by David Burns | Mar 14, 2023 | Blog, Czech Republic, Featured members
Photo credit: Baseball Czech Jeff Barto pitched against the South Korean National Team at the Tokyo Dome as a representative of the Czech National Team this past Saturday in World Baseball Classic pool play. He threw 5.2 innings in relief, surrendering only 2 hits and...
by David Burns | Mar 10, 2023 | Blog, Featured members
There was a time not long ago that Sarah Edwards thought she might live in Italy the rest of her life. But it turned out that this was not the time. Instead, the rest of her life began March 1 in Clearwater, Florida, spring training home of Major League Baseball’s...
by David Burns | Dec 1, 2022 | Blog, Featured members
By David Burns December 1, 2022 After polling our newsletter and social media audience about the top coaches in Europe in 2022, a number of European and import coaches were nominated. Will Swindling’s story stood out to us as our first coach feature, not only because...
by David Burns | Nov 24, 2022 | Blog, Featured members
Written by: Carter Cromwell November 23, 2022 “The manager would like to see you in his office” is a line usually guaranteed to make a ballplayer think “uh, oh” and envision a trek to the guillotine. But in Kaleb Bowman’s case, it meant he would be moving onward and...
by David Burns | Nov 17, 2021 | Blog, Featured members
November 16th, 2021 By Carter Cromwell When Billy Germaine was released from his independent league team in the summer of 2017, it seemed to represent a dead end for his baseball career. Instead, it was just a detour. And no small one, as it turned out. The new path...
by David Burns | Mar 20, 2021 | Featured members, Softball
March 21st, 2021 By Carter Cromwell That Lisa Maulden is an American playing softball overseas isn’t particularly unusual, but her path to this point has been. “My softball journey has been very non-linear,” she acknowledges. Indeed, her road from growing up near...
by David Burns | Feb 13, 2021 | Blog, Featured members
February 14th, 2021 By Carter Cromwell Will Swindling’s baseball career hasn’t gone as he originally envisioned, but he never envisioned how it has gone. A star on his youth teams and an all-state performer in high school in Eugene, Ore., he attracted attention from...
by David Burns | Jan 12, 2021 | Blog, Featured members, Uncategorized
January 12, 2021 By Carter Cromwell On the surface, baseball is pretty much the same game wherever it’s played. But where it’s played is often a whole new ballgame. And therein lies the challenge for the players, coaches and others who go outside their home...
by David Burns | Oct 13, 2020 | Blog, Featured members
October 13, 2020 By Carter Cromwell A glance at Mark Weidemaier’s baseball resume makes it clear that he’s seen a lot. A closer inspection might remind one of an old country/western song titled “I’ve Been Everywhere”. Well, maybe not everywhere, but a lot of...
by David Burns | Sep 29, 2020 | Blog, Featured members
September 29, 2020 By Carter Cromwell During the last decade or so, Owen Reid has traveled to five continents and approximately 50 countries because of baseball. During the last several months, he’s been to none. Thank you, Covid-19 pandemic. Like everyone, Reid has...
by David Burns | Jul 21, 2020 | Blog, Featured members
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....
by David Burns | Jun 24, 2020 | Blog, Featured members, New Zealand
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...
by David Burns | May 10, 2020 | Australia, Blog, Colombia, Featured members
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...
by David Burns | Mar 23, 2020 | Blog, Featured members
“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...
by David Burns | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog, Featured members
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...
by David Burns | Feb 3, 2020 | Blog, Featured members, Great Britain
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...
by David Burns | Nov 28, 2019 | Blog, Czech Republic, Featured members
Here is a look back at Prague Baseball Week 2019, which was a blast once again for Baseball Jobs Overseas members who came out for the week of baseball and off-the-field shenanigans in the beautiful city of Prague! Thanks again to Boomer Prinstein and his...
by David Burns | Apr 8, 2019 | Australia, Blog, Featured members, New Zealand
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...
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 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. Watch this video on...
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