The Czech Baseball Association (CBA) announced that Mike Griffin will continue to manage the Czech Baseball Senior National Team. He will be supported on the coaching staff by Trot Nixon, Corey Lee and Joe Truesdale among others. The main event for the Czech team will be the qualification for the World Baseball Classic, which is supposedly happening next March. The Czech team will finish up preparation for the WBCQ in the United States. In the last edition the Czech team impressed losing only 1-2 to Mexico and 6-7 to Nicaragua, while dominating Germany 15-3.