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…
Play by play announcer Tim Collins sent me the links to several highlights of the games that have been played with this year’s European Championship so far. Sweden vs Czech Republic Great Britain vs Germany France vs Italy Germany vs Kingdom of rhe Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands vs Great Britain Sweden vs Germany A…
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…
The Czech Republic has won the Italian Baseball week. The team clinched the title on Monday, with one more day to play. Eventually the team finished the tournament with a 3-1 record. The Czechs beat Italy 2-1 in the first confrontation between the two countries. In the previous game of the Czechs vs Spain, they…
The WBSC released the new World Rankings today. https://twitter.com/WBSCBaseball/status/710794210555854848 As expected Japan remained in first place as did the USA remained in second. Chinese Taipei moved up a spot and Korea moved up four due to their great performance during the inaugural Premier 12. Cuba dropped to fifth place. The biggest free fall made team…
The class D Central Texas League was founded in 1914 and lasted four years. The league was also called Central Texas Trolley League. The league was organized around the interurban train line between Dallas and Waco, which explains the name Trolley. Cities represented: Corsicana, TX: Corsicana Athletics 1914; Corsicana A’s 1915; Corsicana Athletics 1917 Ennis,…
The groups of the 2016 European Championship have been announced by the CEB (European basebal confederation). The tournament will be played in the super duper, brand new Park 21 in Hoofddorp, home of the Vaessen Pioniers. The European Championship will be played from September 9 through September 18. Twelve countries will participate. The current European…
Now the Premier 12 tournament is over, it is time for a review. What was a success and what went wrong? In sporting terms, the tournament was a success, despite the lack of (current) MLB players. Especially the fact that Korea blocked the way to the final for Japan was a major surprise. And the…
