Press Release International Baseball Federation, www.ibaf.org A New Executive Director and Land for a Stadium in Rome Headline the Executive LAUSANNE, SWIZTERLAND—The Mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno announced during the inaugural International…
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Riccardo Fraccari finishes Professional Baseball Tour
Press Release International Baseball Federation, www.ibaf.org LAUSANNE, SWIZTERLAND – Newly elected International Baseball Federation (IBAF) President Riccardo Fraccari has completed a professional baseball tour including the Far East and New York to…
CEB: New (Old) Secretary Development, Nominations for Elections
The annual congress of the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB) will be held in Stuttgart, Germany from March 4th to 7th. Three weeks before the assembly the CEB announced that Charles van…
Ballpark Clinic in Italy planned for March 2010
by www.baseballeurope.com Following the requests from IBAF in terms of field standards, many facilities have been upgraded on the occasion of the 2009 Baseball World Cup in Europe and Italy, and huge…
IBAF goes MLBlogs
Since the newly elected president apparently doesn’t blog anymore, the IBAF now has launched a blog at MLB.com MLBlogs Network, called “Where in the World…”. You’ll find it here.
Podcast Interviews Wanted for new Website
John Fitzgerald, who produced and directed the Irish Baseball Movie, has created a new website for International Baseball fans, called Planet Hardball. He is looking for players, coaches and league officials to…
Mixed Year 2009 for Baseball and Softball in Europe
The year 2009 will end in a few hours and an eventful twelve months for Baseball and Softball will be over. The last couple of days we already looked back at a…
Female Baseball Players to attend Arizona Winter League
From January 24th to February 28th, 2010 the Arizona Winter League will be played. This is an independent professional Baseball instructional league, where about 170 players overall, many with minor league and…
Australian Newspaper sheds some Light on Ostermeyer’s Withdrawal
Last Sunday Riccardo Fraccari got elected as new President of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) at the congress in Lausanne, Switzerland. His lone opponent John C. Ostermeyer withdrew his candidature shortly before…
Baseball Digest talks with new IBAF President Riccardo Fraccari
The Baseball Digest was in first in line to get a Q&A with new IBAF president Riccardo Fraccari. Jerry Milani spoke to him about a few topics. Excerpts: BBD: What are the…
Election Statement from new IBAF Vice President Kazuhiro Tawa
Kazuhiro Tawa, who was elected as first vice president of the new executive committee of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) on Sunday at the IBAF Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland, was the first…
Official Press Release on 2009 IBAF Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland
Press Release International Baseball Federation, www.ibaf.org FRACCARI ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE IBAF Italian leader replaces Dr. Harvey W. Schiller; newly-elected Executive Committee features representatives from USA and Cuba; Texas Rangers (MLB) prospect…
Executive Committee of IBAF elected
FIBS.it already brought us the news that Riccardo Fraccari was elected new President of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) this afternoon per acclimation. Now we also get the names for the other…
Riccardo Fraccari new IBAF President
Riccardo Fraccari is the new president of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). He was elected per acclamation at the IBAF Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland after the lone opponent John C. Ostermeyer withdrew…
IBAF Congress starts with Continental Meetings
Although the main press mostly ignores the IBAF congress in Lausanne, Switzerland, besides an Associated Press report, the first meetings started on Friday, while most of the delegates arrived at the scene….
The Programs of the two IBAF President Candidates
Mister-Baseball continues to introduce the two candidates to succeed Dr. Harvey Schiller as IBAF. Yesterday we looked at their backgrounds. Today we take a look at the programs of Riccardo Fraccari and…
Baseball Digest interviews Dr. Harvey Schiller
The online magazine Baseball Digest interviewed IBAF President Dr. Harvey Schiller, as his term at the top of the International Baseball Federation ends these days. An Excerpt: BBD: You have had a…
Introducing Candidates Riccardo Fraccari and John C. Ostermeyer
This upcoming weekend the congress of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland. On Sunday the elections for the executive committee will take place. The current president of…
IBAF releases Information on Congress in Lausanne in December
Ten days before the start of the congress in Lausanne, Switzerland, the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) has released detailed information about the gathering at the Centre de Congress et d’Expositions Beaulieu. The…
ESPN on Joe Cook and Baseball in Cambodia
Patrick Hruby wrote an extensive article on Joe Cook and Baseball in Cambodia for ESPN Outside the Lines. Check it out. It is worth the read. An excerpt: I thought this would…
CEB reschedules 2010 Congress
The Confederation of European Baseball (CEB) announced on its website www.baseballeurope.com this week that the CEB executive committee has decided to reschedule the CEB congress in Stuttgart, Germany to March 4th –…
Top European Baseball Federations met in Prague to discuss Future
Six of the top eight European Baseball countries met last weekend in Prague, Czech Republic to discuss the future of the sport in Europe, building on their last in Barcelona, Spain this…
New Members for ISF Hall of Fame
During the ISF congress on Margarita Island, Venezuela last week, the International Softball Federation also elected also new members into the ISF Hall of Fame. These are the new members: Players: Peter…
New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies to play in 2009 World Series
The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday evening at Yankee Stadium 5-2 and won the best-of-seven American League Championship Series 4-2. With the victory the Bronx Bombers will…
Changes ahead for International Softball Federation
Insidethegames.biz has filed a report on the congress of the International Softball Federation (ISF), which was held in Margarita Island, Venezuela the past few days. According to the article the ISF plans…