Category: Switzerland

by Chris Byrnes The Zurich Barracudas faced their hometown rivals Zurich Challengers over the weekend with two night games at the ballpark in Zurich. It was the Barracudas who pulled away and…

In the Swiss Nationalliga A four of the six planned games got underway. The Zurich Challengers split against the Lucerne Eagles on Saturday. On Sunday the Jona Bandits stunned the Bern Cardinals…

By Chris Byrnes The Bern Cardinals travelled to Zurich to take on the Barracudas on Sunday and the Cardinals out played the Barracudas for 8 and 2/3 innings but could not put…

In the Swiss Nationalliga A the Lucerne Eagles beat the Jona Bandits in both ends of a doubleheader on Saturday. One day later the Zurich Barracudas prevailed twice over the Bern Cardinals….

Only one doubleheader was played in the Swiss Nationalliga A this past weekend. The Sissach Frogs beat the Wil Devils 9-2 and 11-8. The twin bill between the Lucerne Eagles and the…

By Chris Byrnes In their home opener,  the Luzern Eagles took it to the Barracudas in game 1 by a score of 6-2. The Eagles played great defensively to support pitcher Stefan…

Six games were played in the Swiss Nationalliga A this past weekend. The Therwil Flyers dominated their old rivals Bern Cardinals 12-4 and 10-0. The Zurich Challengers returned home with 18-13 and…

by Chris Byrnes The Zurich Barracudas rebounded from their first season loss to the Luzern Eagles by holding the Jona Bandits hostage in Zurich taking both games by the score of  14-0…

Two doubleheaders were played in the Swiss Nationalliga A this past Saturday. The Wil Devils lost 2-8 and 3-11 against the Bern Cardinals. The Zurich Barracudas and the Lucerne Eagles split a…

By Chris Byrnes The Zurich Barracudas travelled to Wil to take on the Devils on Saturday and swept the home team Devils 29-2 and 13-2. Simon Steffen making his NLA pitching debut…

In the Swiss Nationalliga A only two games were played this weekend. Once again inclement weather won the upper hand. On Saturday the Zurich Barracudas defeated the Wil Devils. On Sunday all…

The Swiss Nationalliga A hopes to get things going after a bye in week two and a rain-filled third game day. Six games are scheduled this coming weekend. On Saturday the Wil…

By Chris Byrnes On a very cold and wet Sunday, the Champion Zurich Barracudas, opened up their season with a two game visit from the Therwil Flyers in Zurich.  The game went…

In the Swiss Nationalliga A rain prevailed over the schedule this past weekend. In week two only three of eight scheduled games were played. The Sissach Frogs beat the Wil Devils on…

In the Swiss Nationalliga A the first game day of the 2016 season was played last weekend. The Jona Bandits, which got promoted to the first division in Switzerland, kicked off the…

Prior to the start of the new season in the Nationalliga A in Switzerland, Mister-Baseball.com talked to Chris Byrnes, head coach of the reigning Swiss champion Zurich Barracudas previewing the new baseball…

The Swiss Nationalliga A club Therwil Flyers have added two new players for the upcoming season. Utility man Michael Stowers is coming from the Czech Extraleague club Eagles Prague to Switzerland, where…

by Harry Wischnewski On Saturday, February 13 2016 the 2015 Swiss NLA champions have received their ceremonial championship rings during a special gala event held in Schleinikon, Zurich. In front of friends,…

41-year-old American John Baum is taking over as player coach for the Swiss Nationalliga A club Sissach Frogs. He is replacing Christian Klarer at the helm. He is transferring over from the…

A preliminary schedule for the Swiss Nationalliga A was published on www.spielplan.ch. The regular season starts on April 2/3 and ends on July 23/24. The league will be back to eight teams…

The Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation with their new head coach James Sanders have selected 34 players for a preliminary roster for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. The highlight of this year’s…

The Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation has announced and honored its 2015 award winners in baseball and softball: Baseball NLA 2015 Best Batter:  Lucas Hagberg – Therwil Flyers Baseball NLA 2015 Best…

by Chris Byrnes Game 5 Summary – Zurich Barracudas 12 – Therwil Flyers 5 Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Zurich Barracudas 3 2 0…