Th European Baseball Coaches Association honored two coaches during its annual convention in Prague, Czech Republic this weekend. Brian Fraley, head coach of Baseball World Champion Netherlands, received the EBCA Coach of the Year Award, edging out other nominees Andy Berglund, Doriano Bindi, Ivan Rodriguez and Ulli Wermuth in a voting conducted by EBCA members. MLB Envoy Coach and manager of the British National Team in 2011, Sam Dempster, got the EBCA Lifetime Achievement Award. The 2011 EBCA Convention runs from November 11 to 13.