Press release from Israel Association of Baseball. Israeli Olympian and 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) champion Ian Kinsler has been named the manager for the Team Israel squad at the 2023 WBC….
French Division I Baseball, Week 11: La Rochelle Sweeps, Ties Sénart for Pool B First Place
The La Rochelle Boucaniers claimed a share of first place in French baseball’s Pool B, surviving a pair of strong pitching performances by Stade Toulousain in a sweep of ‘reserve week’ play….
2022 Federation Cup Qualifier Belgrade Day 4: Four Teams Alive as Bratislava, Vojvodina Victorious
By Gabriel Fidler BELGRADE, Serbia — With the penultimate day of pool play at the second Federation Cup Qualifier in the books, four teams remain in the hunt for a spot in…
2022 Federation Cup Day 5: Roevens Rescues Brasschaat, Hosts to Battle Valencia for Trophy
By Gabriel Fidler BRASSCHAAT, Belgium — The final day of play in European baseball’s Federation Cup provided a surprise entrant to the championship game, while Valencia tuned up for the final with…
2022 Federation Cup Qualifier Belgrade Day 3: Bratislava Defeats Kaunas Despite Gordon’s One-Man Efforts; Wrocƚaw Stuns Budapest
By Gabriel Fidler BELGRADE, Serbia — Bratislava and Wrocƚaw both entered the win column on the middle day of pool play at the Federation Cup Qualifier in Belgrade. Six players had a…
2022 Federation Cup Day 4: Valencia Clinches Spot in Final; Cosgrove Hits Walk-Off Homer as London Stays Alive
By Gabriel Fidler BRASSCHAAT, Belgium — There will be plenty for which to play on the final day of the Federation Cup even after a decisive victory by Valencia sent the Astros…
2022 Federation Cup Qualifier Belgrade Day 2: Piros the Younger Rescues Red Wolves; Kaunas Outslugs Vojvodina
By Gabriel Fidler BELGRADE, Serbia — Hungarian powerhouse Budapest moved to the top of the standings in the second day of qualification for the Federation Cup in Serbia’s capital. The Red Wolves…
2022 Federation Cup Day 3: Diving Ducks, Astros Remain Unstoppable
By Gabriel Fidler BRASSCHAAT, Belgium —Wiener Neustadt and Valencia showed off their powerful offenses to improve to 2-0 in European baseball’s Federation Cup, with the two seemingly on a crash course for…
Padysak Allows Two Runs As Bananas Defeat Blowfish 10-2
Czechia’s Daniel Padysak allowed two runs on five hits as the Savannah Bananas cruised to a 10-2 victory (box score) over the Lexington County Blowfish in Coastal Plain League action on Tuesday….
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…
2022 Federation Cup Qualifier Belgrade Day 1: Vera, Piros Excel on Mound in Budapest, Vojvodina Blowout Wins
By Gabriel Fidler BELGRADE, Serbia — The Budapest Red Wolves and Vojvodina started their Federation Cup Qualifier with a pair of complete performances, each needing only seven innings to dispatch, respectively, Lithuanian…
2022 Federation Cup Day 2: Wiener Neustadt, Brasschaat Triump in Pair of Pitching Duels
By Gabriel Fidler BRASSCHAAT, Belgium —The Diving Ducks had the first day off in European baseball’s Federation Cup, but showed why they are representing Austrian baseball in the competition, ending the London…
French Division I Baseball, Week 10: New Top 3 in Pool A as Savigny Rewrites Standings
A pair of doubleheaders completely rewrote the Pool A standings in French baseball, with Savigny-sur-Orge moving into a tie for first place and claiming the best winning percentage in the division. Meanwhile,…
2022 Federation Cup Day 1: Relentless Valencia Blasts Sophia; Four Hits for Cosgrove, Stroman in London Comeback
By Gabriel Fidler BRASSCHAAT, Belgium — As the Federation Cup — the third of four tiers in CEB’s continental club competition structure — got underway, it was Spain and Great Britain that claimed…
French Division I Baseball: Week 9
Sénart and La Rochelle ran their winning streaks to five games as the title race in Pool B of French baseball stayed smoulderingly hot. In Pool A, with first place Rouen drawing…
Huskies Walk-Off to Win Confederation Cup in Rouen
The Rouen Huskies defeated the Hoboken Pioneers to win the 2022 Confederation Cup in a walk-off, 6-5 (box score), with the scoring run crossing the plate thanks to a bases-loaded walk. The…
Chlup Wins NCAA Division II National Championship With North Greenville
Czechia’s Marek Chlup won the NCAA Divison II national championship with the North Greenville Crusaders on Friday, Jun 11, in Cary, NC, after defeating Point Loma Nazarene University, 5-3, in the championship…
Baseball Jobs Overseas Wins Finkstonball in 1-0 Final vs. Host Athletics
Returning after two years of coronavirus complications [link], Finkstonball pits a mixture of European clubs from various national leagues at the amateur and semi-professional levels with a teams organised around nationality or…
2022 Federation Cup Qualifier: Kutno: Day 4
Sweden’s Rättvik Butchers finished group play at the 2022 Federation Cup qualifying tournament in Kutno, Poland, with an undefeated record after outlasting Lithuania’s BK Vilnius 9-4 (box score) in the lone game…
2022 Confederation Cup: Day 1
Day 1 of the 2022 Confederation Cup in Rouen, France, saw the Tenerife Marlins, Hoboken Pioneers, and Montpellier Barracudas all record victories. The Marlins, the reigning Spanish champion, faced the toughest fight,…
2022 Champions Cup: Day 2
Day 2 of the Champions Cup in Bonn, Germany, was again marred by rain, with only three of the day’s five scheduled games played to completion. Nevertheless, the competition had highlights to…
2022 Federation Cup Qualifier Kutno: Day 3
Day 3 of the 2022 Federation Cup qualifier in Kutno, Poland, saw Sweden’s Rättvik Butchers knock off the hosts Stal Kutno, 6-4 (box score), in the most competitive game of the tournament to…
2022 Federation Cup Qualifier: Kutno: Day 2
Day 2 of the Federation Cup Qualifier in Kutno, Poland, saw the hosts Stal Kutno improve to 2-0 after a dominant victory over Lithuania’s BK Vilnius, with Sweden’s Rättvik Butchers enjoying a…
2022 Champions Cup: Day 1
The 2022 Champions Cup got underway in Bonn, Germany, with only two of the four games scheduled for Day 1 of Europe’s premier club competition completed due to rain. In Game 1,…
French Division I Baseball: Week 8
Only one of the two series due to be made up in French baseball was played over the first week in June, but it turned out to be a thriller. After consecutive…