The German Baseball and Softball Federation has announced the roster for the upcoming Olympic qualifier in Taiwan. Only a few of the players, who had been with the National Team in the past like Rodney GESSMANN (Minnesota Twins), Markus GIENGER (Buchbinder Legionaere), Michael OTTO (retired) and Jens HEYMER (retired) will not make the trip.
They are travelling to Tirrenia, Italy on Thursday February 28 to intensify their workouts. Germany stays there until March 3, before heading over to Taiwan. Their first game is on Friday March 7 against Australia.
Roster:
Pitchers: Martin ALMSTETTER (Buchbinder Legionaere), Benedikt ANTWI (Buchbinder Legionaere), Jens CORNELSEN (Solingen Alligators). Dirk FRIES (Cologne Cardinals), Mirko HEID (Bonn Capitals), Tim HENKENJOHANN (Bonn Capitals), Philipp HOFFSCHILD (Buchbinder Legionaere), Andre HUGHES (Solingen Alligators), Enorbel MARQUEZ-RAMIREZ (Solingen Alligators), Manuel MOELLER (Mainz Athletics), Markus WINKLER (Heidenheim Heidekoepfe)
Catcher: Kai GRONAUER (Solingen Alligators), Simon GUEHRING (Heidenheim Heidekoepfe)
Infielder: Michael FRANKE (Paderborn Untouchables), Ludwig GLASER (LA Angels of Anaheim), Philipp HOWARD (Buchbinder Legionaere), Andreas JANZEN (Heidenheim Heidekoepfe), Alexander LAUTERBACH (Buchbinder Legionaere), Donald LUTZ (Cincinnati Reds), Jendrick SPEER (Paderborn Untouchables), Dominik WULF (Solingen Alligators)
Outfielder: Robert GRUBER (Heidenheim Heidekoepfe), Klaus HOPFENSPERGER (Buchbinder Legionaere), Sascha LUTZ (Mainz Athletics), GUEHRING, D. LUTZ are also capable of playing the outfield
Head Coach: Greg FRADY
Assistant Coaches: Jesco VEISZ, Troy WILLIAMS, Ryan STERLING
Photo: © DBV (German Baseball and Softball Federation)
Are the photographs in the media guide in the public domain? We have bios for about half of these players at Baseball-Reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Category:German_National_Team_Players) but could use photos.