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
Pros Describe the Cultural Differences in the International Game
By Carter Cromwell On the surface, baseball is pretty much the same game wherever it’s played. But where it’s played is often a whole new ballgame. And therein lies the challenge for the players, coaches and others who go outside their home countries to work. ...
MLB “One Baseball” Shuffle: Winners and losers throughout the Global Game
Written by Arik Sikula Major League Baseball recently made an announcement that significantly affects minor league baseball and all those associated with it. The “One Baseball” plan will cut the number of baseball cities, stadiums, and workers that are involved with...
This Czech Umpire Followed His Passion To The Baseball Motherland
By Carter Cromwell One thing you can say about Zdenek Zidek . . . He’s not afraid of a challenge. Zidek is a practicing defense attorney in his hometown of Prague in the Czech Republic -- That’s, you know, on another continent across a really big body of water. He...
How To Take Your BASEBALL Career Overseas Without Pro Experience
From their favorite public office in Salzburg, Austria, David Burns and Jimmy Jensen of Baseball Jobs Overseas outline their top five tips for baseball players without professional experience who are looking to take their careers overseas, primarily to Europe,...
A ‘Field of Dreams’ Story from a Small Town in Europe
By Carter Cromwell As the 1990s began, baseball was pretty much nothing in Attnang, Austria. Then Yurek Korzeniowski and a few friends showed up and started to make it something. Nearly three decades later, the Attnang Athletics club has a loyal fan base, a very nice...
German Player Donald Lutz Started Baseball at 14 and was in the Majors at 24
By Carter Cromwell When it came to baseball, Donald Lutz was a late bloomer but a fast learner. His is the unlikely story of a guy who didn’t pick up a ball or bat until the advanced age of 14, but was playing professionally in the U.S. by 19 and in the major leagues...
The Mark Weidemaier Story; Current Bench Coach of the Kia Tigers of the KBO
By Carter Cromwell A glance at Mark Weidemaier’s baseball resume makes it clear that he’s seen a lot. A closer inspection might remind one of an old country/western song titled “I’ve Been Everywhere”. Well, maybe not everywhere, but a lot of wheres. His baseball...
Baseball Globetrotters – Battle for 1st in the West, Baseball League Austria (Part 2)
The Attnang Athletics (11-7) host the Dornbirn Indians (11-4) in their final two games of a home and away series to end the shortened 2020 season. The teams are battling for 1st in the Baseball League Austria West Division and Attnang has to sweep in order to have a...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Signing with a Club Overseas
Okay... your profile is live... now what? The following is a step-by-step guide to making the most of this opportunity, starting with best positioning yourself to hopefully receive multiple offers and ending with a detailed contract so that you can set yourself up for...