After a couple of tries with a Team Europe in the Asia Winter Baseball League in Taiwan, now the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is conquering selections from the Chinese Professional Baseball…
Australian Baseball League: Brisbane with first loss, still improves to 6-1 after Round 2
With an 11-6 loss to the Perth Heat on Sunday the Brisbane Bandits undefeated streak to open the 2017/2018 season in the Australian Baseball League ended in the seventh game of the…
Full day of Baseball and Softball in Viladecans
Press release Catalan Baseball and Softball Federation Viladecans, which currently has the honor of being the “Catalan city of baseball and softball” during 2017, will host a weekend full of activities and…
Don Freeman among 2018 ABCA Hall of Fame Class
The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) announced their 2018 class, which gets inducted into the ABCA Hall of Fame in January. Among the 11 inductees is also Don Freeman. Besides coaching in…
Czech All-Star Game returns to East vs. West Format, Awards Hosts until 2020
The Czech Baseball Association (CBA) announced that the format for the All-Star Game in the Czech Extraleague returns to a duel between the best players from the East against the West. In…
Gilmer Lampe from L&D Amsterdam to Unipol Bologna
Unipol Bologna announced on Friday that they have signed Dutch outfielder Gilmer Lampe for the 2018 season in the Italian Baseball League. The former Minor Leaguer is coming from L&D Amsterdam to…
Italy to participate in Asia Pacific Cup 2018 in Sydney
The Italian Women’s Softball National Team is going to participate in the Asia Pacific Cup 2018, which will be held from February 1 to 4 at Sydney’s Blacktown International Sportspark. Australia, Japan,…
ISG Clinic in Vienna from December 8th to 10th, 2017
By Austrian Baseball Federation The Austrian Baseball Federation will host this year’s ISG (International Sports Group) Clinic in Vienna. The coaches clinic will take place from December 8th to 10th. Well respected…
Gift Ngoepe traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to Toronto Blue Jays
MLB organizations had to do some cleaning up with their rosters these past days, as they had to set their 40-man rosters in preparations for the upcoming rule 5 draft, which will…
Chicago Cubs superstar Kris Bryant visiting Europe
[youtube Q4Fr5wp04sk 520] Chicago Cubs superstar Kris Bryant, who was named National League MVP following the 2016 season, is currently visiting Europe. The 25-year-old third baseman visited Adidas head quarters in Germany…
Antonio Noguera joins Bologna, Paolino Ambrosino returns to Nettuno
In a meeting with the Italian press Unipol Bologna president Stefano Michelini confirmed that import players Raul Rivero, Osman Marval and Jose Flores will return to Bologna for the 2018 season. A…
Martin Helmig no longer Technical Director of Mannheim Tornados
A couple of days it already got known that Daniel Husband would leave the Mannheim Tornados as head coach. Now it also got confirmed that Martin Helmig no longer will serve as…
Mario Chiarini new Manager of T&A San Marino
Longtime Team Italy great Mario Chiarini is going to be the new manager of T&A San Marino during the 2018 season in the Italian Baseball League. The club announced the successor of…
Australian Baseball League: Perth, Sydney with Blowouts on Friday
Day two of the Australian Baseball League on Friday featured a full schedule for the first time this year. The Brisbane Bandits improved to 2-0 with a 5-4 victory over the Canberra…
Australian Baseball League: Brisbane beats Canberra in Opener
Box score The Brisbane Bandits defeated the Canberra Cavalry 8-5 in the opening game of the 2017/2018 season in the Australian Baseball League on Thursday. While Canberra twice took a lead, Brisbane…
NOC Award appeal by KNBSB for their 3 Pacific pro players
by Pim van Nes Netherlands federation KNBSB yesterday wrote a letter to Netherlands Olympic Committee reminding their Sports Awards Gala jury of the recent performances by three baseball players in three professional…
European Softball Federation announces 2018 Events
The European Softball Federation announced the calendar for the 2018 season in European Softball. For the Women’s European Cup and the Women’s European Cup Winners Cup the organizers need to be decided…
Australian Baseball League kicks off doors to 2017/2018 Season on Thursday
The Australian Baseball League is opening the 2017/2018 season on Thursday with a matchup between the Brisbane Bandits and the Canberra Cavalry. Other matchups in opening week include Sydney Blue Sox vs….
Alex Sambucci from Bologna back to ParmaClima
ParmaClima continues to dominate the headlines early in the Italian Baseball League offseason. After they already brought back Sebastiano Poma from T&A San Marino, they also have re-acquired Alex Sambucci. The fellow…
WBSC reveals new logo for launch of new Baseball 5-on-5 Street competition in Cuba #playeverywhere
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced the launch of the first-ever, official five-on-five street baseball competition, “the WBSC Baseball 5 Championships”,…
Baseball New Zealand on short list to join Australian Baseball League
After Monday’s announcement that the Australian Baseball League is looking to expand from six to eight teams for the 2018/2019 season, it got known that Baseball New Zealand got offered a spot…
Jeffrey Arends joins Coaching Staff in Oosterhout
The Dutch Hoofdklasse club De Glaskoning Twins announced that former player Jeffrey Arends will take over as hitting coach for the 2018 season. He is replacing Shurty Tremus. Arends played for the…
Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres to play in Mexico during 2018 Season
The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will play a regular season three-game series in Monterrey, Mexico from May 4 to 6. It will be the first regular season games from…
Hensley Meulens to interview for New York Yankees Manager post
Even though Hensley Meulens got promoted by the San Francisco Giants a couple of weeks ago, he still has hopes to find a better job in Major League Baseball. On Monday evening…
Australian Baseball League announces Expansion to 8 Teams for 2018/2019 Season
Baseball Australia announced major changes to its flagship, the Australian Baseball League, on the eve of opening day in the ABL. The Australian Baseball League is looking to expand from currently six…