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…
In the final of the Federation Cup in Zürich, Hoboken Pioneers clinched an easy victory over Swedish champions Rättvik Butchers. In nine innings Hoboken beat Rättvik 5-0. Even though today’s result wasn’t a blowout score, Rättvik never came close to winning this game. In no inning, the Butchers did not get past second base. In the…
In its third match of the tournament, Hoboken Pioneers was much too strong for the Rättvik Butchers. In seven innings, the Pioneers shoved the Swedish champion aside. Hoboken Pioneers 16 – 3 Rättvik Butchers Right in the first inning, Hoboken Pioneers struck hard. Benjamin Goffaux opened the score on an RBI single by Luis Unda, …
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…
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…
In a last-minute effort to bolster their pitching staff, Quick Amersfoort made a surprising move by signing Swedish reliever Jakob Syrén, the Dutch Baseball Hangout learned today. Quick Amersfoort was destined to play in the bottom four competition last year. With a team ERA of 5.87 the team could use some reinforcements. With Jakob Syrén…
Normally the Dutch Baseball Hangout does not spend much time on Swedish baseball, but since Jakob Syrén has a past in Dutch Baseball and he is a very friendly guy, yours truly would like to write something about his transaction. After a season in the Dutch hoofdklasse with De Glaskoning Twins and a season in…
For the website Twinsbaseball.nl, I interviewed Swedish pitcher Jakob Syrén. Jakob is one of the relievers of De Glaskoning Twins of the Dutch hoofdklasse. I translated the interview into English so you can read it as well. According to Jakob, baseball is a micro sport in Sweden. About 650 people are playing the sport so…
Here is an overview of this year’s baseball champions of European countries as far as the available information allows me to write something about it. Austria: In the ten-team Baseball League Austria, the reigning champion Attnang-Puchheim Athletics took on the Vienna Wanderers. The Athletics won the first two games at home but fell twice to…
