25-year-old Venezuelan utility player Johan Carias is joining the Rouen Huskies. He is expected to join the reigning French champion at the end of the month. This winter he suited up for…
Former Major Leaguer Scott Richmond joins Nettuno
Former Major Leaguer Scott Richmond is coming to Italy. The 38-year-old from British Columbia is joining Nettuno in the Serie A1. The right-hander appeared in 36 MLB games for the Toronto Blue…
Antonio Horvatic, Kruno Gojkovic join Ulm Falcons
Croatian national team players Antonio Horvatic and Kruno Gojkovic are joining the promoted Ulm Falcons of the German Baseball-Bundesliga. Horvatic, who nearly started a professional career with the Tampa Bay Rays a…
Results Spanish Division de Honor March 10 & 11, 2018
The Spanish Division de Honor Baseball opened the 2018 season this past weekend with eight games. Promoted Miralbuena Zaragoza had a bye on opening weekend. The Tenerife Marlins, Astros Valencia and CB…
Austria releases Preliminary Roster for European Championship Playoff
The Austrian Baseball Federation revealed a preliminary roster for their baseball national team, which will face Lithuania in a three-game playoff series from June 29 to July 1 in Wiener Neustadt, hoping…
70+ Softball Umpires travel to Prague for ESF Umpire Convention
By European Softball Federation The game of softball develops, rules change, habits and emotions get into play. The time has come to refreshen our minds of who is a member of the…
Jair Jurrjens signs with independent Long Island Ducks
Dutch right-hander Jair Jurrjens will play for the Long Island Ducks this season. The former Major Leaguer signed with the independent Atlantic League club recently. This past winter he pitched for Licey…
WBSC Website now also in French
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation AUSANNE, Switzerland — 8 March 2018 — Targeting 275 million French speakers worldwide and 1 billion players and fans over the next decade, the World Baseball…
Former Yankees Minor Leaguer Artur Strzalka joins Mannheim Tornados
Left-handed pitcher Artur Strzalka from Poland, who signed with the New York Yankees in 2013, is going to play for the Mannheim Tornados in the German Baseball-Bundesliga this year. He pitched to…
USSSA Pride plays Exhibition Games in Europe in April #lovesoftball
by European Softball Federation USSSA Pride – a National Pro Fastpitch league team is coming to Europe to compete against national teams of the Czech Republic, Italy, Netherlands, and France. European Pro…
Parma Clima adds Cuban Catcher Frank Morejon
Parma Clima of the Italian Serie A1 has added another Cuban player. Catcher Frank Morejon is bringing his experience of 757 games in the Cuban top league to Parma. The player of…
Croatian Catcher Andrija Tomic joins Saarlouis Hornets
Croatian catcher Andrija Tomic is joining the Saarlouis Hornets in the German Baseball-Bundesliga. He is coming from Nada Split to Germany. The Croatian national team player batted .375 in the Euro Interleague…
Riki Saito, Shogo Nakashima to Neptunus, Twins in Dutch Hoofdklasse
Two Japanese players are joining Dutch Hoofdklasse clubs for the 2018 season. It was already known that Shogo Nakashima is joining the De Glaskoning Twins. The 25-year-old right-hander has played three seasons…
Czech Roster for Spring Training Camp in Messina released
The Czech Baseball Association (CBA) has released a roster for their spring training camp in Messina, Italy. Besides Italy and Germany the Czech Republic are the third European country to use the…
Ulm Falcons add Joshua Petersen, Duncan Izaaks
The promoted German Baseball-Bundesliga club Ulm Falcons announced the signings of Joshua Petersen and Duncan Izaaks. Petersen is a US-American third baseman, who played for the Munich-Haar Disciples in the past. Izaaks…
Brent Buffa, Kenny Marte join Nettuno Baseball City
Nettuno Baseball City of the Italian Serie A1 has added 34-year-old Brent Buffa. The US-American with Italian passport played in Bologna and Novara in the past two seasons. He also has played…
Nol Houtkamp, Hall of Famer ESF and ISF, died at 89 in Haarlem
by Pim van Nes Former national softball team coach in the Netherlands, Spain and Belgium, Arnoldus Simon Houtkamp died at the age of 89 on February 22 and was buried on February…
Live Baseball this weekend: WBSC live streams Japan vs Australia Series
By World Baseball Softball Confederation World No. 2 Japan will host No. 8 Australia for two high-profile, WBSC-sanctioned international contests scheduled for Saturday, 3 March in Nagoya and Sunday, 4 March in…
200 Coaches at ISG Baseball Clinic in Vancouver in February
By ISG Baseball Once again this February, an ISG Baseball travel team visited Vancouver, Canada to present a clinic for British Columbia Baseball. President Tom O’Connell led the clinic team and was…
WBSC unveils new ‘Baseball5’ street discipline Official Rules, Video and Web Platform
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) revealed the Official Rules, a six-language web platform and an instructional video of baseball and softball’s new street/urban…
Full Schedule for Super6 Baseball Softball Tournament in Hoofddorp
After the baseball side earlier this week, also the schedule for the softball tournament at the inaugural Super6 Baseball Softball Tournament in Hoofddorp, Netherlands got revealed. Italy, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Greece,…
Parma Clima signs Cuban RHP Erly Casanova
The Italian Serie A1 club Parma Clima has added another pitcher for the 2018 season. 32-year-old Cuban right-hander Erly Casanova will join the club. The athlete of Pinar del Rio had an…
Swiss U15 National Team Roster announced
The Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation (SBSF) has announced its roster for the U15 European Championship Qualifier, which will be held in July in Croatia. 16 players were nominated by head coach…
Schedule released for Super6 Baseball Tournament
The Confederation of European Baseball (CEB) has released the schedule for the baseball phase of the inaugural Super6 Baseball Softball tournament, which will be held from September 18 to 23 in Hoofddorp,…
Hamburg Stealers add OF Michael Barrientos / Pontus Byström stays
The Hamburg Stealers have added another import player for the 2018 season in the German Baseball-Bundesliga. 25-year-old outfielder Michael Barrientos is joining the northern division team. The Texas native played for New…