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
IBC E79: No college baseball experience to 10 seasons overseas and counting
New York native Ryan Rupp did not play college baseball but took advantage of his dual citizenship with Austria to get his foot in the door in second division Austria in 2013. From there, he worked hard on his craft and in 2017 he won the Best Pitcher award and his...
Baseball Globetrotters – Ryan Hooper (UC Davis) in Switzerland
Former UC Davis infielder, Ryan Hooper, took his career overseas first to Australia for the winter after he graduated and then to Europe to play in Switzerland the following summer. In Switzerland, he played alongside fellow Baseball Jobs Overseas member, Harry...
BBJO’S TOP PERFORMERS 2019-20 WINTER
At the end of every season overseas, we like to recognize our members who were playing around the globe for their performance on the field. For this the following rankings, we take a look at the 2019-20 winter season where we had 104 members overseas, mostly in...
Club Feature: Tochigi Golden Braves
The Golden Braves compete in the Baseball Challenge League, one of two independent pro leagues in Japan. In 2017, the Golden Braves were an expansion team and in 2019 they won their first championship. As of 2019, the league has expanded to 12 teams featuring two...
Chasing Summer – Playing ball year round over
"Chasing summer" is a term used by a lot of our members who travel the world playing (and coaching) baseball or softball annually. The majority will play in Europe in the summer and in Australia or New Zealand in the winter. Below are a couple of related blogs post to...
IBC E79: COVID-19 & the 2020 Baseball Seasons in Europe
In this episode of the International Baseball Community Podcast, I hop on a call with club representatives from around Europe to discuss the current status of the Coronavirus in their country, the effect it has had on their baseball seasons thus far, and any further...
IBC Podcast E78: How to attract offers from clubs overseas and then leverage that opportunity
David Burns and Jimmy Jensen from Baseball Jobs Overseas discuss how to position yourself for success in receiving offers from clubs overseas and once signed, how to make the most of that opportunity to further your career. This episode is particularly beneficial to...
Coronavirus, European Baseball/Softball & Imports Coming In
I was quite uninformed about the Coronavirus up until the past week and in the past 2-3 days is where I have really begun to get a clear picture of what is happening, how it will affect us and what the implications are on the 2020 baseball season in Europe. I do not...
Baseball Globetrotters – Patrick Cromwell (Clemson) & Evyn Yamaguchi (Mayville) play in Germany
Patrick and Evyn were two of three BBJO imports who signed on to play with the Wesseling Vermins in the 2019 German Bundesliga season. It was the first season that the Vermins played in the first division and although suffering some pretty tough losses, Patrick, Evyn...