Yesterday, the FFBS (Federation Française de Baseball et Softball) presented the new alignment of the highest French baseball league, the Division 1. The league of eleven teams will be split in two divisions, just like 2019 (last year, no competion was played due to corona). What catches the eye immediately is the alignment of both…
Some baseball news from Spain. The Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation (RFEBS: Real Federación Española de Béisbol y Sófbol) had decided to rename the current highest baseball and softball leagues in the country. The highest baseball league in Spain is scheduled to start on April 11, barring corona misery. The RFIBS has announced through a…
A few weeks ago, you could read here about the Battle At The Castle youth tournament to call it quits. You could also read about a similar tournament in the Czech Republic but since not everyone is capable of getting to the Czech Republic, Baseball Culture has decided to fill the void the BATC has…
With the Battle At The Castle in Oosterhout ceasing activities, another baseball youth tournament in Europe is entering its third year. The Euro Baseball Tour Summer Cup will be organized again in Třebíč this year (barring more corona misery). The Dutch Baseball Hangout was asked to help promoting this tournament. When it comes to baseball,…
The CEB (European Baseball Confederation) announced the groupings of five of the six scheduled European Championships. Only the European Championship for seniors (older than 23) was not announced yet as still four teams need to qualify. U12 ChampionshipTo be played in Mortsel (Belgium) from July 6 through 10 Group AItalyCzech RepublicFranceUnited Kingdom Group BKingdom of…
Since Italian baseball has a problem to come to a twelve-team league, like the FIBS (Italian Baseball and Softball Federation) would like, the FIBS has now made four proposals for a new format of the Italian baseball championship. According to the local newspaper Corriere Romagna, the two most likely plans to be accepted are dealing…
Sad news. The organization of the Battle At The Castle (BATC for short) baseball and softball tournament has announced to cease the activities of the highly touted youth baseball tournament after seven editions. For seven years, this tournament was played at the facility of Oosterhout Twins. What started as a U12 tournament, quickly turned out…
The other day, the Australian Baseball League announced a cooperation with the independent American Association. Also some postponements of games were announced as corona rules got more strict. Three games between the Canberra Cavalry and the Sydney BlueSox at Sydney’s Blacktown International Sportspark, scheduled for January 1-3, have been postponed due to ongoing restrictions on…
Out of the blue, some Tweets about a newly formed European Professional Baseball League reared up. The new league, named European Super League of Professional Baseball (ESLB for short), is in its early stages. Not much information is available yet. https://twitter.com/ESLBOficial/status/1323929137250271233 According to its website eslb.pro, there will be six teams, most not in areas…
In a stream call, the WBSC Europe announced the four groups and their participants of the 2021 European Championship Qualifier. The qualifiers will be played at the same time. Five surprising countries were added to these qualifiers. The group that will play in Utena, Lithuania contains:– Georgia– Greece– Lithuania– Poland– Romania The group in Bratislava,…
