by David Burns | Oct 12, 2020 | Austria, Blog, Globetrotters
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...
by David Burns | Jul 5, 2019 | Austria, Blog, Featured Clubs
In 1991 the Attnang Athletics were founded when a local Croatian immigrant who had spent his youth playing baseball in South America and Australia recruited a group of local teens from the small town of approximately 8,000 to form the first baseball team in Attnang....
by David Burns | Feb 11, 2019 | Austria, Belgium, Blog, Globetrotters, Switzerland
Three BBJO members and a fourth import take use inside one of the fastest growing baseball clubs in Europe and a future French first division contender. The footage takes place in 2018, their inaugural first season at France’s top level. We then head over to...
by David Burns | Aug 20, 2018 | Austria, Blog, Featured members
The Austrian regular season came to an end August 15th with many of our members making a major impact thus far. Here is a summary. Baseball League Austria Standings (D1) BBJO Members Stats Report Pitchers Player Team IP ERA W-L SO BB...
by David Burns | Dec 12, 2017 | Austria, Blog, Globetrotters
After winning the Baseball League Austria Championship with the Attnang Athletics in 2016, Steven Johnson and Ryan Rupp both re-signed with the Athletics with one goal in mind…..repeat. This episode highlights their 2017 playoff journey both on and off the...
by David Burns | Sep 4, 2017 | Austria, Blog, Czech Republic, Featured members, Globetrotters
An old baseball glove left behind by a U.S. solider during WWII is found and donated to the Attnang Athletics clubhouse. Steven Johnson and myself hit the road to Prague for Prague Baseball Week with the International Stars. While in Prague we meet up with Zak Colby...
by David Burns | Jul 25, 2017 | Austria, Blog, Globetrotters, Spain
In this episode we drop by the infamous Finkstonball baseball and softball tournament and music festival in Attnang-Puchheim, Austria. Numerous IBC members are in town for the weekend including Globetrotters Jimmy Jensen, Scotty Mulhearn and Daniel Catalan. The week...
by David Burns | Jul 10, 2017 | Austria, Blog, Featured members
Written by IBC member Dustin Hamilton. Baseball has always been a big passion of mine and was something I knew I wanted to pursue for as long as I could. I was blessed with the opportunity to play most of my college ball in Hawaii and enjoy the many great perks the...
by David Burns | Jul 5, 2017 | Austria, Blog, Globetrotters, South America
Get some insight into the clubhouse lifestyle in Attnang-Puchheim, Austria before stopping in with the Buenos Aires Shankee in Argentina for the start of their spring season. Watch this video on...
by David Burns | Jun 21, 2017 | Austria, Blog, France, Globetrotters
It is a snow packed baseball day in Austria with Steven and Ryan before visiting Daniel Catalan in Paris with his new club and his sweet set up at Paris University! Watch this video on...
by David Burns | Jun 6, 2017 | Austria, Belgium, Blog, Globetrotters
Season 2 takes us to the 2017 summer season overseas where the majority of IBC imports are playing or coaching in Europe. In this first episode we start off with imports on two teams coming off a championship season in 2016, the Attnang Athletics of the Austrian first...
by David Burns | Oct 18, 2016 | Australia, Austria, Blog, Czech Republic, Featured members, Germany
At Prague Baseball Week 2015, I sat down with Alex Lee and Eric Brenk, two former teammates at Wofford College took unique paths to overseas baseball which include seasons in Austria, Australia, Germany, and the Czech Republic. One used their experience to see over 15...
by David Burns | Nov 19, 2014 | Australia, Austria, Blog, Featured members, New Zealand
Upon graduating in 2009 from the Winthrop University Eagles baseball program, an NCAA Division 1 Big South Conference school, Owen Reid knew three things, he wanted to continue playing baseball, he did not want the traditional 9-5 job, and he wanted to see the world....
by David Burns | Jun 11, 2013 | Austria, Blog, Featured members
It was June 11th, 1999 and it was the first day I stepped onto the field in Attnang-Puchheim and into the international baseball world and I thought to myself, “What have I gotten myself into?!?” The sagging green fence was half blown into left field from the previous...
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