Shortly before midnight, the dream of team Italy to win the European championship in its own country, shattered. Team Israel shoved the Azzurri aside as the tactics of manager Nate Fish worked pretty well. Italy 5 – 11 IsraelWhen Italy took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, it looked like Israel was no match….
Today, the first of the placement matches for the fifth to eighth places took place. Belgium took on Great Britain and the Czech Republic faced Croatia. Great Britain 12 – 11 BelgiumBelgium fought hard but just fell short against a team with 46% of foreign born players. Thanks to the many errors, this game didn’t deserve…
In the relegation round, two games were planned today: Greece @ France and Slovakia @ Ukraine. Both games were close affairs. Greece 12 – 9 FranceFor three innings, France was kept on a leash by Jonathan George Kountis but in the fourth inning, France struck first when Andy Paz hit a two-run home run. Greece…
A game that was a semi final worthy. A close affair in which the Kingdom of the Netherlands barely ended up at the right side of the score. The only thing that marred this semi final, were the three errors the Dutch committed. Kingdom of the Netherlands 9 – 8 SpainIt goes too far to…
Today the following quarter finals were scheduled: Croatia @ Italy, Belgium @ Spain, Czech Republic @ Israel, and Great Britain @ Kingdom of the Netherlands. All games were quarter final worthy as all of them had close scores. Croatia 5 – 8 ItalyA four-run eighth inning saved Italy from losing to Croatia today. Croatia fought…
In the last quarter final of the day, the Kingdom of the Netherlands clinched a hard-fought victory over Great Britain. The Brits made the Dutch go deep and never let them walk away too far. Great Britain 5 – 7 Kingdom of the NetherlandsIn the top of the first inning, Great Britain took a 1-0…
On the second day of the relegation round, the following games were scheduled: Austria @ Russia and Sweden @ Germany. Both games had blowout scores as result. Austria 4 – 14 RussiaAn all-Austrian team was no match for a Russian team that contained several Cuban players. Austria took an early 3-0 lead but could not…
In the first quarter final of today, Belgium took on Spain. Likely not many would have thought the Belgians could beat a team loaded with South and Central American players of which some have MLB experience. Belgium lost but played a good game and doesn’t need to be ashamed about the result. Belgium 2 – …
Today four games were scheduled in the relegation group: Russia @ Ukraine, France @ Germany, Slovakia @ Austria, and Sweden @ Greece. In three of the four cases, it was a battle between neighboring countries. Russia 15 – 5 UkraineIn the first battle of neighboring countries, Ukraine was no match for Russia. After two innings,…
COVID-19 strikes again. As result of the still uncertain situation in several Australian states, the Australian Baseball League has pushed back the start of the upcoming season. The 2021/2022 season was scheduled to start on November 18, 2021, but with still several border restrictions in place, it is becoming unlikely that the season will start…
