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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In the late fall of 2017, Lisa Maulden finished a 27 hour journey from Budapest, Hungary to Auckland New Zealand to begin her 5th season playing professional fastpitch softball overseas with the Western Magpies of the Auckland Premier League. “Thankfully I only...
Accounting for both players and coaches in baseball as well as women’s fastpitch softball, as of December 31st, 2018, members of our website have signed over 900 baseball and softball contracts encompassing 26 different countries. Many of these members alternate...
In an effort to showcase the lifestyle of our members playing or coaching abroad, we are assembling a promo video and we want to feature our members of the International Baseball Community website, past and present. In return for helping us out, we are offering prizes...
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...
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...
In what has grown into a friendly rivalry, the International Stars and the Czech National Team have battled it out at Prague Baseball Week since the Stars entered the tournament for the first time in 2013. Since then, the two teams in have met in the championship game...
This past holiday season, while the majority of us locked ourselves inside to stay away from the cold as we dreamt of the baseball (or softball) season still months away, couple Tyler Krobetzky and Chelsea Cohen flew to New Zealand for Christmas before flying to...
Chris Kuno registered for a membership on the International Baseball Community website in April of 2016 and was one of two IBC members selected by the SECO Academy in Shanghai, China to coach youth aged 6-12 for the winter of 2016-2017. Chris put together this video...
In recent years there has been an influx of American baseball players taking their career overseas to Europe, with Californians making up a large percentage. Since the Launch of the Baseball Jobs Overseas website in early 2013, the number of aspiring professional...
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...
When Nate Harris signed up for the Gold Membership at the International Baseball Community website in late April, 2016, he never would have guessed that he would be on the mound pitching for a championship in Melbourne, Australia five months later. The catcher who...
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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