Category: Switzerland

by Alex Walchli (Cardinals media director) BERN CARDINALS ANNOUNCE RE-SIGNING OF PLAYER/COACH JOHN BAUM FOR THE 2009 SEASON The four-time defending Swiss baseball champion Bern Cardinals has re-signed John Baum for the…

The Swiss Baseball and Softball Club ZURICH CHALLENGERS announced its coaching staff for their teams a few days ago. Kurt Kovac, who won the Swiss Championship with the team in 2002, takes…

Last year the opening day event was a rain-filled affair. This year the Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation (SBSF) try again. The 2009 season in the Swiss Nationalliga A (NLA) starts on…

by John Baum CARDINALS SWEEP THROUGH INDIANS TO COMPLETE 4-PEAT! For just the second time in Swiss baseball history the Bern Cardinals won their fourth consecutive domestic championship by defeating the Lausanne…

The BERN CARDINALS defeated the LAUSANNE INDIANS 7-4 on Saturday afternoon and completed the sweep in the Swiss Baseball Finals. It is the fourth consecutive title for the team from the Swiss…

After winning the first two games of the Swiss Finals against the LAUSANNE INDIANS last weekend, the BERN CARDINALS are in a position to win the fourth consecutive national title on Saturday…

by John Baum CARDINALS ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM WINNING FOURTH CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER DRAMATIC NINTH INNING COMEBACK IN GAME TWO VERSUS INDIANS Lausanne Indians – Bern Cardinals 5-15 CAR 024 110…

The BERN CARDINALS started with two victories into the Swiss Finals (best-of-five). On Saturday they scored in six of the nine innings and beat the INDIANS in Lausanne 15-5. Today they overcame…

FINALS IN SWISS BASEBALL BEGIN SATURDAY IN LAUSANNE…A PREVIEW BY NATIONAL TEAM COACH, AND ZURICH CHALLENGER, CHRIS PALATINUS… The best hitting team of the league will face the best pitching team in…

by John Baum CARDINALS SWEEP PAST BARRAUCDAS TO REACH FOURTH CONSECUTIVE FINAL! On Saturday in Bern, Severin Fries and the Bern Cardinals won game one of the best of three semifinals versus…

The BERN CARDINALS beat the ZURICH BARRACUDAS in both games this weekend and swept the best-of-three semi-final series in the Swiss Nationalliga A and clinched a berth for the finals against the…

by John Baum CARDINALS HOST BARRACUDAS SATURDAY IN GAME 1 OF THE SEMI-FINALS… After having the first two games of the semi-finals rained out two weeks ago, and with the Cardinals competing…

by John Baum ROYAL GREYS DEFEAT BERN CARDINALS 8-2, AND 6-0 TO QUALIFY FOR THE “A” POOL IN 2009!! Bern Cardinals versus Kaunas Lituanica The Cardinals benefited from two solid starts from…

by John Baum FLYERS SUCCUMB TO INDIANS; WEATHER AND POOR PLAY SPELL THE END OF THE SEASON FOR 1st PLACE TEAM! On a wet and windy day, the Flyers were forced to…

The THERWIL FLYERS, who had dominated the Swiss regular season this year, lost both games against the LAUSANNE INDIANS the past weekend and were eliminated in the semi-finals. The second matchup between…

by John Baum SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN CARDINALS AND BARRACUDAS WILL BEGIN SUNDAY AT 11:00 IN EMBRACH… The game originally scheduled to be played in Bern, Saturday at 14:00, has been moved to Sunday,…

The Playoffs in Switzerland will start this weekend, here is the 2008 playoff preview from national team coach, and Zurich Challenger, Chris Palatinus… Therwil Flyers The team to beat this year is…

by John Baum CARDINALS SHUTOUT HIGH POWERED INDIANS…10-0, AND 1-0! The final weekend of the regular season found the Cardinals back to their old ways completing their first sweep in the last…

The Swiss Nationalliga A concluded the regular season this weekend. On Saturday the THERWIL FLYERS won 11-4 against the BARRACUDAS and finished with an 18-2 record in first place. The reigning champion…

by John Baum ALL FOUR PLAYOFF TEAMS IN ACTION THE LAST WEEKEND OF THE REGULAR SEASON CARDINALS AND INDIANS FIGHT FOR SECOND PLACE Sunday in Bern the Cardinals (13-5) host the Lausanne…

by John Baum CARDINALS AND BARRACUDAS SPLIT… CARDS REMAIN IN SECOND PLACE Saturday in Bern, the second place Cardinals (13-5) and third place Barracudas (12-7) played to a split in their doubleheader….

The BERN CARDINALS secured second place in group one of the Swiss Nationalliga A with a split against the ZURICH BARRACUDAS. The FLYERS swept their doubleheader versus the CHALLENGERS and the FROGS…

by John Baum CARDS AND BARRACUDAS BATTLE FOR PLAYOFF SEEDING Saturday in Bern, the Cardinals (12-4)  host the Zurich Barracudas (11-7) in what should decide who will finish the regular season in…

by John Baum CARDINALS MAKE SWISS CUP FINAL ONLY TO LOSE TO THE LAUSANNE INDIANS The Bern Cardinals, playing in their third final of the Swiss Cup in the last four years,…