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For the second time in three years, the Bonn Capitals will host a top European baseball event. In 2019, the club hosted the European Championship, in 2022, the club will organize the European Champions Cup, the top club tournament in Europe. At a congress in Rome, the European Baseball Confederation, officially to be called WBSC …
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On the fourth day of the 2021 CEB Cup, the following games were scheduled: Templiers de Sénart @ Astros Valencia, Therwil Flyers @ Astros Valencia, Draci Brno @ Dornbirn Indians, and BK Minsk @ Templiers de Sénart. Templiers de Sénart - Astros ValenciaIn a nice pitching duel, stayed at the right side of …
Just like with the European Champions Cup, some games were rescheduled today. The overview of today's games was: Draci Brno @ Astros Valencia, Draci Brno @ Therwil Flyers, Therwil Flyers @ BK Minsk, Dornbirn Indians @ Templiers de Sénart. Draci Brno 15 - 6 Astros ValenciaWith today's win over Astros Valencia, Draci Brno set a …
On the second day of the CEB Cup, the following games were scheduled: BK Minsk @ Draci Brno, Astros Valencia @ Dornbirn Indians, and Therwil Flyers @ Templiers de Sénart. The first two games were close affairs. BK Minsk 5 - 6 Draci BrnoIn a very close affair, Draci Brno had to go really deep …
On the first day of the CEB cup in Sénart, the following matches were scheduled: Dornbirn Indians @ BK Minsk, Draci Brno @ Therwil Flyers, and Templiers de Sénart @ Astros Valencia. Unfortunately, the first day of the tournament was plagued by heavy rainfall. As a result only game one (Dornbirn vs Minsk) could be …
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Tomorrow, not only the European Champions Cup will take off, but also the CEB Cup, the UEFA League of European Baseball, will start. The tournament will be played at the ballpark of the Templiers de Sénart. Six teams will participate. Originally, this number would be seven but the Belgian representative, Deurne Spartans, withdrew at the …
After a career in which he spent parts of ten seasons in the Major Leagues and pitched three seasons for the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League, Peter Moylan has been appointed manager of the latter club. Moylan broke into the Bigs in 2006, spent a part of the 2007 season with the Braves …
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It has become a tradition. An overview of the national champions of most European countries per season. This year we will sum up the champions per country once again. As 2020 was a strange year due to the COVID-19 virus, baseball wasn't played in some countries and in others, no playoffs were played. Nevertheless here …
Today, history was written in the Czech Extraliga. Four pitchers threw a combined no-hitter, the second combined no-hitter in the history of the Extraliga and the ninth overall. Honza Novak started on the mound for Kotlarka Praha in the local Prague derby against Tempo Praha. Novak lasted seven innings, struck out twelve and walked two. …
The Czech Republic will have a European scoop. Tonight the Extraliga will be the first European baseball competition that will start this year. In one of three opening games, it will be a clash of the Titans. Reigning champion Arrows Ostrava will take on multiple champion Draci (Dragons) Brno. In the matchup between Ostrava and …
This year, the Czech Republic will not be represented by the runner up of the Czech championship. Eagles Praha has announced to denounce participation. As a result, multiple Czech champion Draci Brno will take the place of Eagles Praha. According to the Czech baseball website Milujeme baseball, which is Czech for we love baseball, Eagles …
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Today, the final of the CEB cup was played. The opponents were the German runner up Heidenheim Heideköpfe and the Czech runner up Draci Brno. For eight innings, both teams were each other's equal but in the eighth, the Heideköpfe struck hard and stepped off the field as the winner. Eight innings long, neither team …
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As most of the attention of this blog is going to the European Champions Cup, one would forget there is also another European tournament going on: the CEB cup is taking place in Brno, Czech Republic. With two groups of four teams, two teams stood out above the rest so far: the Heidenheim Heideköpfe in …
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Draci Brno has made a surprising move by signing a twelve year MLB veteran. The 40-year old Peter Moylan will wear the colors of the Dragons for one season. One may wonder why an ex MLB player is opting for the Czech Republic instead of Italy where still quite some money can be earned by …
They were close to pulling another stunt but eventually, they were not able to hold the lead. Draci Brno took a big lead twice, but as many times T&A San Marino managed to come back and win the game 12-11. In a game that did not really matter anymore as both teams were eliminated for …
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After two big surprises today, Draci Brno wasn't able to stunt against Curaçao Neptunus. For four innings the Czech champion could keep pace but eventually, the team met their match in this game as they lost 7-2. In the first four innings, Radim Chroust allowed only one Neptunus runner on base. But in the fifth, Neptunus pushed for …
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The European Champions Cup 2018 started today. The following games were scheduled: Draci Brno @ Fortitudo Bologna, Rouen Huskies @ A.S.D. Rimini Pirates, Heidenheim Heideköpfe @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates and T&A San Marino @ Curaçao Neptunus Draci Brno 1 - 4 Fortitudo Bologna In the opening game of the tournament, Draci Brno starting pitcher Wesley Roemer, kept …
Next week (June 6 - June 10), Curaçao Neptunus will organize the annual European Champions Cup, the European championship baseball for clubs. The club wanted to organize the event as part of its 75th anniversary. As a baseball fan in Europe, you have the opportunity to win a general admission pass which is valued at …
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