Lithuanian right-hander Dovydas Neverauskas, the first player from his country to play in Major League Baseball, is going to suit up in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball for the 2021 season. The Pittsburgh…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, November 23, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ LMP RESUMES GAMES; GUASAVE PLAYER HITS 3 HOMERS IN GAME After a self-imposed shutdown of eleven days due to increasing cases of the Wuhan virus among…
WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari calls upon Baseball-Softball to do more to boost youth access to sport
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation As the United Through Sports (UTS) Virtual Youth Festival 2020 gets underway today, coinciding with United Nations (UN) World Children’s Day, World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)…
Tenerife Baseball Week: Spain prevails over Czech Republic
Spain scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning to overcame a 1-3 deficit in a 4-3 win over the Czech Republic in the final game of a four-game exhibition…
Tenerife Baseball Week: Spain edges Czech Republic on Wednesday
Spain improved to 2-1 in the four-game exhibition series against the Czech Republic in Tenerife with a 7-4 victory on Wednesday. Spain scored four runs in the first for an early lead….
Tenerife Baseball Week: Spain dominates Game two against Czech Republic
Spain evened the four-game exhibition series against the Czech Republic with a lopsided 16-3 blowout on Tuesday evening during the Tenerife Baseball Week. Nine runs in the third and six in the…
WBSC expands digital, commercial footprint with launch of wbscoceania.org
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation Pully, Switzerland; 18 November 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and WBSC Oceania today jointly announced the launch of wbscoceania.org, the continental governing body’s…
Tenerife Baseball Week: Czechia beats Spain 11-7 on Monday
The Czech Republic opened the Tenerife Baseball Week, which is a four game exhibition series between Czech Republic and Spain, on Monday with an 11-7 victory over Spain. The Czech scored in…
Astros Valencia win Spanish Division de Honor 2020
The Astros Valencia have captured the Spanish Division de Honor in the 2020 season. They finished the season with a 17-1 record ahead of the Tenerife Marlins and San Inazio Bilbao. Usually…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, November 16, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ 2021 CARIBBEAN SERIES SCHEDULE RELEASED The schedule for the 2021 Caribbean Series in Mazatlan was released last Tuesday. Six nations will be represented at the event,…
WBSC to live-stream Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League games on GameTime OTT platform
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation Pully, Switzerland; 12 November 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation today announced that its OTT platform GameTime.sport has been awarded international broadcast and digital rights…
RIP Bill Holmberg
European Baseball mourns the death of Bill Holmberg, who died due to pancreatic cancer at the age of 67. His illness was publicized at the end of September, when his son started…
Spain, Czech Republic to meet in Tenerife for Exhibition Series
The Baseball National Team of Spain and Czech Republic will conclude the 2020 season with an exhibition series in Tenerife. They will play a four-game set from November 16 to 19. Spain…
Andrea Marcon reelected as President of Italian Federation
Andrea Marcon remains president of the Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS). He won the elections against Massimo De Luca with a percentage of 58.51 against 41.49 during the ordinary congress in…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, November 9, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ LMP SHUTS DOWN FOR 11 DAYS TO BATTLE VIRUS SURGE Following an uptick of Wuhan virus cases that led to series delays and postponements or cancellations…
WBSC to launch ‘Premier12 Replay Series’ on YouTube, starts 2 November
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; 2 November 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation today is launching the WBSC “Premier12 Replay Series”, marking the one-year anniversary since the opening…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, November 2, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ YAQUIS AT 15 WINS IN 17 GAMES, SWING A PAIR OF DEALS Recent arrival Felix Perez socked a pair of homers, including a two-run bomb, while…
New WBSC Academy opens first online courses in push to further globalise baseball, softball
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; 30 October 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced that the WBSC Academy, a global development initiative, will officially begin courses…
The last 2020 tournament in Ukraine: Kropyvnytskyi BioTexCom-KNTU had won a “golden-double”
by Olexandr Vynogradov On October 25, the last game of the Final Series of the Ukraine Cup ended the difficult season 2020. The baseball season usually begins in mid-April. At this time,…
New WBSC Integrity Unit releases updated Baseball5 official ball certification programme
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; 29 October 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation’s (WBSC) newly established Integrity Unit today released the updated Baseball5 official game ball certification programme…
News from Play Global!
Press release Play Global Most of Play Global’s programming has been on hold this year due to COVID-19 restrictions. We want to get back in touch and let you know that Play…
WBSC, GameTime to live-stream final of Japanese Women’s Baseball League on 31 October
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; 29 October 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced it has been awarded the international digital rights of the national championship…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, October 26, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ OBREGON SIZZLES AS MEXICALI FIZZLES, MERE OUT AFTER 8 GAMES One week into the Mexican Pacific League season, the Obregon Yaquis and Mexicali Aguilas are off…
Vienna Metrostars win 2020 Austrian Baseball Championship
The Vienna Metrostars have won the 2020 Austrian Baseball Championship. They defeated the Traiskirchen Grasshoppers 3-1 in the best-of-five final series in the Austrian Baseball-Bundesliga. After splitting the first two games in…
Heidenheim Heidekoepfe win German Ben’s Baseball-Bundesliga 2020
The Heidenheim Heidekoepfe have won the German Baseball-Bundesliga Championship 2020. They swept the best-of-five final series in the Ben’s Baseball-Bundesliga 3-0 against the Bonn Capitals and captured their fifth title in team…