The International Baseball Community Blog
The main goal of our blog is to showcase our members overseas while also informing others what playing and coaching baseball and softball overseas is all about. We utilize our Youtube channel, Podcast and traditional written stories to bring this wonderful global game to your smart phones in a variety of forms.
You can also follow our latest blog posts on Facebook and with photos and video clips of our members around the world on our Instgram.
Latest posts
Globetrotters Season 5, Episode 1 – “They’ll gut you real quick”
Clemson grad Patrick Cromwell takes us inside his experience playing baseball in Perth, Australia. https://youtu.be/hXXSaA9SND0
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IBC’s Top 20 Batters Overseas, 2018-19 Baseball Season
The International Baseball Community (IBC) ranking is a bi-annual recognition of the members of the Baseball Jobs Overseas website who were playing around the globe during the most recent season. For this top batters ranking, we take a look at the 2018-19 winter...
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IBC’s Top 15 Pitchers Overseas, 2018-19 Baseball Season
The International Baseball Community (IBC) ranking is a bi-annual recognition of the members of the Baseball Jobs Overseas website who were playing around the globe during the most recent season. For this top pitchers ranking, we take a look at the 2018-19 winter...
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The season of The Ship. A record 7 championships for BBJO members during the 2018-19 season
With a BBJO record 101 signings to play in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa for the 2018-19 season, it is no surprise that a major impact was made on the baseball world in the southern hemisphere. Now that the dust has settled on the season, there seemed to be...
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Globetrotters – Season 4, Episode 5 “Baseball eh? Okie Dokie”
Jimmy Jensen is back on Globetrotters along with teammate and fellow BBJO member Pete Gehle, both with the Saint John Alpines of the highly competitive league in New Brunswick, Canada. Baseball Jobs Overseas founder David Burns goes a networking trip to Okotoks,...
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Top 5 things to do overseas…. to prepare for life after baseball
This post is written by Baseball Jobs Overseas Career Counselor, Michael Calkins. To learn more about Michael and the service he provides our members, you can visit his bio here. Though this topic may be far less appealing than where to travel and what to see...
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2019 BBJO “Ambassador of the Game” Giveaway featuring a free custom glove and bat
This giveaway is part of an effort by Baseball Jobs Overseas to promote the embodiment of what an import player should be to their new club, given the fact that they have been presented with an amazing opportunity to represent the game overseas. We will be giving away...
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IBC Podcast E73: Climbing the Ladder to multiple offers around the globe
Jimmy Jensen went from cut from his high school baseball team, to NAIA All-American, to men's league baseball before he decided to give overseas a try. Little did he know that signing his first overseas contract in 2015 would change his life forever in multiple ways....
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