• Uh-Oh Utley (Robot Books Rebotcast)

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  • Grapefruit Round Up Tonight at 8pm

    Updated: 2012-02-29 22:57:39
    Erik Boland, Yankees beat reporter for Newsday, will kick off the show. We discuss Bobby Valentine‘s comments and some of Erik’s early observations from Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Here Vinny Cartiglia of Metsblog, who spent the last few days watching the team work out in Port St. Lucie. Finally, the newest Mets Hall of Famer, [...]

  • Fox Sports suggests wild-card announcement Thursday

    Updated: 2012-02-29 21:31:37
    As first reported by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, major-league baseball and the players' union have apparently reached an agreement that would usher in an additional wild-card in each league in time for the 2012 season. There would be five...

  • 2011 in Review – Swedish Elitserien – Gefle

    Updated: 2012-02-29 16:03:30
    Mister-Baseball is on vacation this week. Therefore we are looking back at the European baseball leagues, which we hadn’t covered yet in our 2011 in Review series. Gefle 2011 Record: 5-18 2011 Ranking: 6th place in Elitserien. They made the cut for the top-six round, but couldn’t do anything else, winning just five games all [...]

  • Phil Hughes and the Yankees Rotation

    Updated: 2012-02-29 15:30:21
    Joel Sherman of the NY Post reported yesterday the competition for the Yankees fifth spot is rigged; in other words, Phil Hughes gets it unless he completely falls apart like he did last spring. Considering the reports from Tampa are that he’s in great shape, I expect him to join CC Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda, Ivan Nova and Michael Pineda in the rotation. Joe [...]

  • 2011 in Review – Austrian Baseball League – RiCo Highlanders

    Updated: 2012-02-29 08:32:19
    Mister-Baseball is on vacation this week. Therefore we are looking back at the European baseball leagues, which we hadn’t covered yet in our 2011 in Review series. RiCo Highlanders 2011 Record: 7-21 2011 Ranking: 7th place in Austrian Baseball League following regular season. Runs Scored: 149 Runs Allowed: 260 Best Batter: W. Ough. The Australian [...]

  • Wright’s Future Is in His Hands

    Updated: 2012-02-29 01:00:31
    More than a week ago, New York Mets GM Sandy Alderson finished his long drive down to Port St. Lucie, FL for spring training. A week ago Saturday he held a gathering with reporters, answering questions on the state of the Mets organization. There was no truth to the rumor that Alderson was late for [...]

  • Nationals Ticket Promotion in Poor Taste

    Updated: 2012-02-29 00:57:45
    I have travelled to an opposing ballpark to watch the Mets play. I purchased Red Sox tickets in 2006 when the Mets were in Beantown. In 1999 and 2002 I went to the old Veterans Stadium for a Phillies/Mets series; I did the same in 2006 for an August series against the Nationals at the old RFK. [...]

  • What to Expect from A-Rod?

    Updated: 2012-02-28 22:00:03
    This time of the year used to be when we had the annual debate over how Alex Rodriguez was going to fit in with the rest of the team. Those days are over, but questions about Rodriguez remain. After four consecutive seasons of health issue and production decline, can A-Rod stay healthy and give the [...]

  • 2011 in Review – Swedish Elitserien – Alby Stars

    Updated: 2012-02-28 15:17:10
    Mister-Baseball is on vacation this week. Therefore we are looking back at the European baseball leagues, which we hadn’t covered yet in our 2011 in Review series. Alby Stars 2011 Record: 4-10 2011 Ranking: 7th place. The Alby Stars won just four games last season, keeping only the Academy players behind them in the standings. [...]

  • Even the Charming Fred Wilpon Can’t Sell This Tired & Weary Fan Base

    Updated: 2012-02-28 15:10:53
    Give Fred Wilpon credit, he really does try to sell his team. The problem is he’s run out of sell stories that even the most loyal of Mets fans could justify. That should scare him even if in the unlikely event he survives his personal financial crisis and keeps his beloved franchise. The beat reporters [...]

