Herts Baseball Club celebrated the opening of its Basing Hill Ballpark, in which Barnet councillors threw out ceremonial first pitches. The Basing Hill Ballpark project was completed on 20 June but, with…
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GB, Sweden Set WBSC Ranking Records; Czechs Tie All-Time High
By Gabriel Fidler, Managing Editor. The WBSC released its newest set of world rankings yesterday, and virtually all European baseball nations saw a change in position thanks to new points available from…
Chlup Keeps Hitting in the American Association
Czechia’s Marek Chlup made the best of a short stint with the Lake Country DockHounds of the independent American Association (AA), slashing .325/.393/.627 while smashing nine homers in just 34 games to…
Czechia Awarded U18 World Cup Wildcard
*** The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced yesterday that is has awarded Czechia a wildcard for the upcoming U18 World Cup, increasing the number of European participants at the tournament to…
Regensburg With Full Spring Training Schedule Ahead of 2023 Season
The Guggenberger Legionäre Regensburg have a full schedule of pre-season friendlies planned for March as the team prepares for the 2023 season under German coaching legend Martin Helmig, who has won 11…
Fangraphs: Slovakia’s Macko Future Top-100 Prospect
Fangraphs prospect analyst Eric Logenhagen has tipped Slovakian LHP Adam Macko to break into the site’s Top-100 prospect list in 2024. Longehagen describes Macko, who was born in Slovakia before moving to…
2023 European Cup Participants Finalized
The fields and hosts for Europe’s three international club competitions have been finalized, with the premier Champions Cup, which determines the European champion, set to be played in the Dutch cities of…
Swiss LHP Scheffler Signs With Cincinnati Reds
Switzerland’s Dominic Scheffler has signed a professional contract with the Cincinnati Reds, becoming the first Swiss-born ball player who started his playing career in the country to sign with a Major League…
France’s Monks Commits to NCAA D2’s Franklin Pierce
Julien Monks has committed to joining NCAA D2’s Franklin Pierce University, the French National Baseball Academy has announced. The 19-year-old US-French dual national, who has lived in France since he was six…
2022 Federation Cup Qualifier Sophia Day 1: Williams, Kovalenko Aces in Zürich, Sofia Wins; Homers for Fischer, Dutton
By Gabriel Fidler SOFIA, Bulgaria — The hometown Akademiks started their Federation Cup qualification with a 9-3 win over Irish baseball’s Mariners, while the only known Barracudas native to Switzerland glided by…
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USA Softball selects 22 Coaches for their 2017 to 2019 National Teams
Press Release USA Softball USA Softball, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, announced today 22 coaches who have been selected to the 2017-2019 USA Softball Women’s National Team…
Topps Launches New Series Dedicated To MLB Players Who Have Overcome Challenges
Press Release TOPPS Major League Baseball players inspire fans of all ages, facing challenging odds on their climb through the professional ranks. Some players endure additional obstacles – and their successes reflect…
Topps Unveils New Platform For Fans To Self-Design MLB and MLS Cards
Press Release Topps Topps Offers Fans Ability to Create Custom Trading Cards – Consumers Can Create Their Own MLB and MLS Trading Cards For The First Time The Topps Company, Inc., official…
Actor Will Ferrell to play 10 Positions for 10 Teams on Thursday
Press Release Major League Baseball /HBO Will Ferrell to Star in New HBO Special from Funny or Die, in Partnership with Major League Baseball In a role filled with hopes and dreams,…
WBSC lands Mizuno Sponsorship for Historic 2014 World Congress in Africa
Press Release World Baseball Softball Confederation TOKYO – The world governing body for baseball and softball, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), has announced a partnership with the Osaka, Japan-based Mizuno Corporation,…
CEB/ESF Congress starts in Prague
The joint CEB/ESF Congress 2014 gets under way in Prague, Czech Republic on Thursday with the arrival of the first delegates. For the second consecutive year the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB)…
Baseball fans make At Bat the only sports app to rank among the year’s best for both iPhone & iPad
Press Release Major League Baseball Apple names MLB.com At Bat highest grossing sports application for fifth straight year NEW YORK. – MLB.com At Bat, for the fifth consecutive year, today was named…
MLB.com At Bat 14 subscriptions available for first time
Press Release Major League Baseball Give the gift of top-selling sports app ever with access to entire 2014 season NEW YORK — Subscriptions to MLB.com At Bat, the 10th highest grossing mobile…
CEB/ESF Congress takes place in Prague in February 2014
The Confederation of European Baseball (CEB) announced this week that the CEB/ESF Congress will take place in Prague, Czech Republic from February 14 to 16, 2014. The actual congress is set for…
Bobby Cox, Tony LaRussa, Joe Torre elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Press Release Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ORLANDO, Fla.– Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre – each of whom rank in the top five on the all-time list of…
MLB.com At Bat’s record-breaking 2013: 10 million downloads, 1 billion app starts
Press Release Major League Baseball NEW YORK.- Culminating a year when Apple named MLB.com At Bat the 10th highest grossing iOS app of all-time – out of more than 900,000 available apps…
Dale McMann new Softball President
This week the Softball world was gathering in Cartagena, Colombia for its 26th Congress. On Friday a new executive committee was elected. It saw Dale McMann from Canada succeeding Don Porter (USA)…
Mary J. Blige to Perform National Anthem Prior to Game 1 of World Series
Press Release Major League Baseball Iconic Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress and philanthropist Mary J. Blige will perform the National Anthem prior to Game One of the 2013 World Series on Wednesday,…