The Dutch Hoofdklasse club Mr. Cocker HCAW has added the 25-year-old Aruban left-handed pitcher Jerrold Martijn. He was born in Oranjestad and moved to the Netherlands one month ago. He played baseball at various colleges in the United States and was named Iowa Conference Pitcher of the Year during his University career. He also will [...]
by Michal Hanus For already the seventh time the annual senior baseball tournament PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL BASEBALL CUP will be held during the last weekend in June at the Tempo Praha baseball facility. Organizers started with small tournament for their Irish friends from Dublin Hurricanes. After the last three years had been difficult for the organizers [...]
by www.baseballeurope.com Earlier this year Herts Baseball Club completed the latest stage of development of Grovehill Ballpark in Hemel Hempstead. The wettest April on record halted the British baseball leagues but finally on Saturday the rain stopped and youth baseball teams and fans from across the country came down to the ballpark to officially unveil [...]
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Another Dutch player has reached the big leagues. The Atlanta Braves called up top prospect Andrelton Simmons to replace Tyler Pastornicky at short. He is expected to make his Major League debut on Friday, when the Braves open their series against the Washington Nationals. The 22-year-old was selected in the second round of the 2012 [...]
Despite the European Cup in Rotterdam, the KNBSB has scheduled a game day in the Dutch Hoofdklasse this weekend with DOOR Neptunus and L&D Amsterdam having their series scheduled for another date. The new sets of three-game series start on Thursday evening. At Paperclip in Utrecht UVV takes on Corendon Kinheim. In The Hague the [...]
The Belgian First Division kicks off another game day with a rare night game on Thursday evening, as the Brasschaat Braves take on the Namur Angels. For the Angels, which still wait for the completion of the field renovation, it is going to be another weekend with three games. They will meet with the Borgerhout [...]
by Pavol Mozola, Slovak baseball federation, www.baseballslovakia.com Results week 7, May 26: Fighting Flies Bratislava vs Apollo Bratislava 8:12, 8:18 Aeros Erd vs Sleepwalkers Szentendre 15:11, 8:4 Slovan Bratislava vs Angels Trnava 9:5, 8:13 (8), HR – Tibor OMASTA, Marek PAVELEK, Maros PAVLIK (Angels) Standings InterLeague W L Pct. Slovan 12 2 857 Apollo 10 [...]
European Cup in San Marino, Day 1, May 30 Untouchables Paderborn – Draci Brno 7-4 Box score The Untouchables Paderborn defeated Draci Brno 7-4 in the opening game of the European Cup in San Marino. The German vice champion used a four-run rally in the seventh to prevail. Bjoern Schonlau hit a three-run homerun to [...]
European Cup in Rotterdam Day 1, May 30 Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg – Technika Brno 9-2 Box score The Buchbinder Legionaere opened the 2012 European Cup in Rotterdam, Netherlands under blue skies with a 9-2 victory over Technika Brno. In a duel between the reigning German and the Czech champions Regensburg put the game away with [...]
The Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg have added another pitcher to their staff for the reminder of the 2012 season. Right in time for the European Cup in Rotterdam, the defending German champion has brought in right-hander Harry Glynne. The 21-year-old is coming from the Central Connecticut State University. He has a German passport, as his mother [...]
by Namur Angels, www.namur-angels.be Angels Blank Stars in Seven The Namur Angels backed a great pitching performance with stellar defense and timely hitting to earn their tenth victory of the season. The game was called after the seventh inning due to the mercy rule, as the Angels cruised to a 10-0 win over the Mortsel [...]
In the British National Baseball League four games were played last Sunday. The Herts Falcons split a doubleheader against the Essex Arrows. The Harlow Nationals took two from the Bracknell Blazers. The Nats moved past the Falcons back into first place in the standings. The Southampton Mustangs and London Mets follow in third and fourth. [...]
In the Belgian First Division the Namur Angels solidified their position near the top of the standings with three wins over the Mortsel Stars this weekend. They improved to 12-4 for the season and trail the leading Hoboken Pioneers by one game in the loss column. In other matchups the Deurne Spartans won twice against [...]
by Goran Supraha It will be an interesting next weekend in group “South” where we have last two games and situation that four clubs (Olimpija Karlovac, Nada SSM – Split, Beograd 96, BK Zagreb) are in position to get semifinal tournament and one club will finish competition for this year together with Vindija Varazdin. This [...]
CEB’s European Baseball’s competitions celebrate their opening day on Wednesday, when the European Cups get under way in Rotterdam and San Marino. Six teams at each site will compete for a total of four spots at the European Champions Cup Final Four, which will be followed later this June. As usually the favorites are coming [...]
Technika Brno and Draci Brno are back tied for the league-lead in the Czech Extraleague. After Draci crushed Technika 12-0 on Thursday, both teams celebrated series wins on the weekend against Hrosi Brno and Skokani Olomouc, improving to 15-7 for the season. In the third matchup this week the Eagles Prague won two of three [...]