  • 2011 in Review – Austrian Baseball League – Sport Union Kufstein Vikings

    Updated: 2012-02-28 08:30:41
    Mister-Baseball is on vacation this week. Therefore we are looking back at the European baseball leagues, which we hadn’t covered yet in our 2011 in Review series. SU Kufstein Vikings 2011 Record: 7-21 2011 Ranking: 8th place in Austrian Baseball League following regular season. Runs Scored: 116 Runs Allowed: 281 Best Batter: M. Marelich. He [...]

  • The Boston Red Sox Home Locker Room Powered by Gatorade

    Updated: 2012-02-28 00:38:30
    If you logged onto ESPN.COM this weekend to read the story about Bobby Valentine banning beer in the locker room, you were greeted at the top of the page with a link to a site sponsored by Budweiser.  The story writes itself, but I’ll take a stab at the bigger picture. If you’re a Major League Baseball Player [...]

  • Was it Wise to Table the Martin Negotiations Until After the Season?

    Updated: 2012-02-27 17:00:37
    Our friends at NoMaas hit the nail on the head about how I feel about Russell Martin: Baseball Prospectus has published another article quantifying the effects catchers have on their pitching staffs, and once again, Russell Martin ranks among the top in the game. The money shot: Martin has added 1.7 wins in catcher defense per year. Overall, [...]

  • Jean Toledo not coming back to Novara United

    Updated: 2012-02-27 16:46:57
    Another team in the Italian Baseball League has lost a player to the Mexican League. The 28-year-old pitcher Jean Toledo, who was supposed to come back for a second season with Novara United, has received a better offer from Mexico. The Venezuelan will join the team of former Major Leaguer Julio Franco, Pericos de Puebla. [...]

  • Nats Set a Bar for Wright that Mets Might Not Be Able to Reach

    Updated: 2012-02-27 14:00:26
    The Ryan Zimmerman contract extension sent shock waves throughout baseball. Anytime a player is awarded a deal north of $100 million, its big news. The biggest waves, however, reached the shores of Port St. Lucie, despite the fact that David Wright and the organization downplayed the impact. You know the drill by now. David Wright has a $16 million [...]

  • Venezuelan hurler Johana Gomez joins Blue Girls Bologna

    Updated: 2012-02-27 08:22:18
    The new team in the Italian Softball League, the Blue Girls Bologna, added a second foreign player for the 2012 season. The 23-year-old Venezuelan pitcher Johana Gomez joins Geovanny Nunez as newcomers in Italian softball. Gomez already looks back at a long career, having played for Venezuela in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. She attended [...]

  • Roberto Corradini to play for Telemarket Rimini in 2012

    Updated: 2012-02-27 00:34:35
    It was rumored for quite some time, but now the teams officially announced that Roberto Corradini will play for Telemarket Rimini in 2012. The Pirates and his former club Cariparma Parma found an agreement for a one-year loan contract. The national team pitcher had a 7-3 record with an ERA of 3.38 in 13 starts [...]

  • Listen: The Ryan Braun Fallout, Alcohol in the Clubhouse, D-Wright and Zimmerman

    Updated: 2012-02-26 22:00:30
    We couldn’t get through a week of spring training without off-the-field news. During tonight’s show I will discuss the fallout from the Ryan Braun failed drug test and how the media, MLB and Braun all come out losers in this situation. I will also give my thoughts on the Red Sox banning alcohol from their [...]

  • Lucas Duda is in Good Company For His Age

    Updated: 2012-02-26 16:30:10
    Lucas Duda isn’t Albert Pujols, not yet. But I am sure Mets fans could only dream that he will be 75% as good as Pujols. As Michael Salfino wrote at the Wall Street Journal, “Duda’s second-half rookie surge puts him in the company of MVPs Albert Pujols, Ryan Howard, Joey Votto and Ryan Braun plus perennial All-Stars Mike Piazza and Todd Helton….  The Mets outfielder had an [...]

