by David Burns | Jan 31, 2019 | Blog, Globetrotters, Switzerland
Four BBJO members bring us inside their lifestyle of living and playing baseball and softball in the Swiss Alps for the Lucerne Eagles....
by David Burns | Jan 30, 2019 | Blog, Featured Clubs, Featured members
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...
by David Burns | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog, Club advice, Tips
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...
by David Burns | Jan 10, 2019 | Blog, Featured members
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....
by David Burns | Jan 7, 2019 | Blog, EU baseball Road Trips, Featured Clubs, Italy
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...
by David Burns | Jan 4, 2019 | Blog, Featured members, Tips
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...
by David Burns | Dec 31, 2018 | Blog, Top Performers
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...
by David Burns | Dec 22, 2018 | Australia, Blog, Featured members, New Zealand
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...
by David Burns | Dec 8, 2018 | Blog, Softball, Top Performers
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...
by David Burns | Dec 3, 2018 | Blog, Top Performers
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...
by David Burns | Dec 2, 2018 | Blog, Top Performers
The International Baseball Community (IBC) ranking is a bi-annual recognition of the members of the Baseball Jobs Overseas website who were playing or coaching around the globe during the most recent season. For this top coaches ranking, we take a look at the 2018...
by David Burns | Nov 18, 2018 | Blog, Top Performers
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 summer season...
by David Burns | Oct 22, 2018 | Blog, Top Performers
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 summer season...
by David Burns | Sep 13, 2018 | Blog, Germany, Globetrotters
Jonathan Mottay is a dual passport holding (France, U.S.) pitcher who travels the world playing the game he loves. In this epi we start off in the beautiful Berlin, Germany where Jonathan is playing for the 2018 season. We then flashback to his winter ball season in...
by David Burns | Sep 10, 2018 | Blog, Germany
In 2018 we had 57 of our past and present members playing in Germany and have highlighted the top performers below using the stats that were available (*some divisions were not up-to-date). To qualify for this post is the player must be a current BBJO member or a...
by David Burns | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog, New Zealand, Podcasts
Baseball New Zealand CEO Ryan Flynn returns for the third time, this time to provide an update on the exciting times going on in the world of Baseball New Zealand, in particular the new Australian Baseball League professional franchise team that will based in Auckland...
by David Burns | Aug 31, 2018 | Blog, Featured members, France
In 2018 we had a total of 16 members sign in France spread throughout three divisions, including 15 players and one coach. This brings our total number of members signings in France to date to 69. Some of them are new members to the website and some are previous...
by David Burns | Aug 21, 2018 | Blog, Czech Republic, Featured members
The first round of the Czech Extraliga season saw the 10 team league face-off against each other 3 times for a total of 27 games. Once again when the dust settled a familiar name was at the top of the standings in Draci Brno with a ridiculous record of 26-1 (see first...
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 | Aug 6, 2018 | Blog, Globetrotters, Japan
Take a passenger seat on a recent baseball networking trip to Japan with Baseball Jobs Overseas Founder David Burns as he attends to Nippon Professional Baseball games and showcases the subtleties between the American and Japanese game as a player and a spectator....
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. 
