In a close game between “Israel” and Germany, the Germans stayed at the right side of the score. The Europeans kept a squad with mainly American-born players at bay rather easily even though the game was still a nail biter in the final inning, when Israel got runners on first and second. 0 – …
On the second day of the European Championship Baseball 2023, one of Europe’s power houses made quite a misstep against Sweden. The Scandinavian country had some US-born players on its roster, but the vast majority is Swedish-born. 3 – 8 For three innings, both teams were kept in check by the opponent’s pitcher. But…
This series is inspired by the must read book “All Caps, Stories That Justify an Outrageous Hat Collection” by Craig Colby. Craig wrote this book about the many caps he has and the stories behind it. Anyhow, this series will be about the caps I own and the stories behind them. This episode of “Personal…
Today, the WBSC Europe held the drawings for the four groups of the 2023 European Baseball Championship. Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Israel are the top teams of their groups. The four groups were put together in a drawing that took about twenty-five minutes, as a lot of talk surrounded the event. Group A contains…
Today, the WBSC Europe and the Czech Baseball Association unveiled the logo of the 2023 European Baseball Championship. With this, the candidacy of the Czech Republic was announced as well. With a tweet, the WBSC Europe unveiled the official logo of the tournament. Where in the Czech Republic the tournament will be played was announced…
For the twenty-fourth time in the history, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has won the European Championship. In the final against Israel, the Devil was in the tail and the Dutch beat Israel 9-4 Despite opening the score in the second inning, on a single by Juremi Profar, the Netherlands trailed Israel for the biggest…
A bronze medal game that was worthy to be a final game. Good pitching, good defense, and two teams that kept each other in check for most of the game. Spain 0 – 2 ItalyEven though both teams had their opportunities to open the score, neither team did cross home plate until the seventh inning. …
On the last day but one, six placement matches were played. France @ Slovakia, Greece @ Ukraine, Sweden @ Austria, Belgium @ Croatia, Russia @ Germany, and Great Britain @ Czech Republic. France 6 – 5 SlovakiaIn a matchup between two countries that were demoted to the B-group already, France stayed at the right side…
Shortly before midnight, the dream of team Italy to win the European championship in its own country, shattered. Team Israel shoved the Azzurri aside as the tactics of manager Nate Fish worked pretty well. Italy 5 – 11 IsraelWhen Italy took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, it looked like Israel was no match….
Today, the first of the placement matches for the fifth to eighth places took place. Belgium took on Great Britain and the Czech Republic faced Croatia. Great Britain 12 – 11 BelgiumBelgium fought hard but just fell short against a team with 46% of foreign born players. Thanks to the many errors, this game didn’t deserve…