  • Hoofdklasse All Star Game returns to Utrecht

    Updated: 2012-02-26 15:31:36
    The third annual All Star Game in the Dutch Hoofdklasse returns to the stage from 2011. After the Hague in 2010, Utrecht will host the duel between the north and the south on September 2, 2012 for a second consecutive year. Technical Director Robert Eenhoorn praised the organizers for a successful event. Utrecht is also [...]

  • Belgian Federation publishes Schedules for 2012 Season

    Updated: 2012-02-26 13:21:13
    The Belgian Baseball and Softball Federation has released the schedules for the 2012 season in Belgian baseball and softball competitions. The new year in the Belgian First Division starts on April 14 and 15 with a total of eight games. Defending champion Hoboken Pioneers will open against the promoted Antwerp Eagles. The Eagles replace the [...]

  • MLB Clubhouse Ban on Alcohol Should be the Standard

    Updated: 2012-02-26 13:01:36
    Why is the Red Sox decision to ban alcohol from the clubhouse a news story? It’s a rhetorical question since its Bobby Valentine’s first step in cleaning up the lax atmosphere that helped doom the Sox last September. I think Valentine’s response, however, tells you that this is a practice that is largely accepted around [...]

  • CEB publishes Logos for European Competitions in Czech Republic

    Updated: 2012-02-26 08:12:29
    The Confederation of European Baseball in conjunction with the local organizers have published logos for a pair of European competitions, which will be held in the Czech Republic this summer. The European Juveniles Championship will be played from July 9 to 13 in Hluboka nad Vltavou and Zliv. The European Cadets Championship takes place in [...]

  • Media & MLB Failed a Test, Not Just Braun

    Updated: 2012-02-25 23:59:30
    Now that all the information has come out and a decision made, what is the fallout from the Ryan Braun failed drug test fiasco? Braun is the one that failed the drug test. He is also the one that has to play with suspicions going forward. Think it was hard to win an award before? Don’t be [...]

  • Schedule announced for 2012 Season in Italian Softball League

    Updated: 2012-02-25 17:08:42
    The Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) announced the regular season schedule for the 2012 season in the Italian Softball League last weekend. Nine teams will play in the ISL following the withdrawal of Macerata. Museo D’Arte Nuoro, Fiorini Forli, Blue Girls Bologna, Sanotint Bollate, AMGA Legnano, RHIBO Softbal La Loggia, DES Caserta, DINO BIGIONE [...]

  • Shea Stadium Nearly Had Astroturf

    Updated: 2012-02-25 15:04:09
    I was surprised when I found out earlier this week that Shea Stadium nearly went Astroturf for the 1985 season. Over at Sports Media Watchdog, I interviewed Michael Damergis, author of a great 25th anniversary book about the United States Football League called “USFL: The Rebel League the NFL Didn’t Respect but Feared.” During the [...]

  • 5th Little Lakers Baseball Cup – 174 Players at Germany’s biggest Kids Tourney

    Updated: 2012-02-25 13:54:44
    by www.baseballeurope.com Germany’s Greatest Baseball Tournament for Kids – 174 Kids in 15 Teams Experienced the 5th Little Lakers Baseball Cup The 5th Little Lakers Baseball Cup on February 11th, 2012 attracted 174 children of 10 Clubs, divided into 15 teams to play all day baseball at its best. Teams from Hamburg, Niedersachsen and Schleswig-Holstein [...]

  • Cariparma Parma signs former Major Leaguer Anderson Machado

    Updated: 2012-02-25 10:53:49
    The Italian Baseball League champion from 2010, Cariparma Parma, has signed Anderson Machado to strengthen the team in anticipation of the upcoming season. The 31-year-old shortstop batted .221/.333/.324 in 24 MLB games for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies between 2003 and 2005. The Venezuelan switch hitter spent a total of 13 seasons [...]

