Zurich Lions dropped both games against the Lucerne Eagles 5-14 and 6-8. One day later…