It’s that time of the year again. Time for an anthology of national champions in European baseball. A continuation of what has become a tradition. Unfortunately, the information of some countries is very limited as the data was hard to find. Austria:The Diving Ducks Wiener Neustadt repeated. But just like last year they had to…
Rumors floated around for a while, but today it became official. The European Champions Cup is no more. It will be replaced by the BECC (Baseball European Champions Cup). The biggest change is the countries that are represented. For decades, champions (and runners up) from the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands played…
It’s that time of the year again. Time for an anthology of national champions in European baseball. A continuation of what has become a tradition. Austria:This year, the Diving Ducks Wiener Neustadt clinched their second Austrian title. But the team had to go deep. In a best of five, the Vienna Metro Stars got a…
The unthinkable has happened. With mainly the same core as the team won the Dutch championship with in 2022, HCAW beat the reigning European Champion Parmaclima in come-back-from-behind fashion. Parmaclima 4 – 11 HCAWAfter two scoreless innings, Parma took a 2-0 lead and appeared to be on the way of three-peating. In the top of…
On the fourth day it was time for the semi-finals. One of the semi-finals was an all Dutch one between HCAW from Bussum and Amsterdam Pirates. After Amsterdam Pirates had the lead most of the game, the team from Bussum walked off as the victor. Amsterdam Pirates 3 – 4 HCAWAmsterdam Pirates opened the score…
On day three of the 2023 European Champions Cup, HCAW took on the German champion Bonn Capitals and Amsterdam Pirates faced the 2022 German runner up Untouchables Paderborn. Bonn Capitals 5 – 2 HCAWIn the past few years, the Bonn Capitals proved to be a team to be reckoned with. Even though HCAW took an…
On the second day of the European Champions Cup, the two Dutch representatives HCAW and Amsterdam Pirates took on Arrows Ostrava and Parmaclima respectively. HCAW 12 – 0 Arrows OstravaThe Dutch champion only needed seven innings to clinch the victory. The two-time Czech champion did not stand a chance as it was limited to two…
Today, the ECC teed off with the Dutch representatives playing the night cap. Amsterdam Pirates took on Draci Brno, while HCAW took on Rouen Huskies Amsterdam Pirates 3 – 4 Draci BrnoThe weird situation occurs that Amsterdam Pirates represents the Netherlands even though the club didn’t make it to the Holland Series. As the club…
Through their Instagram account, Oosterhout Twins announced the signing of a pitcher from Czechia for the 2023 season. With the loss of Ryan Huntington, Oosterhout Twins had to look for pitchers outside the borders of the Netherlands to strengthen its pitching staff. The pitcher we are talking about is Filip Čapka. Čapka played for the…
It’s that time of the year again. Time for an anthology of national champions in European baseball. Austria:A championship series between the Dornbirn Indians and the Vienna Wanderers ended in a victory for the Vienna Wanderers. In a best-of-five series, both teams were each others match, but eventually, the Wanderers scored the winning run in…
