A Century's Worth Of Progress Is Paying Off
English Historian Norman Davies claims modern baseball’s roots are in a Polish bat-and-ball game called palant. According to Davies...
Play Ball, See the World
PC: Glenn Gervot Is your club searching for talent to complete next season’s roster? You can certainly find what you need on your own but...
EU's Rising Stars Head to Taiwan
Europe will be fielding a team in the Asian Winter Baseball League (AWBL). While the official roster has yet to be released by the WBSC,...
Call Me Coach
Justine Siegal helped Team Israel to victory in 2016 World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Brooklyn. Her journey from Cleveland, Ohio to...
The MLB’s Player-Making Machine
The US got their first glimpse of German player development in April 2013, when Donald Lutz debuted with the Reds. They were reminded,...
Emeralds Polish Diamonds In The Rough
The Emeralds, Australia’s women’s national baseball team, have been a baseball powerhouse since their inception in 2001. The WBSC has...
The Globetrotter
PC: Ezio Ratti-FIBS Alessandro Maestri, 30, made history in 2006 when he became the first Italian-born pitcher signed by an MLB team. The...
Baseball Grows In Unlikely Places
Troy Williams provides a personalized tour through European baseball’s more recent history. Tell us a little about yourself. I grew up on...
Attitude Shapes A Baseball Career
Drafted by the Mets his junior year at Acorn State, BJ Roper-Hubbert was working his dream job when time ran out on his MLB career. Not...
Gaining Ground
There is no question India is a cricket country. You could say that cricket comes first, second and third when it comes to popularity...
Yoshio Yoshida’s influence on French baseball
It all started in 1988. After decades in Japanese baseball, Yoshida Yoshio came to France as the head coach of PUC (Paris University...
European Softball Faces Challenges
Many softball countries in Europe are facing the same challenge. The number of women playing softball is low, as well as number of teams...