  • Mad Dog Russo Claims MLB Gave Him Inside Info That Ryan Braun Did Steroids

    Updated: 2012-02-24 22:16:02
    I have been holding off commenting about the developments in the Ryan Braun steroid case until tomorrow as I read various pieces of evidence. Unlike some mainstream members, I don’t like to throw stones at someone over steroids. Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, however has historically been anti-Players Association. Our good friend Bob Mantz Jr. over [...]

  • Prague hosts CEB Scoring Clinic

    Updated: 2012-02-24 16:40:51
    Prague, Czech Republic will host a CEB Scoring Clinic on March 25 and 26, 2012. It is headed by Anna Maria Paini, chair of CEB and IBAF Scoring Committees. The clinic is mostly for Czech and Slovakian scorers. Saturday is going to be devoted to paper scoring, while Sunday will be dedicated to CEB play-by-play [...]

  • Herts Falcons add Reinforcements from across the Atlantic

    Updated: 2012-02-24 14:38:37
    by Herts Falcons, www.hertsbaseball.com The Herts Falcons have strengthened their NBL roster further by adding Cristobal Hiche and Jake Michels, both arriving from America. Just days after announcing the arrival of Robbie Unsell, Herts have made another strong statement about their intentions for the upcoming baseball season which opens on 1 April. CRISTOBAL HICHE Cristobal [...]

  • Takahiko Sato joins Fortitudo Bologna

    Updated: 2012-02-24 14:15:43
    Fortitudo Bologna has added corner infielder Takahiko Sato from Japan to the 2012 roster. Manager Marco Nanni plans to use the 34-year-old slugger at third base. He had started his professional career at 23 with the Philadelphia Phillies organization. After 170 games at the Rookie and Single-A level he signed with the Saitama Seibu Lions [...]

  • Dohren Wild Farmers add new Pitcher, new Head Coach

    Updated: 2012-02-24 13:15:25
    The Dohren Wild Farmers announced on Thursday two more acquisitions for the upcoming 2012 season in the German Baseball-Bundesliga. Oliver Bock is arriving from the HSV Stealers to take over the head coach position. He worked as a pitching coach in Hamburg in the last couple of years. Also new on the club is left-handed [...]

  • Preview: Spanish Division de Honor opens Season in European Baseball

    Updated: 2012-02-24 00:17:16
    The Spanish Division de Honor is opening the 2012 season in European Baseball this weekend. While teams in other countries on the old continent still have to rely on indoor practices, hardball is back in Iberia. There are a few changes. The biggest is probably the apparent smooth transformation from defending champion FC Barcelona to [...]

  • Telemarket Rimini officially adds Carlos Pezzullo

    Updated: 2012-02-23 16:45:42
    It took a while to work out an agreement between Danesi Nettuno and Telemarket Rimini, but left-handed pitcher Carlos Pezzullo has officially joined the Pirates on a one-year loan contract. The 29-year-old from Maracay, Venezuela, who has an Italian passport, is playing in Italy since the 2004 season. After his debut with Paterno he moved [...]

  • Dirk Fries to Georgia State as EBCA Coach Exchange Program continues

    Updated: 2012-02-23 10:30:44
    After Ronny Heymans checked out Pomona Pitzer College in California in January, the EBCA Coach Exchange Program continues. 32-year-old Dirk Fries will be headed to Georgia State University. He will shadow GSU head coach Greg Frady and will meet European players Roy Seltenrijch and Max Schmitz on the team. Fries is a former German national [...]

  • Jakub Toufar joins Technika Brno

    Updated: 2012-02-23 08:29:56
    Former minor leaguer Jakub Toufar is bringing his services from Express Brno to Technika Brno. The right-handed pitcher played for Express since the 2010 season. The 24-year-old Brno native had signed with the Twins as an amateur free agent. He played two seasons (2006/2007) in the Gulf Coast League with an ERA of 5.72 in [...]

