July 21, 2020 By Carter Cromwell Like many ballplayers and coaches, Clayton Carson’s story reads more like an odyssey – moving from place to place to place with usually no idea of where the next place will be. But it appears his days as a baseball nomad may be over....
Best known for his unique Tomahawk delivery, former MLB pitcher and Baseball Jobs Overseas member Josh Collmenter talks about his baseball career starting from his childhood, through college, leading to his MLB debut and then overseas to New Zealand. We talk about who...
The Grip is written by Dustin Hamilton, a left-handed pitcher from Castle Rock, Washington and former player Central Washington University who played overseas in Australia and Europe from 2015 to 2017. This eBook is a great tool for youth coaches who could use...
June 24, 2020 By Carter Cromwell One thing about Ryan Flynn – he’s not afraid to roll the dice. Like when he took off for London after graduating from college. Like when he was 22 and took a job interview via telephone while walking out of the Woodstock ’94 music...
After the summer of 2000 playing baseball in Vienna, Austria, Canadian baseball player Nick DeForest decided to forgo his final two years of college baseball eligibility and make Vienna his home. Twenty years later, Nick sits down to tell his story on the IBC podcast...
May 20, 2020 By Carter Cromwell To the Jeopardy answer “hotbed of baseball”, one might offer the question “What is Japan?” Or “. . . The Dominican Republic?” Or “. . . St. Louis?” Or various other places around the world. It’s highly doubtful that any contestant...
May 10, 2020 Written by Carter Cromwell Arik Sikula was done with baseball. Then he wasn’t. For that, he can thank a chance meeting and Baseball Jobs Overseas. At 27, with six minor-league seasons and nine stops on his resume, the former Toronto Blue Jays farmhand...
In this episode, we hear the story of two corner infielders/ power-hitters from two different corners of the U.S. who first met in 2019 on a softball field in Austria as import players, leading their new team to the Austrian Softball League Championships. Brittany...
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...
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...
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...
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” 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...
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...
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...
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...
Home to the Regensburg Regionaere of the German Bundesliga South, the Armin-Wolf-Arena is one of the top baseball stadiums in Europe and is home to a baseball academy with on-site boarding facilities called Sportinternat Regensburg. Photo credit: Walter Keller Video...
After a lustrous career as an international import player and coach, Owen Reid decided to go to work for himself as an International Baseball Consultant and Mobile baseball coach. Now settled and based in Singapore, Owen has now traveled to five different continents...
Written by: Justin Gil, BBJO member My poor girlfriend, she’s probably tired of being reminded that I can’t believe I’m at this point right now. She’s probably annoyed with me occasionally muttering to myself, “ Who would have thought I’d be doing this?” I’m still...
Both Paul Kirkpatrick and Ben Andrews were born in England but grew up in the United States. Paul, a pitcher, played for Western Kentucky University and Ben, a third baseman, for Linfield College. Paul made his debut for Great Britain at the WBC qualifier in 2016...
Hakusoh Bat has been producing bats in Japan for over 70 years and recently expanded to North America and Europe under the label ‘Spark Slugger’. They produce high end, professional wood and composite bats with a wide selection of models using many different types of wood from Japan, North American and Taiwan.
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