The Czech Republic won the U15 European championship last Sunday, July 25, in Brno, winning by tiebreaker after the gold medal contest against France was interrupted by rain in the fifth inning….
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Tokyo 2020, Game 2: Israel Loses Extra-Inning Heartbreaker to 2008 Olympic Baseball Champions South Korea
Wrap and images courtesy of WBSC. Olympic baseball has opened its competition with a pair of dramatic thrillers. After Japan’s come from behind, walk-off win over Dominican Republic yesterday in Fukushima, today…
Team Israel Set to Start Olympic Play Against South Korea
Israel and South Korea are set to meet at 12:00 (CEST) today on the second day of the 2020 Olympic baseball tournament. South Korea will be sending the 21-year-old right-hander Won Tae-in…
WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup postponed to 2022
Press release, WBSC. BRADENTON AND SARASOTA, Fla. – USA Baseball, in partnership with the Sarasota-Bradenton Local Organizing Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), today announced the postponement of the WBSC U-18…
Bourgeois Named New Head Coach for Great Britain U15
Press release and photo courtesy of Great Britain Baseball. Great Britain Baseball is excited to announce the appointment of Scott Bourgeois as the Head Coach for the U15 National Baseball Team. Scott is…
Tokyo 2020, Game 1: Japan’s Sayamoto Defeats D.R. with Walk-Off in First Olympic Baseball Game Since 2008
FUKUSHIMA — Baseball’s first Olympic game in 13 years did not disappoint, with the Dominican Republic holding a 3-1 lead in a tense opener, only to see Japan load the bases with…
WBSC U23 World Championship Set for Mexico
By Bruce Baskin After a yearlong delay due to the ongoing global pandemic, the World Baseball Softball Confederation has rescheduled its Under-23 World Baseball Championship Tournament for September and October in Hermosillo…
U15 European Championship: Day 4
France’s 9-7 victory (box score) over Italy was the highlight of Day Four of the U15 European championship, with the Czech Republic’s 10-0 shutout (box score) of the Netherlands in the second…
U15 European Championship: Day 3
The group stage concluded on the third day of the U15 European championship, with Italy easily defeating the Netherlands to finish atop Group B. Slovakia defeated Austria to claim its first victory…
U15 European Championship: Day 2
The three games on the second day of the U15 European championship were all one-sided affairs, with Italy and the Netherlands each booking their second victories of the tournament and the Czech…
U15 European Championship: Day 1
Italy and the Netherlands both posted big wins on combined no-hitters on Day One of the U15 European championship, with France holding off a late Germany rally to defeat the defending champion…
CEB Cup, Day 5: Brno Earns Cup, Promotion; Final Day Dramatics on Field, Officials’ Tent
SÉNART, France — European baseball’s second-highest tier of club competition resulted in three nail-biting finishes, with Valencia pulling out a wild 10-9 victory over Minsk and host team Templiers Sénart dealing Draci…
CEB Cup, Day 4: Valencia Outduels Sénart; Manzanero Mashes in Brno Blowout
SÉNART, France — Brno’s Dragons won big again, torching the Dornbirn Indians, 16-6, while Astros Valencia re-entered the title conversation with a pair of wins, dropping Sénart from its undefeated position with…
CEB Cup, Day 3: Two More Homers for Brno’s Manzanero, Helder; Possible Record for Templiers’ Paz
SÉNART, France — On the second full day of competition in the CEB Cup, the magic number was two for Draci Brno. Two homers by Pabel Manzanero and a pair of triples…
CEB Cup, Day 2: Manzanero’s Two Homers Rescue Draci; Walk-Off Wild Pitch for Valencia
SÉNART, France — Draci Brno and Astros Valencia, the two favorites for the Confederation of European Baseball Cup, both pulled out narrow wins on the first full day of play in the…
CEB Champions Cup, Day 2: Lee Sends Bonn to Semis, Bologna Easily Secures Spot
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Two clubs booked their places in the semifinals of the Champions Cup as the second of three days of group rounds in Czechia concluded. Bologna scored 17 runs…
CEB Cup, Day 1: Kurhun One-Hits Dornbirn, Sladzinski Homers for Minsk
SÉNART, France — The second tier of competition for European clubs commenced on July 13 at the home of the Templiers, just southeast of Paris. At stake is qualification to the Champions…
CEB Champions Cup, Day 1: Kemp Hits Three as Both Dutch Clubs Victorious
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — European baseball’s Champions Cup began in the Czech Republic with eight teams fighting for the continent’s club championship. Ostrava and Frýdek-Místek, both in northeast Czechia, are the host…
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: June Update
By “DZ”. Filed 07 July 2021. Several Europeans made their professional debuts as the rookie-level Florida and Arizona Complex Leagues began their seasons in the last days of June. 19-year-old Darryl Collins is…
U18 European Championship: Day 5
Day Five of the U18 European championship saw the final group games played, with Germany defeating Spain 1-0 (box score) to claim the top spot in Group B. In Group A, the…
German Bundesliga South Playoffs Continue: Heidenheim Needs One Win, Regensburg-Stuttgart Are Even
The German Bundesliga South semifinals will continue Saturday, with the defending Bundesliga champion Heidenheim Heideköpfe travelling to Munich in need of just one win in order to advance in their best-of-five series…
U18 European Championship: Day 4
Day Four of the U18 European championship saw host Italy complete group play with an undefeated record, while the Dutch booked their second win and the Czechs their first. In the day’s…
U18 European Championship: Day 3
Day Three of the U18 European championship saw France claims its first victory, Spain its second, and host Italy its third to take the top spot in Group A. In the morning…
U18 European Championship: Day 2
Host Italy and Germany booked their second victories at the U18 European championship on Tuesday, while Israel responded to its lopsided defeat on Monday with a big victory of its own in…