After three years of baseball with the Untouchables Paderborn, Curaçao-born Phildrick Llewellyn has chosen to join another team. He will move to the reigning German champion Bonn Capitals, the opponent of Llewellyn and the Untouchables in last year’s German championship series. Before coming to Germany, Llewellyn had a career in the USA. He was signed…
A rumor has been floating around for a while. According to this rumor, the DBV (German Baseball Federation) is looking to change the format of the highest German Baseball League, the 1. Bundesliga. In need of information, yours truly posted a question about the matter in a German Baseball Facebook group. And according to one…
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. In this episode of “Personal Stories…
Today, the World Baseball and Softball Confederation unveiled the new World Ranking. The top three did not change much. Japan and Chinese Taipei are still firm in first and second place, but Korea was overtaken by the USA for rank #3. Of the European countries, the Netherlands remains the strongest. As a matter of fact,…
Yesterday, yours truly went to Bonn to attend game two of the German Championship Series, between the six-time German champions Untouchables Paderborn and the one-time German champions Bonn Capitals. The weather was good, the beer was cold, the fans came in droves (about 3,000 fans in the stands and around the field), and the atmosphere…
Good news for German baseball fans. The rumors were floating around in the past few weeks, but now it has been announced officially. Regensburg (Germany) has been awarded one of the two World Baseball Classic Qualifiers. The other qualifier goes to Panama City. The last time, Regensburg hosted a qualifier of the World Baseball Classic…
The second semi-final of today ended in a victory for Parmaclima. In a close game, they beat the Bonn Capitals in the tie-break and will take on L&D Amsterdam Pirates in the championship game tomorrow. Tonight’s semi-final was a rematch of last year’s final. Also this time, the Italians walked off as the victor. In…
This early morning, the game between T&A San Marino and Curaçao Neptunus, that was postponed at a 5-5 score on Monday, was rescheduled for today. Neptunus had to win with a difference of three runs to make it to the semis. T&A San Marino 7 – 8 Curaçao NeptunusThe game continued at the start of…
So far the tournament has been plagued by inclement weather, so the schedule has been reshuffled. Yesterday’s game between the Bonn Capitals and Curaçao Neptunus was rescheduled for today at 16.00. Other scheduled games were: Draci Brno @ Heidenheim Heideköpfe, Arrows Ostrava @ Curaçao Neptunus, Parmaclima @ Heidenheim Heideköpfe (remainder of yesterday’s game), L&D Amsterdam…
On the second day of the 2022 European Champions Cup in the former German capital Bonn, the following games were scheduled: L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Draci Brno, T&A San Marino @ Arrows Ostrava, Arrows Ostrava @ Bonn Capitals (make up game for yesterday’s rainout), Parmaclima @ Heidenheim Heideköpfe, and Bonn Capitals @ Curaçao Neptunus. Once…
