Yesterday, yours truly went to Bonn, the former capital of Germany, to attend game one of the semi-final of the DBL (Deutsche Baseball Liga) championship. Heidenheim stayed at the right side of the score as they beat Bonn 6-4. About a week ago, Heidenheim Heideköpfe already gave off a good impression as they beat Bonn…
Just like three years ago, the Untouchables Paderborn (German 1. Baseball Bundesliga) will hand out another bobblehead doll. The joyful fact will happen coming Saturday, July 26. Three years ago, the Untouchables handed out the bobblehead of Oliver “der Bürgemeister” Neisemeier. This year, Octavio “Tavo” Medina will have the honor of getting a bobblehead modeled…
A few weeks ago, one could read here about the fire that demolished the batting cage of the Solingen Alligators. Fellow German 2. Bundesliga club, Dortmund Wanderers is doing its share to help the Alligators. This coming Friday, June 20th, a special baseball event will take place at Dortmund’s Hoeschpark: The U15 teams of the…
German 2. Bundesliga club Solingen Alligators was hit by a fire last Saturdaynight. The Solingen fire brigade could prevent that the fire hit the clubhouse as well. At the arrival of the fire brigade, the batting case was on fire. The adjacent storage room was in danger to be destroyed as well. The first responders…
The two teams that are dead last in the Deutsche Baseball Liga South, Mainz Athletics and München-Haar Disciples, faced each other tonight in an attempt to get out of the cellar. In a typical see-saw game, both teams took the lead several times. Eventually extra innings were needed to decide who would walk off as…
The Stuttgart Reds of the Deutsche Baseball Liga has hired a player from Curaçao as replacement for Austin Bull, who is injured for an undisclosed amount of time. The twenty-year-old former Yankee farmhand, Joshua Leito has been signed. He will serve as infielder and as relief pitcher. Leito spent three seasons in Rookie ball in…
Despite not having a bad season, the Saarlouis Hornets have decided to ax the manager of their flagship team. Likely for the first time in the 2nd German Baseball Bundesliga, a lady will be at the helm of a team. According to the Instagram account of the Saarlouis Hornets, manager Chas Richards was axed as…
Today, the Heidenheim Heideköpfe announced they signed Phildrick Llewellyn for the 2025 season. He is one of two players with a Dutch passport, signed for the upcoming season.Next to Johnaikel Acosta, Phildrick is the second player from the Dutch kingdom to join the seven-time German champion. Phildrick is a utility player that can play as…
Wednesday, a new map of the 2025 German 1. (first) Bundesliga was shown on Instagram and what caught the eye was that the Dohren Wild Farmers were not mentioned on it. So yours truly contacted the club for more information. After a very tough season, in which the club only won a handful of games,…
Today, yours truly went to Cologne in Germany to watch a quarter final game of the German 1. Baseball Bundesliga between the Cologne Cardinals and the Regensburg Legionäre. The weather was good, the burgers and the prezels delicious. So a good day for a ballgame. A game started as an exciting pitching duel between Florian…
