In fact it was a formality after the Dutch baseball federation announced that the ban on participating in the Euro League Baseball would be uphold, but today the president of the European Association of Professional Baseball (EAPB), Wim van den Hurk, announced that Amsterdam Baseball was pulled from the ELB schedule. Van den Hurk stated that…
When the European Association of Professional Baseball (EAPB) announced the newly erected Euro League Baseball, the CEB announced that it would not recognize the new competiton. In the slipstream of the CEB, the Dutch Federation, the KNBSB, also announced that it would not allow Dutch clubs, playing in the Hoofdklasse, to participate in the ELB…
The other day I spoke to someone about the newly erected Euro League Baseball. This person told me a couple of things that I would like to share with you. It is mainly about the reason behind the decision to start this league. The reason for establishing the league and the governing body before everything…
Last week the new Euro League Baseball was founded. Even though I am enthousiastic about the initiative a lot of questions remain. In an interview with www.honkbalsite.com, co-founder Jan Maarten Kops answered a couple of the questions. How about the rosters? If the teams will play next to their regular national competiton, their rosters need…
Yesterday, the new European Association of Professional Baseball was founded as initiator of the also new Euro League Baseball. First I was very positive about the initiative but after a night of sleep a lot of questions rear up. The participating teams will continue to play in their own competiton as well. But eventually that…
Today the new European Association of Professional Baseball was founded in Amsterdam. This new EAPB will be the governing body of the new Euro League Baseball, a professional baseball league in Europe. The goal is to start this league in 2016. The inaugural meeting was attended by Co Haspels, Peter van ‘t Klooster (both Vaessen…