  • Haar Disciples sign RHP Nick Renault

    Updated: 2012-02-23 00:22:21
    The Haar Disciples have found a new foreign starting pitcher. Right-hander Nick Renault succeeds Paco Garcia as game-two starter each weekend in the German Baseball-Bundesliga. The 32-year-old is an Independent League journeyman, who spent the past seven seasons in various professional leagues in the United States. The graduate of Oregon State University has a combined [...]

  • Alexandre Roy signs with Seattle Mariners

    Updated: 2012-02-22 23:07:07
    Another young European pitcher is signing a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners organization. Alexandre Roy is the next prospect from France after Joris Bert (Los Angeles Dodgers), Frederic Hanvi (Minnesota Twins) and Andy Paz (Oakland Athletics) to try his luck in the minors. He is the son of former Rouen Huskies pitcher and [...]

  • Mainz Athletics with Training Camp in Montpellier, France

    Updated: 2012-02-22 17:21:34
    The German Baseball-Bundesliga club Mainz Athletics is again traveling to Montpellier, France in March to hold a training camp before the start of the new season. They will be there from March 6 to 11 and will also take part in a preseason tournament. Other participants will be the Montpellier Barracudas, the French U18 National [...]

  • Coaching Staffs for French U22 and U19 Softball National Teams announced

    Updated: 2012-02-22 16:17:27
    The French Baseball and Softball Federation (FFBS) announced the coaching staffs for the Softball National Teams at the U22 and U19 levels. Both teams will play in European Softball Championships this summer. The U22 team will be led by Christian Blacher, Colas Ranguin and Mario Guay. The squad met for the first time last weekend. [...]

  • Thomas Dore to play for Nyköping in Sweden this summer

    Updated: 2012-02-22 15:03:46
    Illinois native and outfielder Thomas Dore is going to play for Nyköping in Sweden this summer. He is currently playing for Durbanville in South Africa and is expected to arrive in Scandinavia at the end of April. It is possible that the switch hitter is also going to play for Stockholm in the Elitserien, as [...]

  • San Inazio Bilbao announces Roster Changes for 2012 Season

    Updated: 2012-02-22 13:43:21
    The new season in the Spanish Division de Honor opens 2012 in European Baseball this upcoming weekend. San Inazio Bilbao announced its roster changes last weekend. Fidel Torres, Ruben Cabrera, Jose Romero, Javier Flores and Ivan Roman won’t return for another campaign in the north east of Spain. They will replaced by Andrew Jacinto, Eduardo [...]

  • Francesco Cruceta to pitch for Telemarket Rimini

    Updated: 2012-02-22 00:30:11
    The official announcement is still outstanding, but all signs indicate that former Major Leaguer Francisco Alberto Cruceta is going to play for Telemarket Rimini this season. The 30-year-old Dominican right-hander had a combined ERA of 7.96 in 26 innings, pitching for the Cleveland Indians (2004), Seattle Mariners (2006) and Detroit Tigers (2008). He also spent [...]

  • Oscar Angulo returns to Baseball Barcelona

    Updated: 2012-02-21 21:02:26
    The Venezuelan infielder Oscar Angulo returns to Baseball Barcelona. The 28-year-old batted .468/.535/.581 with ten extra base hits, 36 runs and 30 RBI in 32 games last season, helping winning the championship in the Division de Honor. He also was part of the Venezuelan national team during the 2011 IBAF Baseball World Cup.

  • Baseball America publishes Top 100 Prospect List

    Updated: 2012-02-21 19:29:23
    Baseball America has published its annual Top 100 Prospect List, still one of the highest regarded lists to rank the best young players in baseball. No surprises at the top with Bryce Harper, Matt Moore, Mike Trout and Yu Darvish completing the top four. No players born in Europe made the cut. But the Antilles [...]

