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2016 European Champions Cup: Tuesday, May 31
Byyankeebiscuitfan May 31, 2016

Today the European Champions Cup (ECC for short) has started in Rimini and San Marino, both located on the east shore of the Italian peninsula. Group A will play in San Marino and contains the following teams: Curacao Neptunus (NED) Fortitudo Bologna (ITA) T&A San Marino (SM) VOITH Heidenheim Heideköpfe (GER) Group B will play in…

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Regensburg strikes back in second game
Byyankeebiscuitfan April 20, 2016

The second ELB game between Draci Brno and Regensburg Legionäre, was a close one again. Only in the fourth inning the opening run was scored. This game had various faces. The quick one as it took a little bit more than an hour to play the first four innings and the slow one as it took more…

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Draci Brno wins inaugural ELB game
Byyankeebiscuitfan April 19, 2016

Regensburg Legionäre 1 – 4 Draci Brno Tonight, the Buchbinder Legionäre took on Draci Brno in the Czech city for the very first game of the Euro League Baseball. The president of the European Association of Professional Baseball, Wim van den Hurk threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Lukas Jahn hit the very first hit…

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Max Kepler called up by Twins
Byyankeebiscuitfan April 10, 2016

German native Max Kepler have been called up by the Minnesota Twins. Within a week after the Minor League season had started, the contract of the 23-year old was acquired from the Rochester RedWings because of a hamstring injury of center fielder. Danny Santana. Max is more versatile than Santana because he can also play…

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Munich-Haar Disciples unfold plans for near future
Byyankeebiscuitfan April 7, 2016

Last week, German first Bundesliga club Munich-Haar Disciples held a press conference yesterday in which the club presented the plans for the coming three years. Chairman Todd Covell, player/coach Mitch Stephan and new hired PR manager David Jauss, informed the local press and answered their questions. The main announcement was the one that the Disciples has turned into…

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Dutch to participate in France International Baseball Tournament together with Germany, France and international stars team
Byyankeebiscuitfan March 4, 2016

As defending champion, the Dutch team was already invited for the France International Baseball Tournament, that will be played in Sénart, home of the Templiers. Two years ago, the Dutch won the invitational by beating France in the final. Next to Kingdom of the Netherlands and France, the other two participants are Germany and a team…

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ELB: Why some clubs dare to participate and some don’t
Byyankeebiscuitfan February 26, 2016

After the news that the Euro League Baseball will start this season without the Dutch, Italian and French participants, I was wondering why some teams have decided to pull back and some can’t wait to participate in the ELB. Curacao Neptunus’ participation was already at stake when the KNBSB (the Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation)…

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Euro League Baseball will start but without Italian and Dutch teams
Byyankeebiscuitfan February 24, 2016

In January you could read here already that the number of participants of the Euro League Baseball was down to four. Back then it was still questionable if L&D Amsterdam Pirates would participate. But today it was announced that the club from Amsterdam will not participate, still because of a ban applied by the KNBSB…

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ABL: Lutz and Bandits win Claxton Shield
Byyankeebiscuitfan February 6, 2016

The Brisbane Bandits finished their dominant season with a two game sweep of the Adelaide Bite in the ABL championship series. In a must win situation for the Bite, the Brisbane Bandits dealt the first blow. The Bite had scoring opportunities in the top of the second and third inning. Angus Roeger was on third…

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ABL: Lutz 7 – Van Mil 4
Byyankeebiscuitfan February 5, 2016

Even though Loek van Mil did not play, the head of this blog post says it all. The Brisbane Bandits won game one of the ABL championship series by beating the Adelaide Bite 7-4. Brisbane’s Donald Lutz performed well, going 2 for 4 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored. The hero of…

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