by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MLB CANCELS APRIL PADRES-D’BACKS MEXICO SERIES The outbreak of the coronavirus and the resulting panic that led to the delay of the Major League Baseball regular…
Strat-O-Matic To Simulate 2020 MLB Season Starting On Opening Day
Press release Strat-O-Matic GLEN HEAD, N.Y., March 19, 2020—Can the Mets’ Pete Alonso better his rookie record 53 homers in 2020? Will the Angels’ Mike Trout again prove he’s the best in…
MLB Announces Interim Support for Minor League Players
Press release Major League Baseball Since last week, Major League Baseball has been engaged in a variety of discussions with stakeholders to identify ways to blunt the wide-ranging impact of the national…
Record 86 nations in latest WBSC Baseball World Rankings
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 18 March 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation today published the latest WBSC Baseball World Rankings, which have expanded to a record…
MLB and MLBPA Donate $1 Million To Emergency Food Services
Press release Major League Baseball Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) today announced a joint donation of $1 million to help fight hunger as a result of…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, March 16, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ CORONAVIRUS PANIC DELAYS LMB SEASON FIVE WEEKS When fears over the coronavirus grounded every other professional baseball league around the world to a halt, the Mexican…
Americas Olympic Baseball qualifier postponed
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PHOENIX (AZ), USA — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), together with host USA Baseball, announced the postponing of the WBSC Baseball Americas Qualification Event for…
MLB to Delay 2020 Opening Day By At Least Two Weeks / WBC Qualifiers also postponed
Press release Major League Baseball Following a call with the 30 Clubs, and after consultation with the Major League Baseball Players Association, Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. today announced that MLB has…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, March 9, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ WILL PROBEIS TAKE OVER ACADEMY FROM LIGA? According to Hector Bencomo of the Hitazo website, a proposal has been made to the organization charged by Mexican…
Finkstonball Softball Tournament still looking for Participants
As of now the Finkstonball Fastpitch Softball tournament has few open spots left. The fifth edition of Finkstonball Softball with international teams and players from all over the globe will take place…
All Games of WBC Qualifiers to be streamed for free on YouTube
All WBC Qualifier games will be streamed live on MLB’s YouTube channel for free. Simply go to youtube.com/mlb or search for “MLB” in the YouTube app from any device. Germany and France…
World Baseball Softball Confederation, World Taekwondo and Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation sign MOU
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — March 6, 2020 – The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with World Taekwondo (WT) and the…
Rosters and Coaching Staffs Announced for Pool 1 of World Baseball Classic Qualifier
Press release Major League Baseball World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) today announced the rosters and coaching staffs for Pool 1 of the World Baseball Classic Qualifier, which will be played March 13th-18th…
ESCA signed an agreement with the NFCA
Press release European Softball Federation The European Softball Coaches Association and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association have reached a partnership agreement in an effort to both share and increase the knowledge of…
MLB, MLBPA, WBSC reach player agreement for Olympics, Qualifiers
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 3 March 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has reached an agreement with Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League…
France announces Roster for WBCQ in Arizona
The French Baseball and Softball Federation (FFBS) announced their roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Tucson, Arizona. The team will be led by former San Francisco Giants manager Bruce…
MLB and Google Expand Relationship with New Google Cloud Partnership
Press release Major League Baseball Google and Major League Baseball (MLB) today announced a powerful multi-year collaboration to upgrade MLB’s business processes and support next-level experiences that inspire fans around the world….
Baseball Mexico: Monday, March 2, 2020
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MEXICAN LEAGUE RELEASES REVISED 2020 SCHEDULE The Mexican League has released its 2020 schedule and, as promised, teams will play 18 fewer regular season games than…
Final Olympic Baseball Qualifier postponed to June
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation Taipei, TPE — 2 March 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), together with host Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CTBA) and the Chinese Taipei Professional…
MLB Promotes Five to Full-Time Umpiring Staff
Press release Major League Baseball Major League Baseball announced that four umpires – Gary Cederstrom, Dana DeMuth, Mike Everitt and Jeff Kellogg – are retiring from the full-time Major League Umpiring staff….
Video Recap 2019 Season in MLB Game Development in Europe
A video recap by Erik Janssen of MLB’s Game Development activities in European Baseball during the 2019 season.
Catalunya Baseball Week to be played this coming Weekend
Catalonia Baseball Week arrives with a record attendance, a total of 21 teams will participate in this Edition with 54 games, representin eight nationalities, they are from Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Italy,…
Softball: Exhibition Series between Spain and Italy cancelled
A scheduled exhibition series between the Women’s Softball National Teams of Spain and Italy got cancelled this week due to concerns of the spread of the coronavirus. The series would have taken…
Tim Tebow to play for Philippines in WBC Qualifier
Former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow is going to play for the Philippines in the upcoming World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Arizona. The current minor leaguer in the New…
Inaugural Baseball5 European Championship this coming weekend in Vilnius, Lithuania
by WBSC Europe First Baseball5 European Championship starts on 28 Februar. Sixteen National Teams, divided into four groups, will fight for the first-ever Baseball5 European title Sixteen National Teams will compete from…