  • Grosseto Baseball adds Mike Smith to Pitching Staff

    Updated: 2012-02-21 18:24:21
    Grosseto Baseball is bringing in another former Major Leaguer. Michael Anthony Smith, who played 15 games in the big leagues for the Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins in 2002 and 2006, is coming to Tuscany. The 34-year-old right-hander played for the Brockton Rox in the Canadian-American Association, the same independent league club where new [...]

  • VI International meeting “Brest-Vilnius 2012″

    Updated: 2012-02-21 17:24:15
    Sonorous children’s voices sounded in the Brest track and field athletics arena on February, 18-19th, 2012. The meeting of young baseball players of clubs Brest Zubrs (Belarus) and Vilnius (Lithuania) became traditional and sixth year successively sportsmen had possibility to apply the skills in hazardous and fascinating matches. 55 boys in two subgroups: baseball (1999 [...]

  • Kody Hightower, Kyle Putnam reinforce Mr. Cocker HCAW

    Updated: 2012-02-21 17:03:41
    Mr. Cocker HCAW announced on Monday evening, which foreign players will strengthen the team for the 2012 season in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. Shortstop Kody Hightower and right-hander pitcher Kyle Putnam are joining the team. Hightower is well known in European baseball since his time with the HSV Stealers (2009) and the Zurich Barracudas (2011). Putnam [...]

  • Seltenrijch, Schmitz make their marks in College Debut

    Updated: 2012-02-20 17:54:18
    Georgia State University is featuring not only German national team head coach Greg Frady this year, but also a pair of European players. Last weekend the 2012 college season started for the GSU Panthers with a four-game series against Western Illinois and Roy Seltenrijch and Max Schmitz left their marks. The German right-hander Schmitz took [...]

  • IBAF holds Umpire Camp in Tirrenia in June

    Updated: 2012-02-20 11:09:55
    The International Baseball Federation is holding an Umpire Camp in Tirrenia, Italy this summer. From June 20 to 24, especially European umpires are invited to come to the CONI Olympic Training Center to learn and further develop proper mechanics to work at the international level. Registration cost is €300 including accommodation. IBAF Umpire Director Gustavo [...]

  • Cariparma Parma wins Race for Andrea Pizziconi

    Updated: 2012-02-20 10:06:50
    After getting released last fall Andrea Pizziconi found interest from several Italian Baseball League clubs. Cariparma Parma has won the race for the 20-year-old from Anzio. Before going to the United States to play in the Arizona Diamondbacks and Kansas City Royals organizations he was a member of teams in Nettuno. During his minor league [...]

  • Grosseto Baseball adds three American Players

    Updated: 2012-02-20 00:13:23
    Grosseto Baseball has added three more American players for the upcoming season in the Italian Baseball League. It was already know that the 26-year-old Greek national team pitcher Theon Bourdaniotis will join Panagiotis Sikaras in Tuscany. Additionally 35-year-old switch-hitting shortstop Jay Pecci and 31-year-old catcher Chris Grossman will bolster the roster for the team of [...]

  • Jose Angel Mejias new Closer for North East Knights

    Updated: 2012-02-19 19:38:30
    The North East Knights have a new closer. The Italian Baseball League club signed the 26-year-old Venezuelan right-hander Jose Angel Mejias. He replaces Emmanuel Ulloa on the pitching staff, who will assume the role of pitching coach for manager Daniele Fuzzi. He played affiliated minor league ball for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets and [...]

  • Two Hercules L’Hospitalet Players sign with MLB Organizations

    Updated: 2012-02-19 18:38:03
    The Catalonian Baseball and Softball Federation put an interesting post on its blog this weekend. Two 16-year-old players from the former Division de Honor club Hercules L’Hospitalet have signed with MLB organizations. Both are pitchers. Ugueth Urbina Jr. is the son of the former Venezuelan big league reliever with the same name, who was convicted [...]

  • CB Barcelona wins Catalonian Championship 2012

    Updated: 2012-02-19 18:06:07
    The successor of the defending Division de Honor champion, Club Baseball Barcelona (CBB) has won the 2012 Catalonian Championship, a traditional preseason tournament for Barcelona, CB Sant Boi and CB Viladecans. CBB defeated Viladecans 5-2 on Sunday to finish the tourney with an even 2-2 record. The Automated Recap (provided by Gamechanger software) of Sunday’s [...]

