The Neunkirchen Nightmares have won the Deutschlandpokal Softball 2020, the German league cup of the Softball-Bundesliga. They beat reigning vice champion Freising Grizzlies 2-1 in the best-of-three final series. After splitting the…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, October 19, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MEX PAC OPENS SEASON, FANS IGNORING PROTOCOLS The Mexican Pacific League opened its 2020-21 season last Thursday with a full slate of five games, four with…
Baseball and Softball Season in Netherlands ends abruptly
The 2020 season in the Netherlands ended on Wednesday abruptly. All team sports – except professional soccer – for players 18 years and older were prohibited as part of new measures to…
WBSC establishes new Integrity Unit to safeguard future of baseball and softball
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland. — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced the establishment of the WBSC Integrity Unit, a centralised hub for promoting and ensuring integrity within…
WBSC Women’s, U-15 Baseball World Cups in Mexico postponed to March 2021
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland/TIJUANA, Mexico.— The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the Mexican Baseball Federation and the respective Local Organizing Committee, jointly announced the postponement of the 2020…
WBSC’s ‘GameTime’ channel to live-stream inaugural Taiwan Baseball5 Championships
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland.– The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), together with the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CTBA), announced today that WBSC and its GameTime media platform will…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, October 12, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ LMP TO OPEN PLAY THURSDAY AMID VIRUS CONCERNS Despite ongoing worries about possible effects the ongoing Wuhan virus pandemic might have on both the playing field…
WBSC’s ‘GameTime’ platform awarded exclusive live-stream rights of Panama National Baseball League
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; — The World Baseball Softball Confederation announced today an agreement securing the exclusive international rights to live-stream the upcoming season of the Panama National…
2021 WBSC Europe Congress has been postponed
Press release In light of the continued COVID-19 pandemic spread and the numbers of cases throughout Europe and the World, the WBSC Europe Executive Board decided to postpone the 2021 Congress to…
MLB Names Peter B. Freund to Guide Transition of MLB’s Licensed Affiliates
Press release Major League Baseball Major League Baseball announced the hiring of Peter B. Freund and Trinity Sports Consultants to work directly with MLB and the owners of its licensed affiliates as…
Espoo Expos win National Baseball Championship 2020 in Finland
The Espoo Expos defeated the Tampere Tigers in the finals of the national baseball championship in Finland. It’s the 17th championship for Espoo. Results Final Series: 12.9 16:00 Tigers – Expos Tampere…
Russia wins Prague Baseball Week 2020
Russia won the Prague Baseball Week 2020 this past weekend. They defeated the Czech national team 9-5 in the championship game on Saturday. The Czech team had won all three games prior…
Unipol Bologna wins Italian Baseball Championship 2020
Unipol Bologna won an intense Italian Baseball Series to claim the 2020 Italian Baseball Championship. Its their 13th title in team history. They beat San Marino 4-3 in the final series. Bologna…
Sofia Blues claim BBL in 2020, Final Standings
by Alex Gorrin BBL 2020 Final Series Sunday September 27 Sofia Blues v Buffaloes Blagoevgrad 6:1 (1:0 in the series, best of 5) Saturday October 3 Sofia Blues v Buffaloes Blagoevgrad 11:1…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, October 5, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MONTERREY, CULIACAN PLAYERS TEST POSITIVE FOR VIRUS IN CAMPS With less than two weeks remaining until the scheduled start of the Mexican Pacific League’s regular season,…
WBSC confirms new dates for inaugural U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup in Lima, Peru
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; 1 October 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced the new dates for the inaugural WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup®,…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, September 27, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MEXICALI MAYOR GIVES AGUILAS GREEN LIGHT FOR FANS IN STANDS The number of Mexican Pacific League teams allowed to open their home ballparks to limited fans…
WBSC publishes new Baseball5 rulebook for the 5-on-5 urban game
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; 24 September 2020 — The WBSC has published the 2021 edition of the Baseball5 rulebook for the fast-paced five-on-five Youth Olympic discipline. Baseball5 Rulebook…
Sölvesborg Firehawks win 2020 Swedish Baseball Championship
The Sölvesborg Firehawks have won the 2020 Swedish Baseball Championship. They defeated Sundbyberg Heat 3-2 in the best-of-five final series. Sölvesborg prevailed 11-1 in the decisive fifth match of the finals. It’s…
Kropyvnytskyi “BioTexCom KNTU” had won the 25th title Ukrainian Baseball Championship
by Olexandr Vynogradov In the last round of the Ukrainian Baseball Championship (Division A) 2020, “BioTexCom KNTU” defeated ATMA (Kyiv region) 17:3; 18:7; 13:0. In general, during championship 2020 “BioTexCom KNTU” had…
Draci Brno beats Arrows Ostrava to return to Czech Baseball Throne
Photo © by Ladislav Svěnčík, @ladislavsvencik Draci Brno is returning to the throne in the Czech Extraleague. They defeated last year’s champion Arrows Ostrava 3-1 in the final series to win the…
Therwil Flyers repeat as Swiss Nationalliga A Champion 2020
The Therwil Flyers repeated as Swiss Nationalliga A Champion by sweeping the Bern Cardinals in the final series. Therwil decided the first two games in lopsided fashion 16-8 and 16-3 before a…
Witches Linz win Austrian Softball Title 2020
The Witch Linz have won the Austrian Softball Championship 2020. Its their second national title after 2017. Linz swept the Austrian Softball Final Four in Vienna by defeating the Crazy Chicklets Wiener…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, September 21, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ TIGRES FOR SALE? PEREYRA SAYS YES, TEAM SAYS NO A Twitter entry by Proceso writer Beatriz Pereyra regarding rumors that former Cy Young Award winner Fernando…
WBSC’s GameTime video platform to show Cuban Baseball’s Serie Nacional games
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PULLY, Switzerland; 11 September 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation today announced that its OTT platform GameTime.sport has won the exclusive international broadcast and digital…