Clemson grad Patrick Cromwell takes us inside his experience playing baseball in Perth, Australia. https://youtu.be/hXXSaA9SND0 Travel the world using baseball or softball as your ticket Our baseball and softball members get paid to play or coach overseas year-round,...
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...
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...
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...
The following are some of our best tips on how to take your baseball career overseas based on our experience over the years. Since most leagues overseas sign players sight unseen, the process is a bit different which is what we tackle in this post. Although relevant...
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,...
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...
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...
Heading overseas to play ball soon? If so, this is a must-read.In the weeks leading up to your first or next overseas baseball stint, there are some easy steps you can take to set yourself up for success no matter what level you will be playing at.#1 – Fresh off...
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...
Four BBJO members bring us inside their lifestyle of living and playing baseball and softball in the Swiss Alps for the Lucerne Eagles. Watch this video on YouTube...
If you can find your way to Attnang-Puchheim, Austria from June 7th-10th 2019, mark that weekend off in your calendar as “busy” and prepare yourself for the most epic weekend of baseball, softball and party. Finkstonball is the longest standing invitational baseball...
Despite the drastic variations in levels of play overseas which offer “professional” (paid) opportunities to play baseball, there are many common factors that often result in a club releasing a player or the player breaking contract and flying home. We at...
The International Stars, in cooperation with Baseball Jobs Overseas, assembled the 2018 version of the 3n2 International Stars which featured professional baseball players that were playing around Europe in 2018, 28 of which were BBJO members. Watch this video on...
In 2016, Baseball Jobs Overseas founder David Burns, along with two BBJO members playing in Austria at the time, take a road trip down to Bologna and Milan to visit with two teams in the Italian Baseball League. One team, Fortitudo Bologna, is a perennial league...
The newest member of the Baseball Jobs Overseas database looking to take his career overseas, Mark Weidemaier, agreed to sit down with BBJO and share his knowledge and experience gained over the course of 30+ years in professional baseball, highlighted by two years...
In this post, we recognize a handful of our members who impacted the game overseas during the 2018 season. Between stories BBJO staff are familiar with and those that were submitted, we were able to narrow it to 15, although we are sure there are many more that could...
Former MLB pitcher Josh Collmenter became an official member of the Baseball Jobs Overseas website on February 19, 2018, after he elected for free agency four months earlier following a 2017 season which started well with the Atlanta Braves but eventually saw him...
Once again it is time to recognize the members of the Baseball Jobs Overseas website who were playing around the globe during the 2018 summer. This time up, we are taking a look at the women that were overseas this past summer. The following recognitions are based on...
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 2-way player ranking (hit and pitch), we take a look at the...
A former import player myself, I started this website in late 2012 to help others do the same.
As a father of two, I am grounded (in Austria) and use this blog to live vicariously through our members. I hope you enjoy their adventures and stories as well.
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