In the Spanish Division de Honor no surprises occurred on Pentecost weekend, as five teams celebrated sweeps. CB Barcelona solidified first place with wins over Halcones de Vigo. Runner up Astros Valencia dispatched El Llano. The Tenerife Marlins won twice against San Inazio Bilbao. CB Sant Boi had no trouble with CD Pamplona. CB Viladecans [...]
In the French Division I the Rouen Huskies suffered their second loss of the 2012 season, splitting a doubleheader against the Savigny Lions. The Templiers Senart took advantage and reduced the deficit in the standings to two games thanks to a sweep over the Montpellier Barracudas. Paris UC remains in third with two wins over [...]
In the Swedish Elitserien week five is in the books. Just two game days are left on the schedule before the cut for the top-six round. After the Karlskoga Bats swept two games against the Swedish Academy to improve to 8-2 for the season, Goteborg and Stockholm split a doubleheader on Saturday. All three teams [...]
On Saturday the Cologne Cardinals and the Untouchables Paderborn made up a rained out doubleheader. The Untouchables solidified first place in the northern division of the German Baseball-Bundesliga with a pair of lopsided wins. However especially the first contest was not a blowout, as Paderborn needed to overcome an early 1-4 deficit. The U’s prevailed [...]
In the Dutch Hoofdklasse the second half of the regular season started on Pentecost weekend. DOOR Neptunus swept Sparta/Feyenoord Rotterdam easily, scoring 34 runs in three games. L&D Amsterdam and UVV managed to split a three-game set due to a tie in game one. The Vaessen Pioniers won two of three against Corendon Kinheim, solidifying [...]
In week nine of the Italian Baseball League only Cariparma Parma was able to accomplish the sweep. They won all three games against Novara United, reducing the deficit towards the top four to three games. Meanwhile at the top of the standings Grosseto Baseball stunned T&A San Marino, nearly pulling off the sweep, as the [...]
The Bad Homburg Hornets from the German Baseball-Bundesliga have won the 2012 edition of the Finkstonball tournament in Attnang-Puchheim this weekend. They defeated host GEI Athletics 6-2 in the gold medal game on Monday to clinch the title, capping an undefeated campaign. The Swiss National Team, last year’s winner, came in at third after edging [...]
The Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg have defended their title at their own invitational tournament „Buchbinder Cup“. They defeated the Bonn Capitals 7-2 in the final on Monday afternoon, finishing up preparations for the upcoming European Cup in Rotterdam. The Capitals had reached the final by edging out Kotlarka Prague 5-4 in the morning game. The Stuttgart [...]
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The Templiers Senart inaugurated their new ballpark officially during the Challenge de France at the field last week. The video clip gives you an impression of the ceremony and the new stadium itself. Inauguration du terrain de baseball de Sénart von sandesenart
The French Division I continues this weekend with game day number nine. It features a rematch of last week’s finals at Challenge de France, as the Rouen Huskies host the Savigny Lions on Sunday. Rouen won both games at the cup tournament in Montigny and Senart. They also swept the first meeting between both teams [...]
On Thursday the Hoboken Pioneers defeated the Deurne Spartans 9-6 in a make-up game. The defending champion solidified first place in the standings of the Belgian First Division with the win and finished up preparations before the European Cup in San Marino next week. The Namur Angels will represent Belgium in the European Cup Qualifier, [...]
On Tuesday and Thursday evenings the Karlskoga Bats faced the Swedish Baseball Academy in a pair of games and prevailed in both of them. On Tuesday the Bats celebrated a 9-4 victory. Two days later they needed just seven innings for a 16-4 blowout. The game day continues on Saturday with three doubleheaders. The spotlight [...]
Corendon Kinheim – Vaessen Pioniers 3-10 (10) The Vaessen Pioniers rallied for a win at Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem on Thursday. They erased a 1-3 deficit in the last two frames and scored seven runs in the tenth inning en route to a 10-3 victory over Corendon Kinheim. Norbert Lokhorst scored the tying run [...]
Unipol Bologna – Danesi Nettuno 4-2 Right-hander Jesus Matos led Unipol Bologna to a 4-2 win over Danesi Nettuno on Thursday evening in the Italian Baseball League. He allowed just two unearned runs on three hits and a pair of walks in six innings, while striking out 11. Fortitudo took the lead in the second [...]
by John Baum, Bern Cardinals Swiss-American import Ryan Byrne made his first start of the season for the Cards, and didn’t disappoint, going the distance in a 6 inning game, striking out 11. Ryan allowed his first earned run of the year, yielding only four hits in his complete game victory. Johnny Perigos led the [...]
The favorites for the championship in the Spanish Division de Honor will be at home this weekend. Leader CB Barcelona faces Halcones de Vigo, which still waits for its first win of the season. Runner up Astros Valencia squares off with the promoted El Llano. Meanwhile the Tenerife Marlins Puerto Cruz in third place host [...]
