The Guggenberger Legionäre Regensburg have a full schedule of pre-season friendlies planned for March as the team prepares for the 2023 season under German coaching legend Martin Helmig, who has won 11…
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German Bundesliga: Germaine Joins Heidenheim
William Germaine has left the Tübingen Hawks after one season and signed with the six-time German champion Heidenheim Heideköpfe for the 2023 Bundesliga campaign, bolstering a Heideneheim squad that will enter the…
German Bundesliga’s Top Batters, Pitchers Crowned; Regensburg’s Bowman Top Pitcher For Second Consecutive Season
The German Bundesliga has announced the top pitcher and batter in the league’s two divisions, with Kaleb Bowman, who signed a Minor League contract with the Milwaukee Brewers in October after a…
Stuttgart Moves on From Manager Di Salle
The Stuttgart Reds have parted ways with manager Curtis di Salle after three seasons, the Bundesliga club announced on its website. A disappointing 2022 campaign saw the Reds narrowly miss out on…
Bonn Capitals Take 2-0 Series Lead in German Championship Series
The favored Bonn Capitals took the first two games of the opening weekend of the best-of-five German Bundesliga championship series, defeating the Untouchables Paderborn 3-0 in Game 1 on Saturday and 10-3…
Mainz Steal One From Favored Capitals, Regensburg and Heidenheim Go Up 2-0 in First Round of Bundesliga Playoffs
The Mainz Athletics used a Max Boldt grand slam to upset the favored Bonn Capitals in the first game of their playoff series, with the weekend’s remaining contests going as expected as…
German Bundesliga Playoffs Set; Dohren and Mainz Claim Final Tickets
The 2022 German Bundesliga regular season wrapped up last weekend, with the final playoff spots claimed by the Dohren Wild Farmers (North) and Mainz Athletics (South). The first round of the playoffs…
Baseball Jobs Overseas Wins Finkstonball in 1-0 Final vs. Host Athletics
Returning after two years of coronavirus complications [link], Finkstonball pits a mixture of European clubs from various national leagues at the amateur and semi-professional levels with a teams organised around nationality or…
2022 Champions Cup: Day 2
Day 2 of the Champions Cup in Bonn, Germany, was again marred by rain, with only three of the day’s five scheduled games played to completion. Nevertheless, the competition had highlights to…
2022 Champions Cup: Day 1
The 2022 Champions Cup got underway in Bonn, Germany, with only two of the four games scheduled for Day 1 of Europe’s premier club competition completed due to rain. In Game 1,…
Finkstonball Returns After Two-Year Hiatus, Seven Countries Represented
Finkstonball baseball and softball tournament will return after a two-year, pandemic-related hiatus, with 14 teams competing from June 3-6 in Attnang-Puchheim, Upper Austria. In addition to the host Athletics, the eight-team baseball…
German Bundesliga: Week 5
Summary The Bonn Capitals sent a message to the league in their sweep of the Dohren Wild Farmers, allowing just three runs while scoring 41 of their own in the two-game series,…
German Bundesliga: Week 2
Summary After allowing just one series to be played the previous weekend, the weather was again a deterrent to scheduled play in the German Bundesliga, with the Paderborn-Cologne series needing to be…
German Bundesliga: Week 1
Summary The German Bundesliga’s opening weekend was disrupted by wintry weather, with just one series – Berlin’s hosting of Hamburg – taking place as scheduled. In that lone match-up, the Stealers and…
Opening Days for Europe’s Major Leagues
With the Spanish Baseball League (SBL) getting underway last weekend, Europe’s remaining major leagues are poised to start play in the weeks ahead. Their respective opening days can be found below. Czech…
Former MLB Pitcher Neverauskas Joins Bonn Capitals
Germany’s Bonn Capitals have announced the signing of Lithuania’s Dovydas Neverauskaus, who has notched 80.2 innings in parts of four seasons (2017-20) with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). Neverauskaus,…
German Bundesliga: Germaine Leaves Stuttgart for Tübingen
Canadian slugger William Germaine has left the Stuttgart Reds and signed on with the Tübingen Hawks for the coming 2022 German Bundesliga season, bolstering a Hawks lineup that struggled last year to…
Heidenheim’s Larry and Bonn’s Lamb-Hunt Named Bundesliga MVPs
Daniel Lamb-Hunt of the Bonn Capitals and Shawn Larry of the 2021 German Bundesliga champion Heidenhem Heideköpfe have been named Bundesliga MVPs, with Lamb-Hunt taking the title in the North and Larry…
Bonn Capitals Will Host 2022 Champions Cup
Germany’s Bonn Capitals will host the 2022 Champions Cup, Europe’s premier club competition. After hosting the 2019 European championship, the Capitals will now welcome Europe’s top clubs for a week of competition…
German Bundesliga South Playoffs Continue: Heidenheim Needs One Win, Regensburg-Stuttgart Are Even
The German Bundesliga South semifinals will continue Saturday, with the defending Bundesliga champion Heidenheim Heideköpfe travelling to Munich in need of just one win in order to advance in their best-of-five series…
Munich-Haar and Mannheim to Decide Final Bundesliga South Playoff Spot on Sunday
The Munich-Haar Disciples (14-12) and Mannheim Tornados (13-13) will meet on Sunday in Mannheim to determine the fourth and final German Bundesliga South playoff qualifier. For the Disciples, who began the season…
Heidenheim and Regensburg Battle For Control of Bundesliga South
The German Bundesliga South’s top two clubs will meet in Week 13 action this weekend, with the defending champion Heidenheim Heideköpfe hosting the Guggenberger Legionäre Regensburg on Friday evening and again on Saturday…
Streaming Schedule, German Bundesliga (June 3 – June 4)
Germany’s Ben’s Bundesliga A number of Bundesliga clubs will take advantage of the June 3 public holiday and will suit up on Thursday, with one match-up in the South and a doubleheader…
German Bundesliga Week 10: Mannheim Defeats Regensburg, Bonn Off and Running in the North
Week 10 of action in the Bundesliga South saw Regensburg falter on the road in Mannheim, with the Tornados taking Game One of the weekend series 7-5 to secure their hold on…
Streaming Schedule, German Bundesliga and Czech Extraliga (May 29 – May30)
Germany’s Ben’s Bundesliga Week 10 of Bundesliga South action began on Friday evening, with Heidenheim and Stuttgart both enjoying big victories and the Munich-Haar Disciples winning 8-5 to leapfrog their weekend opponent,…