If everything had happened according to the original schedule, the European Championship would have been played this year. But with baseball becoming an Olympic Sport in Japan, the WBSC Europe (former CBE) decided to push back the tournament so it can serve as pre-qualifier for the Olympic Games. The tournament will be played in 2019…
Normally this blog does not pay much attention to German Baseball, there are some exceptions of course, but this time the performance of the German U-12 could not be overlooked. The Germans, so far unbeaten, faced Croatia today. Until today, the Germans had not given up a run but today they finally gave up two….
One hour and three minutes were all the Dutch needed to finish the game vs Croatia. In three innings the Dutch beat up the Croatian pitching and won 20-0. For the Croatians, this was the third big defeat in a row. In the previous two games, the team from the Balkan fell to Italy 24-0 and…
A decisive day today in the relegation group. All teams were tied for first place, so the losers of today’s game would move down to the B group of Europe. Also a decisive day for Spain and Italy. If Spain beat Belgium, they are in the final. For Italy it was a must win game vs the…
In the super round three games were played today: Belgium vs Czech Republic, Germany vs Italy and Spain vs Kingdom of the Netherlands. In the relegation round, two games were played: Greece vs Russia and Great Britain vs Croatia. Belgium 3 – 4 Czech Republic In a game that needed ten innings to…
Today Russia took on Great Britain in a game with a somewhat surprising outcome. France was not beaten up but not really a match for Spain. Germany beat the Czech Republic. Italy needed seven innings vs Croatia and Belgium mashed Greece. Great Britain 5 – 11 Russia Quite a surprising score in the…
Today the following games were scheduled: Greece vs Croatia, Germany vs Russia, Great Britain vs Sweden, Italy vs Spain and France vs Belgium. Croatia 10 – 0 Greece Greece hosted Croatia but never was a match for the Croatians. After two innings Croatia had a 5-0 lead already. The achilles heel of the Greek…
On the third day of the European Championship the follwing games were scheduled: Czech Republic vs Sweden, Spain vs Croatia, Great Britain vs Germany, France vs Greece and Italy vs Belgium. Croatia 0 – 6 Spain In the first game of the day, Spain’s victory never was in danger. Pitcher Lowuin Sacramento lasted seven…
On day two of the European Championship in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, the following games were played: Sweden vs Russia, Spain vs Greece (the second mercy rule victory for the Spaniards), Czech Republic vs Great Britain, Italy vs France, Croatia vs Belgium and the Netherlands vs Germany. Greece 1 – 12 Spain Another mercy rule victory…
On the opening day of the European Cup in the Netherlands, six games were played. No surprises as the Czech Republic blanked Russia, France beat up Croatia, Spain kicked teh butt of Belgium and Italy did not show any mercy with Greece. The only “normal” score was in the game between Germany and Sweden. Sweden…
