Due to the coronavirus, several European leagues played games of seven innings instead of nine. The Belgian Baseball Gold League was one of them. Also the Italian Serie A1 played seven innings. But with the latter, there was more behind this decision. At the start of the 2020 season in Italy, there was a video…
Today in 2011, the unthinkable happened. The Netherlands beat Cuba in the final of the last World Championship, sanctioned back then by the IBAF (now WBSC). From 2013 on, the World Baseball Classic would replace the official World Championship. As European champion, the Netherlands represented Europe together with Greece, Germany and Italy. That 2011 team…
Of course, after yesterday’s rainout, game one of the Holland Series will be streamed. But next to the Dutch championship series, there is also German basebal to watch. The Netherlands:Curaçao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates, game 1 of the Holland Series. https://eyecons.com/videos/honkbal-ld-amsterdam-5566?fbclid=IwAR0hSszgdmfNQPiiEzPP_QutA-grMz_01e2xQk0auXtN-tqeYQm3uLhXn_A Germany:Heidenheim Heideköpfe @ Bonn Capitals https://sportdeutschland.tv/baseball-1/finale-bonn-capitals-heidenheim-heidekoepfe-spiel-2
With baseball in Europe almost at its end, here are still some links to championship series that you can watch today. Germany. The Heidenheim Heideköpfe defend their title vs the Bonn Capitals. Here is the link to game one of the German championship series. The reigning champions Heidenheim Heideköpfe have two Dutchies in their ranks:…
Yesterday the Czech Baseball Association announced after its last meeting, it wants to host the 2023 European Championship. It would not be the first time the Czech Republic would (co-)host the event. In a statement CBA chairman Petr Ditrich said: “Yes, we would like to host the European Championships in 2023.” “We have no information…
As you may know by now, the 2021 European Championship of Baseball has been appointed to Italy and especially to the Piemonte region. Yesterday the organizing committee unveiled the logo of the championship. Turin, Avigliana and Settimo Torinese will be the locations where the championship will be played. As a result, the logo shows some…
Recently you could read here that the Spanish Baseball Federation would organize a tournament early September to decide which club would be the Spanish champion. This was wrong. The tournament was intended to serve as the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup). Yesterday the RFEBS decided that the Spanish season will start on August 30. The…
After Rangers Redipuglia, Grizzlies Torino, Nettuno Baseball City now Nettuno 2 has announced to withdraw from the 2020 Serie A1 season. As a result, the schedule of which the Dutch Baseball Hangout wrote about earlier this evening, can be thrown away again. Since the afternoon, a lot of rumors about Nettuno 2 stepping back were…
While we are still waiting for the schedule of the Dutch Hoofdklasse season, the FIBS has posted the schedule of the 2020 Italian Serie A1 on its website. As written before, the season will start on Wednesday, July 8. In the first game that will be played this year, Nettuno 2 will host Godo Knights. …
After Minor League Baseball announced the cancellation of the 2020 season, the Mexican League, that is also considered an AAA minor league, though not affiliated to any MLB club, also announced the cancellation of the 2020 season today. COMUNICADO OFICIAL Los 16 equipos del circuito, en conjunto con la Liga Mexicana de Beisbol, toman la…