  • Burnett to Pirates basically a done deal

    Updated: 2012-02-17 23:59:55

  • Joey Schwartz remains with North East Knights

    Updated: 2012-02-17 17:46:09
    The American with Italian passport, Joey Schwartz, remains with the North East Knights. He came to Godo last winter after two seasons with the Goteborg Hajarna in the Swedish Elitserien. The utility player was used in both divisions of the Italian Baseball League. In the IBL1 he batted .208/.313/.278 in 20 games (19 starts).

  • Umpires wanted for MLB Academies Tournament in Regensburg

    Updated: 2012-02-17 16:44:17
    The organizers of the MLB Academies Tournament, the Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg, are looking for umpires. The tournament, which features the best young players from Italy, Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, Czech Republic and Austria returns for a third consecutive year to the Armin Wolf Arena in Regensburg from April 1 to 6, 2012. For more [...]

  • Presentation of new Baseball Barcelona Club next Monday

    Updated: 2012-02-17 14:47:59
    After the FC Barcelona cut its baseball program last summer, a new club called Baseball Barcelona was founded. We already reported on numerous roster modifications at the reigning Division de Honor champion in preparation of the 2012 season, which starts on February 25. Officially the new club will be presented on Monday, February 20 at [...]

  • Buchbinder Legionaere add Dominik Hartinger, Eric Harms

    Updated: 2012-02-17 13:47:50
    The Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg have won the race for German national team pitcher Dominik Hartinger. After his previous club Gauting Indians withdrew from upper level baseball in Germany, it was only a question where the right-hander is going to end up. The Haar Disciples were favored in the beginning, but the defending champion had more [...]

  • Bern Cardinals bolster Roster for 2012 Season

    Updated: 2012-02-17 13:38:02
    by Bern Cardinals The defending Swiss champions have signed IF/P Benji Waite for the 2012 season. Benji hits from the left side, and is a right handed pitcher. He played in the German 1. Bundesliga for the Gauting Indians last year, and played his college ball for the D1, University of Alabama Birmingham. Benji will [...]

  • Pirates or bust for A.J.

    Updated: 2012-02-17 02:51:17

  • T&A San Marino adds Rodney Rodriguez to Pitching Staff

    Updated: 2012-02-16 15:18:57
    T&A San Marino has chosen a familiar face to take over the game-one starting pitcher spot. Right-hander Rodney Rodriguez is coming from the North East Knights. The 29-year-old from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic had a 2-8 record with an ERA of 2.99 in 14 starts for Godo-Verona last year. More impressively however are his 95 [...]

  • Why Softball Rocks – Best Moments and Plays

    Updated: 2012-02-16 13:56:54
    A short clip showing best moments and plays from Softball competitions. It was uploaded in January of 2011, but is currently making the rounds on Facebook.

  • Pitch Count: Rookies and Closers are Always Fun

    Updated: 2012-02-15 18:47:24
    : Crooked Pitch Fantasy Baseball Fantasy Football Home About Contact CP Wanna Be A Guest Blogger Privacy Policy Pitch Count : A New Fantasy Pleasure Feb 15 2012 Pitch Count : Rookies and Closers are Always Fun Posted by : Knox Bardeen in Fantasy Baseball Fantasy Football Thank you for visiting Crooked Pitch While you're here you'll find tons of valuable fantasy baseball information to help you win your fantasy baseball league . If you're new here , or haven't done so yet , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed You can also follow Crooked Pitch on Twitter crookedpitch Thanks for visiting Today’s pitch count is 3 Alex Welch alex__welch takes a look at four major league teams Dodgers , Orioles , White Sox and A’s with uncertainty at closer Zak Griffith zakgriff gives the three top impact

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