The Untouchables Paderborn travel to Cologne this weekend to face the Cardinals in a make-up doubleheader of an earlier rainout. The U’s moved into first place in the northern division last week with a pair of wins over these Cards at home at the Ahorn Ballpark. Cologne dropped to seventh in the standings, but remains [...]
by Pavol Mozola, Slovak Baseball Federation, www.baseballslovakia.com Results Week 6, May 19: Fighting Flies vs Slovan Bratislava 4:14 (8), 1:20 (5) HR – Jakub RAUTNER, Matus MIKO (Slovan) Apollo Bratislava vs Angels Trnava 5:6, 10:8 Aeros Erd vs Warriors Obuda 5:8, 9:8 HR – Jorge FERNANDEZ (Warriors) Standings InterLeague W L ave Slovan 11 1 [...]
The European Baseball tournament “Finkstonball” in Attnang-Puchheim, Austria is celebrating its 15th anniversary this weekend. 12 teams will be on hand to battle for the trophy on the three days of Pentecost, including defending champion Swiss National Team. The Athletics Sofia, the Tempo Titans Prague and the Janossomorja Rascals will make their debut, while the [...]
The second half of the regular season in the Dutch Hoofdklasse starts on Thursday with four games. With DOOR Neptunus and L&D Amsterdam competing in European competitions next week, Friday also will be a game day this week. At the half way point Five teams are in the race for four playoff spots. Amsterdam has [...]
Danesi Nettuno is having an eventful 2012. During the winter they revamped their roster and brought in plenty of new players. However big names like Dirk Hayhurst and Ray Sadler left either before the season or just now. On the field Nettuno struggled out of the gate. But they recovered and managed to move back [...]
Four days of competition will be on the schedule in the Czech Extraleague. The game day starts on Thursday evening with a duel between the two top-ranked clubs Technika Brno and Draci Brno. On Friday Draci will host Hrosi Brno, while Technika takes on Skokani Olomouc. Except for Kotlarka Prague (Buchbinder Cup participant) and Olympia [...]
Alex Liddi: Italian third baseman Alex Liddi became the second player born in Italy to smack a grand slam in Major League Baseball on Wednesday. Playing left field for the Seattle Mariners he connected during a 5-1 win over the Texas Rangers. It was his third long ball of the season. He is now batting [...]
by Mortsel Stars, www.mortselstars.be The Mortsel Stars, currently with a .500 win pct, added a foreign pitcher to their roster. The right-handed pitcher Ryan Van Spronsen from Wagner College (NCAA Div. I, NEC) arrived in the Antwerp area this week. Van Spronsen, who also garnered Second Team All-NEC accolades, had one of the top pitching [...]
Former Major League catcher Brad Ausmus has been named Israel’s coach for the World Baseball Classic Qualifier. The former All Star and Gold Glove winner already has received commitments from Shawn Green and Gabe Kapler for the tournament in November. He also hopes to recruit Ryan Braun, Ian Kinsler and Kevin Youkilis for the team, [...]
Five games out of the playoff spots in fifth place with an 11-13 record Cariparma Parma is parting ways with a pitcher. Venezuelan right-hander Angel Salazar was cut by the front office and has returned to his home country. He went 2-3 with an ERA of 5.17 in eight games (seven starts). He struck out [...]
by International Baseball Federation, www.ibaf.org Another new international baseball stadium was inaugurated in Europe on Wednesday. After new ballparks were built in Brest (Belarus), Mainz (Germany), Sundbyberg (Sweden) and Parma (Italy) in recent years, a new field was inaugurated in Senart (France) a couple of kilometers south of Paris, raising the prospects for more elite [...]
Vaessen Pioniers – L&D Amsterdam 2-6 L&D Amsterdam received another strong performance by starting pitcher Ian Delemarre on Tuesday evening in a 6-2 win over the Vaessen Pioniers. With the victory the Pirates extend their streak of undefeated game to 11. Delemarre, who had beaten DOOR Neptunus in his last start, gave up just one [...]
by Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation In celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, the Swedish Olympic Committee is running a project called “Olympic Day” where school kids can meet Olympians, try different sports and challenge themselves by being active in sports. From May 8 to 11, the Olympic Days [...]
Press Release Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation 10th Matchday of Spanish League of Honor’s Division (19 and 20/05/2012) Thirty three runs in thirteen innings scored Pamplona in his visit to Bembrive to win both games to Halcones de Vigo, 2 to 21 (KO, 6 inn) and 2 to 12 (KO, 7inn). The first match starter [...]
by Namur Angels, www.namur-angels.be Angels Take Game One Against Spartans On Saturday afternoon, the Angels took game one of the two game series against the Deurne Spartans. Namur got another great pitching performance from starter Jake Hummel. He threw seven complete innings, giving up three runs on six hits, walked four, and struck out five [...]
The Blue Jays on Thursday optioned Adam Lind to AAA-Las Vegas and purchased the contract of catcher/infielder Yan Gomes from their top farm team. Lind was struggling through a horrible season with the Jays, recently being demoted from cleanup behind...
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